Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As they poured into Westminster from remote corners of the Scottish highlands and seats in the English shires ( fifty-nine of the government supporters had attended less than one tenth of the sittings of the house in that session ) , it was clear that those who had championed the House of Lords as a place where party discipline took second place to wisdom had an altogether too rosy view of things . |
| 32 | So , the House of Commons as a body was independent of Lords and King , and Members within the Commons enjoyed an independence of action inside that chamber . |
| 33 | No rate increases on the Scheme were announced during 1992 and we are reasonably confident that no rate increase will take place during 1993 for members in the Republic of Ireland though a rate increase is likely for members in Northern Ireland and the UK . |
| 34 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |