Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lieutenant had then flown the banners of the king of France and the church of Le Puy over the barbican at Vic-de-Bigorre , and had refused to countenance Roger-Bernard 's protest on behalf of his sister-in-law . |
| 2 | Addressing the 12 heads of government at the start of the Strasbourg summit , Mr Enrique Baron , the Spanish Socialist who is Lord Henry Plumb 's successor as president of the parliament , urged the leaders to go all the way towards full European union provided it is ‘ based on the characteristics which we share in common — those of parliamentary democracy ’ . |
| 3 | He attributed the Association 's lack of appeal to its domination by Church of England clergy and lay churchmen , leaving no room for either non-conformists or uncommitted lay people . |
| 4 | Given the Association 's fall in membership since the late 1940s , and given the views canvassed by some who worked in the field , exemplified by Bruce in The Highway , there were real fears that the WEA would lose its status as a Responsible Body . |
| 5 | Some could even accept Spencer 's philosophy of progress through struggle , because it seemed to offer an updated version of the Protestant work ethic in which thrift and industry were rewarded in this world as well as the next . |
| 6 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 7 | Eliot , who was interested in mana and orenda , worried that Durkheim 's theory of totemism in terms of religious force might prove only ‘ an admission of the inexplicable ’ . |
| 8 | You might as well hope to get manure from a rockin' horse 's backside as help from Him . ’ |
| 9 | James Jonah 's visit on behalf of the secretary-general looks like producing some suggestions , but we shall continue to fund British non-governmental organisations that are providing relief in Somalia in the form of both food and medicines . |
| 10 | The contractor 's provision of float within the programme is there to cover items that are at the contractor 's own risk and in general should not be used to abate any extension of time to which the contractor may be entitled . |
| 11 | The captain , Phil Carrick , last month put the cat among the pigeons , or his head upon the block ( depending upon each Yorkshireman 's point of view on his county 's cricket , without which no Tyke is properly dressed ) by writing a letter , with his players ' support , in which he advocated the abandonment of the holy writ , the birth qualification . |
| 12 | When Labour faced the polls in October 1990 , it was reduced to a 29-seat rump in the 99-seat parliament , caused , analysts agreed , by the electorate 's lack of confidence in the reforms and distaste for the social cost . |
| 13 | They included the Young Conservatives Ball , Tim Janman 's Conservative Political Centre lecture entitled ‘ Some of my best friends … ‘ , and Andrew Neil 's party on behalf of The Sunday Times . |
| 14 | Tapie , 49 , was appointed at Mitterrand 's instigation in recognition of his strong performance in the regional elections [ see p. 38820 ] . |
| 15 | Your reviewer recommends Gombrich 's Story of Art as a viable alternative . |
| 16 | Inevitably breathless , it offer clichés instead of analysis ( unlike Gombrich 's Story of Art for example ) . |
| 17 | But this spring 's burst of blossom on older trees in the garden has had me thumbing through the catalogues again . |
| 18 | Arafat 's decision to side with Iraq during the Gulf War had incensed the Saudis , who had previously been among his strongest financial backers . |
| 19 | The House of Lords applied the but for test to restrict the defendant 's liability for loss of earnings to the period before the onset of the disease . |
| 20 | Other critical statements made about a plaintiff are irrelevant unless they shed light on the defendant 's state of mind at the time he wrote the article which gave rise to the action . |
| 21 | Where visitors have contributed to the injuries they have sustained due to the defendant 's breach of duty under the OLA 1957 , then the damages to which they are entitled may be reduced . |
| 22 | Hearing of defendant 's application for order under section 18 of Act of 1988 adjourned in accordance with regulation 143 of Regulations of 1989 . |
| 23 | In 1988 the plaintiff applied for a charging order on the defendant 's house in respect of damages , interest and costs . |
| 24 | British academic institutions which had been involved in satisfying Elena Ceauşescu 's desire for recognition by her colleagues handled their embarrassment with little aplomb after Christmas 1989 . |
| 25 | Mr Chuan 's progress from trading to banking to manufacturing is typical of the breed , says David Scott , the Bangkok representative of W.I. Carr , a stockbroker , and author of a study of Thailand 's nine top families . |
| 26 | I love it , that trainer 's comment with practice on something we did n't do . |
| 27 | Apollinaire describes Picasso 's method of work in this way : ‘ Using planes to render volumes , Picasso enumerates the different elements composing objects in such a complete and penetrating manner that they only assume the aspect of objects thanks to the spectators ’ efforts , who are of necessity aware of their simultaneity , precisely because of their arrangement . |
| 28 | That is a testament to Nuclear Electric 's management in respect of that project , which is a major achievement by British industry . |
| 29 | Officials in Moscow claimed that communist party buildings in Lithuania were rightfully the property of the Soviet Communist Party ( CPSU ) since the CPL 's declaration of independence in December 1989 [ see pp. 37128-29 ] . |
| 30 | Brendan Nasser and David Carter are well capable of disrupting French attempts at fluidity , but France 's problem is possession and if Lorieux , Devergie and Erbani ( a back-row man at lock ) can not provide authority , then Lynagh will surely punish Fouroux 's selection at full-back of France 's most capped centre , Philippe Sella . |