Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet as the board met on May 27th to discuss a new trading system to replace the ageing SEAQ system , its members were conscious of the exchange 's troubles , not its successes . |
2 | Vladimir Isakov and Sergei Baburin , two prominent leaders of Russian Unity , were humiliated in the referendum held on April 25th . |
3 | This could be both through research work and through the organisation of more lengthy round-table discussions , of the kind held at Uig last October , between representatives of the various organisations engaged in the development of the area and some experts from outside . |
4 | For his part President Mitterrand reported on the steps taken in Paris last weekend by EC heads of government to bolster the crisis ridden economies of Hungary and Poland . |
5 | This is the depth of the nerve brought into play last week . |
6 | The Committee met on April 27th , 1982 , to receive the Development Sub-Committee 's report — a detailed and thorough document — introduced by its Chairman , Robert Naish , the Club President . |
7 | NEARLY 300 pilgrims from the Diocese converged on Walsingham last month for the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage , led by Bishop Harris . |
8 | We may be pardoned for reproducing a part of the opinion of The American Annals of the Deaf of this quarter on the subject : " The retention of the word " Dumb " — which in America has been dropped from the titles of the Convention of Instructors , The National Association , and several State Associations of the Deaf , and many schools , as well as from the United States Census — is probably due to a vote to that effect by the conference held in London last January ; but as our British friends who constitute the Association seem to favour American precedents , we trust that on further consideration they will follow our example in this respect alone , and omit the objectionable word from their title " . |
9 | The group announced on March 8th that terms had been agreed for the acquisition of Louis De Poortere Ltd. , the U.K. subsidiary of Belgian carpet manufacturing giant E.T.S. Louis De Poortere . |
10 | Subtitled ‘ The Road to Maus ’ it follows on from the exhibition held by MoMA last spring of Spiegelman 's drawings for his two published volumes on the Holocaust , told in comic strip form with mice , cats and pigs as the protagonists ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.15 ) . |
11 | Belatedly , the Americans promised on April 6th to fly in a battalion of Finns , armed with pistols . |
12 | The fare laid before Botha last night was hardly epicurean . |
13 | Now , set against the fast pace of Hungary 's reforms and the excitement of the recent election in the Soviet Union , the agreements signed on April 5th between the Polish government and the Solidarity-led opposition seem almost commonplace in Eastern Europe . |
14 | Many of the changes Mr Large suggests in the report published on May 25th are sensible — and overdue . |
15 | That cross-party committee urged a multi-million pound subsidy and other measures to save half of the pits earmarked for closure last October . |
16 | During rowdy scenes and Labour calls for his resignation , Mr Heseltine gave warning that there could be no guarantees over the future of the pits earmarked for closure last October . |
17 | Exports handled by the galleries in the Comite dropped by 30% last year and business in 1992 was more than 50% down by comparison with 1988–89 . |
18 | Bishop Konstant 's mention of Cardinal Basil Hume , chairman of the conference of bishops who lead England 's four million Roman Catholics , refers to a statement the Cardinal issued on February 8th : |
19 | Storage Technology Corp sprang a surprise after the markets closed on Thursday last week when it announced that it would be buying privately-held would-be competitor in the disk array business , Chatsworth , California-based Amperif Corp . |
20 | Well look back to the factors needed for life first of all . |
21 | After the sealing of the Treaty of Nonancourt it was time for Henry II to carry out the promise made at Winchester last September and deal with William and Vulgrin of Angoulême , Aimar of Limoges and the other defeated rebels . |
22 | Following the date Tate & Lyle 's accounts were signed , the ASB issued in mid-December last year an amendment to SSAP 15 that allows preparers to take into account , at the time that provisions for pensions and other post-retirement benefits are set up , the tax relief that will be received when the benefits are actually paid . |
23 | Those two quotes about ’ absolute rubbish ’ and ’ a quick fix ’ are not my words ; they were taken from the speech made on Thursday last week by the chairman of British Coal . |
24 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
25 | If Celtic did take Rhodes , it would give a club destined for Europe next season two ‘ non-national ’ goalkeepers . |
26 | Yet a study done for RLA last summer suggested that $1 billion and more than 75,000 new jobs were needed to prevent the city 's riot zone from going up in flames again . |
27 | A law passed in Pennsylvania last summer gives touts a $5,000 fine or two years behind bars . |
28 | I 'm not asking you to do these now , but they 're useful for your erm , this was a handout given to people last year that I was got given . |
29 | In a statement issued in Dublin last night the IRA said it was prepared to meet Mr Wilson , whose daughter was killed in the 1987 Poppy Day bombing . |
30 | According to a poll published on May 21st , 54% of the French think Mr Balladur would make a ‘ good president ’ . |