Example sentences of "of scotland [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fitzallan 's played leading parts in Scottish life over several generations : the third Steward , Alan 's son , was appointed Justiciary for Scotland by King Alexander II ; the fourth fought at the Battle of Largs and was a Crusader ; and the fifth was appointed a Guardian of Scotland during the troubled times before the rise of William Wallace . |
| 2 | Together these two concepts give the key to both the sculpture and the inspiration for its bold commission by The Royal Bank of Scotland through the good offices of a non-executive director , Angus Grossart . |
| 3 | Fifteen miles away from Menzion you can join the Southern Upland Way , which runs for 212 miles from the south-west coast of Scotland to the eastern seaboard . |
| 4 | Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis … |
| 5 | An exclusive charge card for those with an annual income of over £25,000 , which combines the comprehensive banking facilities of The Royal Bank Of Scotland with the financial flexibility of American Express . |
| 6 | I sent him to the north of Scotland on the nearest thing you can get to a wild goose chase — to try to see our country 's most elusive bird , the capercaillie . ’ |
| 7 | Last Session a team of four pupils from Heriot 's represented Edinburgh and South East of Scotland at the national final held in London of the ‘ Top of the Bench ’ quiz organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry . |
| 8 | LAST autumn , the Bank was back on television in most of Scotland for the first time in more than two years with a campaign of three commercials . |
| 9 | In the aftermath of the battle Beaumont was apparently made both Earl of Moray and constable of Scotland by the new king . |
| 10 | Its justification was the lack of policy in the country since the death of James V ; it attacked the desire for private profit of those who governed , and the threat of the subjugation of Scotland by the old enemy , England ; and it asserted the signatories , zeal for justice , and the liberty and honour of the realm . |
| 11 | Pretender Charles attempted to enter England in 1744 , and succeeded in landing in Scotland the following year but , after initial successes in Scotland as ‘ Bonnie Prince Charles ’ — the grandson of James II — he suffered a terrible defeat at Culloden in 1746 and that was followed by the imposition of a ruthless repression in the Highlands of Scotland by the favourite son of King George II , the Duke of Cumberland . |
| 12 | Berwick was the principal trading city of Scotland in the thirteenth century ; but when King Alexander III fell from his horse near Kinghorn in Fife , on 19 March 1286 , Scotland , without an obvious heir to the throne , fell also : into a 300-year nightmare of almost continual conflict with England . |
| 13 | Closer to home , the Society was delighted to welcome the Law Society of Scotland in the joint running of the Brussels office . |
| 14 | Until the expansion of heavy industry in the West of Scotland in the latter part of the nineteenth century , most Scottish workers were in a low-wage economy , and trade-union organization was not well advanced . |
| 15 | As well as defending their inter-pro crown , Ulster take on board games against Edinburgh and South of Scotland in the new link-up with the Scottish Districts sides ; Ireland play a full international against Romania , and , of course , with Malone not having a coach , as yet , he will be a key member of the Gibson Park set-up as they re-enter the All Ireland league after a brief absence . |
| 16 | Those Acts provided not for full representation of the peerage of Scotland in the new House , but for the election by peers of Scotland ( who were not also peers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ) of 16 of their number to sit . |
| 17 | A single track divides North Uist , from north to south , built in 1845 to provide employment during the terrible potato famine that ravaged Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland in the mid-nineteenth century . |