Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Recently he captained Harlequins on the Saturday , flew to South Africa , was voted Man-of-the-Match playing for the South African Barbarians on the Monday and then returned to England for Quins ' league match against Leicester .
2 1784 " The Meeting considering that there is now no Charity Schoolmaster in the Parish of Kildaltan , and Therefore the four pounds yearly for said Schoolmaster falls , and the Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan having represented that they wish to have a fund for Purchasing Communion Tables & furms , and that four pounds sterl. will be necessary for that purpose , … agree to stent themselves for the sd. four pounds for this year . "
3 Proposals to amend the 1976 Organic Law had been contained in the campaign of the " grand alliance " — an amalgam of pro-Chinese and business interests and Macanese ( people of mixed Chinese and Portuguese blood ) — for the October 1988 elections to the Legislative Assembly [ see p. 36765 ] .
4 It was reported that Porfirio Muñoz Ledo , " number two " in the PRD , had been engaged in recent talks with the Minister for the Government , Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios , on preparations for the December municipal elections in Michoacán .
5 Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Broadcasting Act 1990 placed on the ITC the requirement to ensure that all bids were sustainable and stable for the whole 10 years of the franchise ?
6 This protection for the local authority does not require the residence to have taken place for the whole 12 months in the house to which succession is claimed .
7 Is it to set the general atmosphere and mood as Stravinsky did for The Firebird Mysterious sounds of the wind whispering in the trees , the soaring flight of a bird and the heavy tread of an unseen foot are still a wonderful introduction to this magic tale .
8 Assuming this applies night and day and is the dominant loss process , it is straightforward to derive an average HO 2 concentration of 3x10 8 molecules cm -3 for the middle six hours of the day .
9 The predicted HO 2 concentration for the middle six hours of 15 January is 3.6x10 8 molecules cm -3 , in good agreement with the ‘ measured ’ value ( from equation ( 7 ) ) of 3x10 8 molecules cm -3 , especially as the ‘ measured ’ value makes no provision for photolytic loss of H 2 O 2 and so underestimates HO 2 by about 20% .
10 And it was with this development that the company expanded internationally ; it prompted Harlequin , a Canadian based publishing house to approach Mills and Boon for the North American rights to some of their titles .
11 The glycosylated haemoglobin has been a very useful advance for the Type 2 patients with latently poor control .
12 Labour candidate Frank Cook told Mr Fowler to recognise the difficulties of thousands of pensioners and families in the constituency living below the poverty line , and to apologise to them for the agony 13 years of Tory rule has caused them .
13 And things got no better for City in the second half when first Kevin Sheedy hammered in a 57th minute free-kick and then Quinn doubled his tally for the night seven minutes from time with a delightful chip .
14 We are pleased to offer revision courses for the May 1992 examinations at West Herts College , Watford and at Wulfrun College , Wolverhampton .
15 That one of Beonna 's moneyers , Wilred , went on to mint coins for Offa , however , may imply a somewhat earlier date for some at least of Offa 's East Anglian coins , and Offa 's position in East Anglia was already secure enough for the East Anglian bishoprics of Dommoc and Elmham to be included in 787 in the new archdiocese of Lichfield ( see below , p. 174 ) .
16 Membership Field Chairs Module leaders of modules that are acceptable or compulsory for the field Appropriate Heads of Departments ( ex officio ) Student representatives The committee may co-opt additional members for special purposes .
17 Even more encouragingly , a working replica , ‘ The Iron Duke ’ was built for the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985 .
18 Faldo , who dramatically captured the British Open title at Muirfield last July , will have the company of US Open champion Kite and American amateur winner Justin Leonard for the opening two rounds at Baltusrol , New Jersey .
19 Faldo , who won at Muirfield last July , will join Kite and American amateur winner Justin Leonard for the opening two rounds at Baltusrol , New Jersey .
20 Wright 's smart reflexes rescued a point for the Gunners eight minutes from time , which was tough on Middlesbrough 's Derek Whyte , his shadow all afternoon .
21 Of course , we hope that Baker will undertake pioneer work and organise courses in neighbouring rural areas but probably for the moment any courses under Chapter III could be arranged in the usual way .
22 Craighton added a fifth for Chatteris and Dave Lee netted a consolation goal for the Shrimpers four minutes from time .
23 It sounds for the requisite two seconds for those of you who do n't know the rhyme ‘ I reckon that 's one … ’
24 Millions who applied for the minimum 100 shares in the great water sell-off are likely today to be told their applications are being met in full despite a huge oversubcription to the £5.24billion privatisation .
25 Richard and Ian had both been involved with the revival of the Bellerby Sword Dance Play , in 1982 for the anniversary of the school and in 1983 for the Richard III celebrations in Middleham .
26 In a biography about the former England captain about to be published , the rift which existed between the pair for the final 15 months of Lineker 's international career is at last revealed .
27 Reynolds , the 400 metres outdoor world record holder , won the 400m in 45.91 seconds , 0.2sec ahead of Jason Rouser who earned the other berth in the US team for the World Indoor Championships in Toronto next month .
28 But the victory left her still undecided about whether to bid for a place in the British team for the World Indoor Championships in Toronto next month .
29 On her return , she travelled to Harrogate for special coaching with international player David Pearson , in preparation for the World Junior Championships to be held in Malaysia in July .
30 Ashcroft , one of the brightest young middle distance runners in Britain , had the injection in case she is selected for the World Junior Championships in Seoul in September .
  Next page