Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind him was Stuart Bell , MP for Middlesbrough and a strategic thinker of the right . |
| 2 | Pat and Garth move between Malibu and a glitzy apartment in New York . |
| 3 | Today , 16 of the 21 vehicles here operate the British Sugar contract , with the rest carrying molasses for Intermol and a small range of products for Dow Chemicals . |
| 4 | Mike Morley seen here leaving the high Court recorded the interview between Nilsen and a top psychologist at Albany Prison on the Isle of Wight last September . |
| 5 | ENGLAND , who stand between Scotland and a Triple Crown triumph , are in line to pay a surprise visit to Murrayfield . |
| 6 | Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that this is wonderful news for Glasgow and for Scotland and a great tribute to the work force and management , some of whom were in the House this week to meet an all-party group ? |
| 7 | The battlefield itself survives , thanks to the National Trust for Scotland and a National Committee formed to fight another kind of battle — against the threat of a housing development obliterating the site . |
| 8 | Nenad Bucin , the representative for Montenegro and a strong supporter of the Serbian cause , similarly declared a boycott of the Collective State Presidency , stating that he could " not reconcile himself to the processes of deliberate disintegration " going on in the country . |
| 9 | The programme continued on 5 January 1990 , when Mr G Vincent ( Society Member ) of Wolverhampton and a former Chairman of the Tal-y-Llyn Railway , gave a talk and slide show dealing with the minor railways of Shropshire , of which there were quite a number in the heyday of steam . |
| 10 | He has preached pragmatism towards Moscow and a cautious approach to economic reform . |
| 11 | ‘ Why , that 's no great problem while we remain at the abbot 's lodging , since half of Shrewsbury and a good part of the shire goes in and out freely at the abbey , and you may ask an audience whenever you will , and always find yourself one of three or four , various enough to keep any man in countenance . |
| 12 | In 1870 he went to Rome , where the pianist Sgambati , a pupil of Liszt and a leading figure in the musical life of Rome , recognized his talent and encouraged him . |
| 13 | She packed Rolling Stones and Ray Charles into a leather case , along with a tiny bottle of Chanel and a selected volume of Beat poetry , and she came to us . |
| 14 | Offering the meagre purse of local gossip , news from Buttermere , Nicholson spoke about Mr Skelton 's plans for building a large stone manor house in the area ; dwelt longingly on the prospect of Miss Skelton and said something about the wrestling which included a mention of Mary of Buttermere and a young man from the north of the county walking thirty or forty miles just to see her and make his feelings known to her . |
| 15 | By 1257 he was a canon of Lichfield and a papal chaplain . |
| 16 | Using the incidence curve previously published , at risk patients with no retinal features of FAP and a negative sigmoidoscopy screen at 34 years would be considered at no risk of having FAP and developing multiple polyps . |
| 17 | He mapped the Isle of Sheppey and a proposed fort at Swaleness , Kent , in 1574 . |
| 18 | Deanes looked towards Meredith and a surprised expression crossed his face . |
| 19 | In the face of huge popular demonstrations in favour of Aquino and a growing mutiny within the armed forces , Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25 and Aquino was declared President [ see pp. 34297-302 ] . |
| 20 | In the face of huge popular demonstrations in favour of Aquino and a growing mutiny within the armed forces , Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25 and Aquino was declared President . |
| 21 | This was to be one of the many houses used by the Bishops of Rochester and a favourite residence of some during the next three centuries . |
| 22 | The view from the summit is far reaching , extending over half of Scotland and a confused jumble of a hundred peaks to the islands of the Hebrides . |
| 23 | The busiest port of Spain and a popular stopping point for luxury cruise liners . |
| 24 | Just five per cent of land in Essex is now covered by woodland , compared with an average of ten per cent for the rest of England and a European average of 20 to 30 per cent . |
| 25 | The FoE- Observer tapwater survey found that 84 areas had drinking water contaminated with trihalomethanes beyond the EC limit of 100 ug/litre , including Broxbourne , Enfield , Epping Forest and Haringey in north London , most of Devon and a large tract of the Midlands from Lincoln to Montgomery . |
| 26 | , Sir John ( c. 1240–1275 ) , baron and leading supporter of Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] , was the son of John Fitzgeoffrey [ q.v. ] , justiciar of Ireland and a prime mover , with Montfort , of the political revolution of 1258 . |
| 27 | I went to Rovaniemi , capital of Lapland and a remote town on the Arctic Circle . |
| 28 | ( I never cease to marvel at the continued confusion in the public mind between nuclear power and weapons : too many people stare at me as if I were some unnaturally hybrid creature when I mention to them that I am both a member of CND and a strident advocate of nuclear power stations to produce electricity . |
| 29 | of the spring records in the second half of May and a similar proportion of autumn reports in the second half of August . |
| 30 | There will be a further report at the next Personnel Meeting on the outcome of the meeting that we held with J C C meeting on the twelfth of January and a further meeting is being fixed up for February . |