Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announced on Nov. 8 the formation of a new police unit which would have the specific task of stabilizing and controlling political unrest . |
| 2 | The story is of a civil rights leader who was born 25 years ago and it 's a day in his life . |
| 3 | THE American government has seized assets of a Chilean arms dealer who allegedly took part in a complex $1 billion ( £575m ) fraud that brought defence group Ferranti to the brink of collapse . |
| 4 | 10 years later , in spite of a massive police investigation which named the officers guilty of Blair 's death , not a single policeman has faced prosecution or disciplinary action . |
| 5 | In general , larger firms tended to make more use of qualifications ( possibly reflecting the existence of a trained personnel staff who themselves owe their position to qualifications ) . |
| 6 | In November 1990 the government removed the power of arrest from the military police following the August murder of a senior police chief who was investigating army officers thought to be involved in criminal activities . |
| 7 | Federal investigators concluded that the thieves ( they were caught in the act ) had been shot with revolvers on the order of a local police captain who then , with the help of a town official , instigated the lynching to mask the shooting . |
| 8 | However , in the more usual case of a fatal accidents inquiry it is more common for the sheriff to become quite deeply involved in the technical causes of the accident to the extent of making recommendations for preventing other accidents in the future . |
| 9 | It also examines a recent case study of a British police operation which exemplifies current trends . |
| 10 | Three members of a Colombian drugs cartel who used Oxford language schools as a cover have each been jailed for ten years . |
| 11 | They have much less to do with the demands of competitiveness than with the perversities of an industrial relations law whose imbalance was over-corrected during the 1980s . |
| 12 | A new art gallery has been opened in memory of an eccentric antiques dealer who hoarded millions of pounds worth of paintings and other works of art . |
| 13 | Thousands of people turned out at the Royal Showground today to protest against a private members bill which aims to abolish blood sports . |
| 14 | TRANMERE ROVERS , of the Third Division , forced a replay against a shaken Spurs side who were rescued by a Higgins own goal in the 69th minute of this Littlewoods Cup fourth-round tie . |
| 15 | In making a case for for a new exceptions policy our our starting point really is the erm strategic planning framework provided by structure plan , that 's Policy I five and the proposed Policy E two . |
| 16 | Plans are being prepared for a new communications network which would enable rapid and cost-effective exchanges of information between the police national computer and forces , and between police forces themselves . |
| 17 | But they offered a very tempting fee simply to transport an art object , a sculpture , which they 'd bought as a centrepiece for a planetary arts festival they were staging . |
| 18 | Thus the idea that instruments are substitutes at all is rather damning for a restrictive practices policy which , like that currently in operation in the UK , is based upon form rather than effect . |
| 19 | As a keen watersports enthusiast I was greatly alarmed to read in your news pages about the high quantities of toxic algae currently present in many of our inland waterways . |
| 20 | As a public relations consultant it is assumed you can write and speak with skill and authority . |
| 21 | As a public relations executive you may be involved in work during industrial disputes , the moving or opening of a client factory , large scale redundancies , or other employment changes to your client 's company . |
| 22 | A law against obscene libel was created by the judges , although Parliament gave some assistance in 1857 with an Obscene Publications Act which permitted magistrates to destroy immoral books found within their jurisdiction . |
| 23 | She would in fact be taking over from a male contracts officer who would be leaving the company in four months ' time . |
| 24 | A dissenting voice came from a Financial Times reporter who had recently visited the northern town of Kompong Thom , briefly captured by the Khmers Rouges in mid-June [ see p. 37533 ] . |
| 25 | The alarm was raised shortly afterwards by a milkman and officers in a passing police car who spotted the smoke and flames . |
| 26 | At Lien College school leavers were participating in a rural skills course which included carpentry , forestry , metal work , building skills and fish farming as well as agriculture . |
| 27 | And it offers it all in a low-profile systems cabinet which is 30% smaller than comparable machines — yet designed by CompuAdd 212 provides the power and expandability to handle everything from word-processing and spreadsheets to network applications and presentation graphics . |
| 28 | A former member of the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) , Sgt. Felix Ndimene , said that he had served in a special forces unit which had carried out the massacre in September 1990 of 26 passengers in a Johannesburg-Soweto train [ see p. 37698 ] , an incident which had provoked weeks of violence in the Johannesburg region between ANC and Inkatha supporters . |
| 29 | Afterwards he told reporters that the proposals would probably be incorporated in an industrial relations Bill which could be published either late this year or early next year . |
| 30 | Johnson was the shining star in an excellent Whitecaps side which included former English internationalists Alan Ball and Jon Sammels. his performances put an estimated 6,000 on the team 's home gate ; within a season Johnson had led them to the Soccer Bowl final against Tampa Bay Rowdies . |