Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seven-strong squadron of Nato warships enforcing the arms embargo off the coast of former Yugoslavia is to be commanded by Britain 's Commodore Alastair Ross from tomorrow . |
| 2 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S controversial review of public spending risks creating a jobs crisis in Scotland . |
| 3 | Our picture shows ( from left ) Mick , Judy , Ann and Andy receiving the winners trophy from Institute President Martin Benson ( centre ) . |
| 4 | The ‘ Nye Report ’ of the American Committee investigating the munitions industry in 1935 printed a mass of documents on the entry of the United States to the Great War with the intention of influencing American policy . |
| 5 | British broadcasters fighting a ratings battle at home want shows guaranteed to appeal to British audiences . |
| 6 | The accused , including trade unionists , students , a banker , a lecturer and a lawyer , had been arrested in May following a police crackdown on political dissent . |
| 7 | As Laurence Barrett puts it , ‘ by the time he got to the White House he had spent more than fifty years using every communications medium save Morse code and smoke signals . |
| 8 | It is the mythology surrounding the women wearers of the costume which directed Kahlo 's choice . |
| 9 | Unfortunately this appealing behaviour can also be the goldfish 's downfall if your pond is visited by a heron with the fish greeting the herons arrival by rising to the surface to be fed . |
| 10 | In experiments using the within-subjects designs of fig. 5.3 or of Table 5.1 ( e.g. Grice 1965 ; Reese 1972 ; Honey and Hall 1989c experiment 3 ) , initial training involves three stimuli , two , A and B , being treated in the same way and the third , C , being associated with a different outcome . |
| 11 | But now farmer Jeremy Chamberlayne has spent three quarters of a million pounds turning the cattle yards into offices : |
| 12 | You should make it a condition of payment that the gang supplies a Polaroid photograph of your father holding the mornings paper on the day the drop is made . |
| 13 | Archbishop Silvestre Scandian said : ‘ The state police should be taken off the case , because Father Gabriel made a statement to the Justice and Peace Commission mentioning a police officer as one of those who had made death threats against him . ’ |
| 14 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 15 | In his report Developing an acquisitions system for a university library , Hindle proposes a system in which university departments are responsible for the development of research collections , while library staff control the provision of teaching materials . |
| 16 | On Jan. 23 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution imposing an arms embargo on Somalia , and urging all parties to end hostilities . |
| 17 | Like the crowd at the airport and in the main street of Danu waving the malai flag of green and white . |
| 18 | He was knighted on 11 April 1553 and was one of the City fathers signing the letters patent of Edward which made Lady Jane Grey queen . |
| 19 | However , in order to prevent students gaining an honours degree by ‘ attrition ’ , a maximum number of modules are allowed to be taken , if a student extends Stage II beyond six terms , in order to retain honours eligibility . |
| 20 | me , my mate and paul had a terrible night out after the spurs game : first we were supposed to meet two fellow norw. at a pub ( the black lion ? ) and they never showed up — then we went downtown to the marquee which was empty ( 8 quid out of the window ) and a not the place to go at a saturday nite ( no live music , just house — which i quite like — but there has to be some people around ) — then standing in queue at ‘ the borderline ’ for a couple of hours not getting in … and it was bloody cold ( hi paul ) — the wind just froze my balls of ( well nearly ) … the meet-up was cozy though — no problems finding the guys ( or rather : just look for mr cantona ) and time for a couple of pints before and after the game and no problem wearing a leeds outfit at the pub … i was not sporting my leeds away scarf when among the newcastle crowd though ; - ) |
| 21 | The David Cohen British Literature Prize is a joint venture involving the Arts Council of Great Britain , the banking firm Coutts & Co and the David Cohen Family Charitable Trust . |
| 22 | It was only then that George Shultz , Reagan 's secretary of state , learned the president had actually signed an order authorising the arms shipments on 17 January and that he had not been consulted or told . |
| 23 | The king eventually agreed to purchase the wool from the merchants , but to pay them in the so-called Dordrecht Bonds , promissory notes offering the merchants relief from future payments of tax . |
| 24 | TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m . |