| 1) with names denoting the whole family:
| I haven’t met the Browns since they returned from London.
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| 2) with the names of hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, banks, theatres, cinemas, museums, galleries
| The Universal Bankhas come to bankruptcy.
We are proud of the National Theatre.
If you are in London, visit the Tate Gallery.
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| 3) with the names of buildings, palaces, if they are used with the preposition of
| The Tower of Londonis the oldest castle.
Have you ever seen the Great Wall of China?
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| 4)) with newspapers
| The Washington Postpublishes many articles about foreign affairs of the government.
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| 5) with the names of ships
| We travelled on board the Oriana.
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| 6) with names of oceans, seas, rivers, channels, bays, gulfs
| The Indian Ocean
The Baltic Sea
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| 7) with names of mountain chains (used in plural)
| The Carpathians
The Alps
The Himalayas
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| 8) with names of groups of islands (used in plural)
| The British Isles
The Bahamas
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| 9) with the names of countries and states that include the words union, republic, kingdom, state, emirates
| The United Kingdom
The United States of America
The United Arab Emirates
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| 10) with the names of regions, territories:
NB! northern England, southern Spain, western Canada
| The Far East
The North of England
The South of Spain
The West of Canada
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| 11) with the names of deserts
| The Sahara Desert
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| 12) with the names of countries in plural
| The Netherlands
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| 13) institutions and organizations
| the Boy Scouts, the United Nations
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| 14) historical events
| the French Revolution, the Victorian age
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| 15) documents and official titles
| the Great Charter, the Queen
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| 16) historical references
| the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the Stone Age
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