Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case for the library user the style of popular books — particularly popular fiction — is often not a preoccupation . |
| 2 | Mr Brown was livid at the way £1 billion in precious foreign reserves was poured down the drain during the sterling fiasco a fortnight ago . |
| 3 | Former champions Boris Becker and Michael Stich are on collision course for a quarter-final showdown a repeat of their 1991 final and their Stella Artois clash last week , both of which Stich won . |
| 4 | However , now is the time to discover ways of creating simple and delicious dishes with Dutch Edam , such as our Carrot and Butter Bean Souffles — a stunning starter for a dinner party the Chicken and Edam Salad ; a light and healthy lunch dish , and the Creamy Scrambled Eggs and Nut and Cheese Potatoes for warming winter snacks or suppers . |
| 5 | Both Andrew and Judith arrived in Vancouver much in need of rest to recuperate from their hazardous and near-fatal experiences as passengers on the ill-fated liner ‘ Athenia ’ , which was torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi submarine off the Eire coast a few days after the outbreak of World War II . |
| 6 | A source of particular vulnerability for the agencies is that in its reorganization of the water industry the 1973 Water Act gives them responsibility for the management of the great majority of sewage treatment works , which in many areas are themselves significant — often principal — sources of pollution . |
| 7 | For example , in response to a ring of the door bell the words ‘ Do come in , I 'm pleased to see you ’ might be spoken while the facial expression might say ‘ I 'm busy , I wish you had n't called . ’ |
| 8 | Although there is little specific mention of the lifeboat service the sea is never any further from the book than it is from the history of the town of Blackpool . |
| 9 | As a result of the Guinness trial the Securities and Investments Board , the watch dog body with overall responsibility for policing the financial community , is abandoning its complicated rule books for a more broad-brush approach . |
| 10 | ( b ) There can be no doubt that as a result of the Boer War the 20th century in England , opened in a sense of national doubt . |
| 11 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 12 | The existence of the cemetery was not generally known and on the lane side of the pine wood the trees were separated from the grass verge by a dose-boarded fence . |
| 13 | As a centenary project perhaps it will consider mounting a major display on the flip side of the Bowes legacy the despoiled Durham countryside , and the heroic efforts still being made to repair the damage . |
| 14 | Laurie Mulrine , senior planning officer , said following redesign of the course layout the feared encroachment into Redworth Wood was now likely to be ‘ negligible . ’ |
| 15 | On completion of the design activity the geometric entities are re-distributed into selected layers , creating the spatial sub-file , and the work layers destroyed before filing finally takes place . |
| 16 | During the term of a business tenancy a haulier must comply with the tenant 's covenants ( promises ) made to his landlord . |
| 17 | We all recall that in the heyday of the poll tax the one principle that Ministers and Conservative Members were most reluctant to abandon was that everyone should pay something . |
| 18 | Despite talk of an IRA ceasefire the public is still urged to look out for suspicious objects |
| 19 | Trees on the upland behind the harbour cloak the Macdonald estate . |
| 20 | HAVING lost four general elections I can understand the socialists being busy and trying to scare the electorate with a terror story every day . |
| 21 | Although Karbacher 's best results have come on clay , he still threatens to give Agassi playing his first match in Halle , Germany , today after eight weeks out of action with a wrist injury a rough ride . |
| 22 | The withdrawals began in May , 1988 and had reached half-way point by August 14 ; they continued in 1989 , although there was heavy fighting along the Salang highway the road which runs north from Kabul to the Soviet border - as the Russian convoys left . |
| 23 | The costing for any individual contract or development project could be analysed as follows : Profit or loss In the building industry the normal practice is to cost net excluding the majority of overheads unless they are site-related . |
| 24 | As a soldier in the Salvation Army the cost might not have been too great . |
| 25 | ‘ I know , but there was a piece in a polo magazine the other day saying many women were ten in beauty , but never could be ten in polo . |
| 26 | In reply to a Commons question the Defence minister Jonathanj Aitken told him the project would receive ’ very careful scrutiny . ’ |
| 27 | Fig 51 When you place the weight over the back foot the tail will submerge , so as you step on to the board lean forwards placing weight through the front arm on to the mast foot . |
| 28 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 29 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders . |
| 30 | At the entrance to the laboratory complex the others drew on their own masks . |