Example sentences of "[noun prp] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE NAPOLEON OF NORTH LONDON |
| 2 | He was , as the Examiner put it , the ‘ Napoleon of football ’ , and ‘ probably no manager has more power from the team selection standpoint ’ . |
| 3 | And Daine must always have identified with the Napoleon of crime . |
| 4 | 10–3 The second annual meeting of the Keills Music Class , taught by William Roundsfell of Persabus , was held in the female schoolhouse , and took the form of a soiree and concert . |
| 5 | With something like two-thirds of the whole French Army to pass along it bound for the dreadful Calvary of Verdun , the title Maurice Barres coined for it was hardly a profanity : the Voie Sacrée . |
| 6 | His choice was a certain Elizabeth Augusta Josephine Parkes , daughter of Ebenezer Parkes of Fetter Lane , a brass-rule maker for the printing trade . |
| 7 | ANDY PARKES of Blandford has another solution to the plant protection problem |
| 8 | The Queen Galadriel of Lothlorien gives Sam seeds for the remaking of the Shire and the tree creatures the Ents punish Saruman because of the destruction he has caused . |
| 9 | Mrs Jill Buxton of Gainford will use stock from the shop , which includes clothing and books , to help fill four 40ft containers which The Knights of St Columba send to Poland each year . |
| 10 | There was still one more big brewery left in the East End , however , the biggest the East End ever saw — Truman Hanbury and Buxton of Brick Lane . |
| 11 | His wife Mary , daughter of George Tattershall of Finchampstead , Berkshire , whom he had married in the early 1660s , died 7 November 1695 , and Howard himself died 31 March 1713 , both being buried in Dorking church . |
| 12 | ‘ Although we have no definite links between any of the robberies there are similarities between the property taken and the fact that there were firearms or imitation firearms used in all the incidents , ’ said Detective Inspector John Phoenix of Chester CID . |
| 13 | Malcolm Crosby of Sunderland almost became the first caretaker manager to win the FA Cup until Liverpool doused them with reality . |
| 14 | We build our description on a survey of biographical and autobiographical publications of a number of well-known leaders generally thought to be visionary , including Lee Iacocca of Chrysler , Jan Carlzon of SAS , Edwin Land of Polaroid , René Lévesque of the Parti Quebécois , and Steven Jobs , formerly of Apple Computer . |
| 15 | He is justifiably proud of what he and his father achieved at Lingfield , not least the deal they struck with the redoubtable Cyril Stein of Ladbrokes when they bought the course from his company seven years ago . |
| 16 | Sotheby 's lecture by Helene Cixous of Paris was intended as a feminist apotheosis but was marred by her shaky reading of Rembrandt 's ‘ Bathsheba ’ in the Louvre . |
| 17 | The first Macedonia most people know about was the Macedon of King Philip , denounced as an alien tyrant by Demosthenes of Athens in some of the greatest speeches ever written , the Philippics . |
| 18 | Lord Montagu of Beaulieu studied a television , cigar held anxiously aloft . |
| 19 | Indeed , the size of the increases , together with the publication of the Kinsey Report in 1948 ( which suggested that homosexual behaviour was more widespread than had been commonly thought ) and the media-highlighted prosecution of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on an indecency charge in 1954 , culminated in what may reasonably be described as a ‘ moral panic ’ over homosexuality . |
| 20 | As part of the £11.5 million in state aid pledged last year to Britain 's cathedrals , £5.4 million in grants for 1992–94 were announced by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on 22 March ( see The Art Newspaper No. 13 , December 1991 , p.2 ) . |
| 21 | Sir Angus Ogilvy , who is shooting very well this year ; and The King of the Hellenes ; The Lords team captained by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu , and including Lord Romsey , the Earl of Lichfield , and Lord Stafford ; The Ladies , who were captained by Rosie Marchioness of Northampton , included the Duchess of Roxburghe , Lady Fairhaven , and the Marquesa de Ardales ; The Dukes were captained by the Duke of Roxburghe , and included the Duke of Atholl , the Duke of Abercorn , and the Duque de Arion ; The Keepers were captained by Mr William Meildrum , and included Mr John Stubbs , Mr Graham Cussons , and Mr Sandy Messon ; The Winners captained by the Hon. |
| 22 | The campaign has a programme of exhibitions and conferences arranged for 1992 , and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu wrote a foreword for their special supplement in 1991 . |
| 23 | The situation grew worse after the arrest of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in 1953 followed by the famous Montagu case which ended in 1954 when three of the five men convicted were sent to prison , two being allowed to go free as a reward for turning Queen 's evidence against the other three . |
| 24 | He also became friends with the eccentric Duke of Montagu of Boughton House in Northamptonshire , for ‘ In Stamford … there was not one person , clergy or lay , that had any taste of learning or ingenuity , so that I was actually as much dead in converse as in a coffin . ’ |
| 25 | Well done Stephen McCann of Leyland in Lancashire and Helen Balcombe of London . |
| 26 | What outsiders did n't know was that Bowyer 's remarks had been based on his own fruitless attempts to sign a big name Catholic — Jim McFadden of Cliftonville . |
| 27 | Jeff of Streatham . |
| 28 | It was practised not only by Palestrina but by Animuccia , by the Mantuan court composer , the Netherlander Giaches de Wert ( 1535–96 ) , by Marc Antonio Ingegneri of Cremona ( after 1547–1592 ) and Giovanni Matteo Asola of Verona ( c. 1524–1609 ) , both probably pupils of Ruffo , by the Nanino brothers , Giovanni Maria ( c. 1545–1607 ) and Giovanni Bernardino ( c. 1560–1623 ) , and by Palestrina 's own pupils Francesco Soriano ( c. 1549–1620 ) and Felice Anerio ( 1560–1614 ) , who were responsible for the Editio Medicaea of the chant , and Felice 's younger brother Giovanni Francesco ( c. 1567–1630 ) , although the music of these younger composers reveals the impression of new ideas . |
| 29 | Worsley married in 1656 Lucy , daughter of William Cary of Dartmouth , Devon . |
| 30 | Six separate presentations were made by Simon Fraser , Director of Bonded Developments Ltd. , before the sofa was concluded , backed up with additional visits by Edgar Pickering of Pickering Staplina . |