Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [noun sg] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a separate presidential election Momir Bulatovic of the Montenegrin LC defeated Ljubisa Stankovic of the Alliance of Reform Forces in a second-round run off on Dec. 23 , having failed to win an absolute majority in a three-candidate first round contest on Dec. 9 . |
| 2 | Ion Iliescu , the incumbent President and candidate of the Democratic National Salvation Front ( DNSF ) , won a further , four-year , term by defeating Emil Constantinescu of the opposition Democratic Convention of Romania ( DCR ) alliance in a run-off election on Oct. 11 . |
| 3 | The main problem is one of communication , ’ said John Peers , who was voted Midlands Stylist of the Year at the latest British Hairdressing Awards . |
| 4 | Wycliffe turned up the reports of telephone enquiries made among Francis 's customers to find Kevin Brand of The School of Occult Studies , Carn Fellow , near Penzance . |
| 5 | SEGA system owners and fans of the unique spiky blue hedgehog , will be thrilled to learn that the official release date of Sonic 2 , the most awaited Sega game of the year , has been confirmed as Tuesday November 24 . |
| 6 | In recompense Anthemius created Sidonius prefect of the city of Rome . |
| 7 | Still , it cost Ursula control of the Hair House , did n't it ? |
| 8 | The Paraguayans , says Obdulio Menghi of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , " are working like never before , because of the professional and political [ commitment ] that the country has assumed for the first time . " |
| 9 | He produced the triennial Greek plays eleven times and was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Redeemer by the Greek government . |
| 10 | He was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1960 , after the KBE in 1955 . |
| 11 | A number of Conservative MPs have criticised the pit closure plans , two , Winston and Elizabeth Churchill , were banned from entering a pit to visit Roy Lynk of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers who is staging a protest . |
| 12 | The veteran comic and singer Des O'Connor was named ITV Personality of the Year after beating Clive Anderson and last year 's winner , Michael Barrymore . |
| 13 | The singer Des O'Connor was named ITV personality of the year after beating Clive Anderson and last year 's winner , Michael Barrymore . |
| 14 | Having just been named Donegal person of the year , it is clear that McEniff is climbing the ladder in the Donegal's-most-famous-son stakes . |
| 15 | LENNY HENRY was yesterday named BBC Personality of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club . |
| 16 | LENNY HENRY was yesterday named BBC personality of the year by the Television and Radio Industries Club . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a fantastic way to do neutrino astronomy , much cheaper than anything anyone ever dreamed of , ’ says Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin . |
| 18 | ‘ The Home Office has said that visitor centres will be included in the construction plans for all new prisons , ’ says Diana Ruthven of the Prison Reform Trust . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not science , ’ says Alex Perge of the Department of Energy 's nuclear waste office , which has been studying the possibility of dumping tonnes of slightly contaminated soil left over from the Manhattan nuclear project . |
| 20 | This assured NSF dominance of the Council . |
| 21 | When Sir Robert Peel formed his first ministry in 1834 he appointed Bonham storekeeper of the ordnance . |
| 22 | Azerbaijan launched a counteroffensive on June 12 to reverse recent setbacks which had given Armenia control of the enclave of Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 23 | I felt that the whole package imparted a little welcome humour and information to what was otherwise a gey thin and dreich Monday issue of The Scotsman . |
| 24 | If this were achieved , it would sever the Warsaw-Kiev railway and also give Austria command of the road to Brest-Litovsk , thus threatening all the Russian positions to the east of Warsaw . |
| 25 | They had to be well clear before Karel informed Steel City of the takeover option . |
| 26 | In the end Lanfranc made Osbern precentor of the cathedral , the first Englishman in the community after the Conquest to hold a position of responsibility . |
| 27 | Fergie , defending PFA Footballer of the Year Pallister , said : ‘ Gary wo n't ignore the criticism because it does hurt . |
| 28 | William Gray , junior , the older son , had a nursery garden in Fulham , at Parson 's Lane , later Peterborough Road , but the better known Fulham garden of the period was the one established before 1700 by the elder William Gray and later taken over by Christopher . |
| 29 | Recipients included Robert Fabry of the Computer Systems Research Group at Berkeley ; Deborah Scherrer , Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory ; and Bob Schiefler , X Consortium in the Academic Driver category ; Mike DeFazio , Unix Labs , Armando Stettner , ex-DEC , Bruce Weiner , Mindcraft and Bob Marsh of Onyx and Plexus fame for Unix Evangelism ; Steve Bourne , Vinton Cerf , Jon Mashey and Eric Schmidt for Technology ; Jim Bell , Walter De Backer and Heinz Lycklama for Standards ; Frame Technology , Informix , Oracle and Sybase for Applications ; Larry Crume , ex-AT&T now Lotus , Geoff Morris , X/Open and Yoshiro Yoshioka , Fujitsu for Global Market Building ; Hewlett-Packard , Santa Cruz Operation and Sun for Business Commitment ; Burlington Coat Factory , DHL , Federal Express , Hyatt and Wal-Mart for using the stuff ; Pamela Gray , Bill Joy and Doug Michels for Lifetime Achievement ; Mike Azzara , Open Systems Today ; Ed Taylor , Pencom ; and our own Maureen O'Gara for Special Distinction . |
| 30 | Raising prices in depressed markets both in Britain and in Europe , where 50% of the company 's car sales are made , could have disastrous consequences , warned Arthur Way of the research unit . |