Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Painters have responded enthusiastically , from the meticulous realism of Frith 's panoramic Paddington to the delicate impressionism of Monet 's Gare Saint-Lazare , from the distorted heat-haze imagery of Dali 's Perpignan Station to the lonely , austere beauty of Vlaminck 's station in the snow .
2 Birbeck believed that Branson had played the joke as ‘ revenge ’ for a Music Week reporter feeding stories disparaging Branson to the satirical magazine Private Eye — and he was partly right .
3 May I refer you to my letter of 30 March regarding the above tape , for which you placed an order on 16 March .
4 Impaired glucose tolerance was defined as a fasting or achieved plasma glucose concentration more than 2 SD above the mean concentration of a non-diabetic population matched for age and weight .
5 For sale , two tickets for the Ted Heath concert this Friday at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham .
6 Okay , two tickets for sale for the Ted Heath concert , this Friday at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham , they were twelve pounds fifty each , you can have the two tickets for ten pounds each , call , .
7 IT Division is organising the 1991 JFIT Conference at UMIST on the 9th–11th July with the primary aim of discussing objectives of the JFIT programmes and they way in which they are meeting the requirements of users .
8 But this had been an attempt to land on the Spanish Main , and the Spanish felt much less concerned about the long string of small islands in the Lesser Antilles at the eastern end of the Caribbean .
9 Churchill began his campaign on 12 December before the Royal Empire Society with an onslaught on Dominion Status as ‘ a hideous act of self-mutilation astounding to every nation in the world ’ ; continued it for a more general audience by personally hiring the Free Trade Hall in Manchester ; and moved inexorably towards his Shadow Cabinet resignation at the end of January .
10 Unguarded remarks by Truman on 30 November on the possible use of nuclear weapons in Korea precipitated in Westminster what Roy Jenkins has described as a " mood of near panic " far worse than any he experienced throughout his entire political career .
11 The 1991 Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 2 November in the Central Hall , Westminster .
12 In the meantime there had been a major change in the political landscape of Derry , with the announcement on 22 November of the imminent abolition of Londonderry Corporation and the appointment of a Development Commission to run the city 's affairs .
13 Despite Lawrence guiding Boro into the Premier League in his first season at Ayresome Park , Bassett won the award for lifting a relegation-threatened side into the top half of the First Division .
14 As it T's off the main flow , it takes only part of the flow from the pump , and using three Wurlys from one pump you lose only 30 GPH from the main flow rate .
15 THE selectors made a serious start to the job of digging English cricket out of its present hole by bringing four virtual newcomers to Old Trafford despite the resounding defeat .
16 In the foreground are the chimney-stacks of the Cabinet Office — complex pillars of weathered grey London stock brick rising like the high Alps from the blue slate foothills of the roof .
17 Crosby has been preparing the Roker side for an FA Cup semi-final against Norwich City at Hillsbrough this Sunday with the official title of first team coach .
18 It fell to William , the only son left in London , to prove the will , which he duly did on 22 October at the Principal Probate Registry ; the body was laid to rest at Abney Park Cemetery , Stoke Newington , grave no. 66,417 .
19 There was another Bentley outside the grey slate Gothic place with a smart yellow Cortina snuggling up against it .
20 Age on Entry The minimum age is 17 years and six months on 30 September of the proposed year of entry .
21 ‘ It 's about time you and Mummy stopped going to that dreary old Richardson in the High Street and switched to Mr Vigo . ’
22 ARCHITECTURAL Tours ( 01-267 6497 ) offers a 10-day tour to Los Angeles , ‘ the architectural Mecca of the Western world ’ , to visit many of the buildings including those by Frank Lloyd Wright , Frank Gehry , Ray and Charles Eames , M Schindler , art galleries and museums — as well as the opportunity to visit several architects ' practices .
23 From the cheapest Metro to the new flagship 800 coupe , a Rover comes with a luxurious quality you will search hard to find in any rival .
24 Deeply troubled by this experience , he sailed for Latin America in the late summer of 1886 in an attempt to save the firm .
25 The redevelopment of Liverpool Street involved the closure of the much decayed ex-North London Railway terminus at Broad Street , and the diversion from 30 June of the remaining North London Line services to the City via the newly constructed Graham Road curve into Liverpool Street using dual-voltage Class 313 units .
26 Applications for these awards must be made to local education authorities/education and library boards by 30 June of the proposed year of entry to the course .
27 Jalhousie Plantation , a new luxury resort managed by Premier Resorts and Hotels open this June on the magical isle of St Lucia .
28 Executive power lies with the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly , which also elects , each December for the succeeding year , two Federal Council members to be President and Vice-President ( head and deputy head of state ) .
29 The Duke and Duchess of Kent this evening attended a Gala Evening in aid of the Council for the Protection of Rural England at the Royal Festival Hall .
30 Ian Crofton , currently editorial director of Guinness Reference , joins the Pan Macmillan board as an associate director on 29th March in the new position of publishing director for reference books .
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