Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success in 1991 of PRIME SUSPECT ( for Granada , and starring Helen Mirren ) again brought Lynda La Plante 's writing talent on to the screens of 17 million viewers . |
| 2 | The definitions are , at this early stage of our knowledge of Myrinian culture , valuable in themselves , not only because they reveal something of the inadequacy of our own language , but because they throw some light on to the mysteries of an alien culture . |
| 3 | Within an hour and a half , the Exxon Valdez had eluded the coastguard radar tracking system and plunged at full speed on to the rocks of Bligh Reef , rupturing eight cargo holds , each big enough to house a 15-storey building . |
| 4 | In the evenings we trundled a wheelbarrow down to the banks of the Dee and collected driftwood for the fire , because at 500 feet above sea-level , even after roasting days , when the sun went down it was cool enough to need it . |
| 5 | The Joneses have just been asked to find 15 years ' back rent along with the residents of the other 17 flats at Shire Court in Swindon . |
| 6 | The first in a new generation of colours , it has been developed as a result of Armitage Shanks ' research in to the tastes of today 's consumers . |
| 7 | A spokesman said that Mr Fontana had put his mandate back in the hands of the prime minister , Giuliano Amato . |
| 8 | Market reforms have revived a left-wing opposition out of the ashes of the outlawed Communist Party , says Roy Medvedev |
| 9 | Airtours THE WORLD IN ITS LAP Rumours of a price war are unlikely to take the wind out of the sails of a tour operator that has not just weathered the recession and the downturn in travel caused by the Gulf war , but increased market share as well |
| 10 | His merciless tone brought a spark of uncertainty back into the eyes of the Prophet . |
| 11 | In an effort to keep weight out of the eyes of the yacht , the stemhead roller may be unshipped when not in use and stowed away further aft . |
| 12 | ‘ We have had to beg , steal and borrow substantial funds to put the club back in the hands of the people of Peterborough , which is where it belongs , ’ commented Turner , who moves to the boardroom as chairman . |
| 13 | After a time ( or if disturbed ) this living globe breaks up and disappears like a rain of silver back into the depths of the sea . |
| 14 | One might well think that a word can not both label a property or a relation revealed to intuition and its meaning be a construct out of the meanings of other expressions . |
| 15 | As always the major attractions were romantic landscapes and the monuments of culture , but by the 1860s the British ( pioneers as usual ) were exporting their passion for physical exercise on to the mountains of Switzerland , where they were later to found skiing as a winter sport . |
| 16 | The course is bisected by the border between England and Wales and though , technically , Woosnam was born in Shropshire , he is a Welshman down to the tips of the spikes on his golf shoes . |
| 17 | They have ditched the ridiculous old restrictive working practices and are reaping the benefit along with the shareholders of British Aerospace , of which Rover is part . |
| 18 | They had also been floating in a jar of pickle in the curiobiological museum down in the cellars of Unseen University , since live salamanders were extinct around the Circle Sea . |
| 19 | If I could manage to absorb a tablet in between the bouts of vomiting it did stop the sickness and bring a pain-free sleep — but it left me too exhausted to do anything about enjoying life . |
| 20 | First there 's a run down on the basics of all terrain driving . |
| 21 | In recent years there have certainly been dramatic moves to open sport up to the forces of the market . |
| 22 | Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those . |
| 23 | That is a reference back to the events of chapter 16 , and strange though it is , it is no more extraordinary than their wish in Exodus 16 that they had been killed together with the Egyptians at the time of the Passover . |
| 24 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 25 | Modules , in this sense , do not have access to the contents of other modules and , in Carl Hewitt of MIT 's immortal words , ‘ modules should n't be able to dicker around with the insides of their neighbours ’ . |
| 26 | First , there may be a case for shifting the evidential burden of establishing consent on to the shoulders of the defence in certain cases , such as where there is evidence of injury inflicted by the defendant , where weapons are used or where sexual intercourse takes place in the context of the commission of another grave offence . |
| 27 | Her heart in her mouth , Tabitha Jute followed the band down into the halls of JustSleep . |
| 28 | We have to get right up to the ceilings and dust right down to the floors of every room so that in Spring it 's all ready for you to come and see |
| 29 | Both will be sent for analysis and the results should be ready this evening along with the results of the scan . |
| 30 | Blame had n't been fastened on anyone except some unknown nutter back in the wilds of Ontario . |