Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [noun prp] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did mind , though , and , as they were met at the emergency entrance with a wheeled stretcher-bed for Faye and a paged message for Tom summoning him to the renal unit to attend urgently to another patient , her concern for Faye 's condition battled for priority in her thoughts with painful images of Marise Wyspianski glowing in the magic aura of Tom 's kiss , and of Tom himself , at the wheel of the Mercedes just moments ago , staring so grimly into the Christmas Eve traffic . |
| 2 | The Indian government had sought to maintain good relations with China by not condemning the crushing of the June pro-democracy demonstrations [ see pp. 36720-22 ] . |
| 3 | State radio confirmed the second attack and said five people were killed , but Buana Kabue , president of the Zaire Human Rights League , said between 30 and 50 had died . |
| 4 | The result of the Oct. 3 elections to an expanded 503-member Chamber of Deputies raised doubts about the government 's initial confidence ( based on exit polls ) that it would commanded a majority in the congress [ see p. 37774 ] . |
| 5 | Mr Nofomela is to appear in a Natal magistrate 's court to be charged with the murder of the Durban civil rights lawyer , Griffiths Mxenge . |
| 6 | A VERY EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ILKLEY BLACK HATS AND WHITE HATS CRICKET TEAMS IN 1889 ( Page 47 ) |
| 7 | The programme of the WHO collaborative studies in the 1970s also intended to illuminate the relationship between infant mortality and the interval preceding the birth of the infant . |
| 8 | The independence resolution , drafted by the Popular Front , began by declaring that the June 1940 Soviet occupation of independent Latvia had been an " international crime " , and reiterating the illegality of the July 1940 elections conducted under Soviet supervision and in " conditions of political terror " for a Latvian parliament ( Saeima ) which had voted subsequently for Latvia 's accession to the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | They gave a seminar at the headquarters of WG in Prague , and participated in a field study of the Variscan orogenic provinces in northern and eastern Bohemia . |
| 10 | Kylie had returned to PWL 's Hit Factory behind Borough tube station on the south side of the Thames two miles from the City of London , to record her debut album . |
| 11 | Another figure of the Duvalier regime , Claude Raymond , a former general , generally held to be behind the disruption of the November 1987 elections [ see pp. 35697-98 ] , was also reported to be campaigning for the presidency , despite a constitutional ban on " notorious Duvalierists " . |
| 12 | Increasingly , as penetration of the West European markets on any large scale failed to materialise , the German states looked eastwards to the less socially advanced , less well-organised societies along their borders . |
| 13 | Richard Brucciani , chairman of the CBI smaller firms council , said : ‘ The CBI are delighted to support the initiative that both Kall Kwik and Grant Thornton have taken in producing their booklet . |
| 14 | Richard Brucciani , chairman of the CBI Smaller Firms Council , said : ‘ This survey shows that smaller firms ’ optimism has weakened over the last four months . |
| 15 | He is Chairman of the London Regional Passengers ' Committee and Chairman of the educationist , consumer champion , author and Health and Social Welfare Sector Programme broadcaster . |
| 16 | David Clarke , general manager of the Caledonian Hotel , Edinburgh , has been appointed chairman of the Edinburgh Principal Hoteliers Association . |
| 17 | Claiming a military success in toppling the regime , even while General Manuel Antonio Noriega remained at large , the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Colin Powell , said : ‘ Noriega has been decapitated from the dictatorship of this nation . ’ |
| 18 | The foreword is written jointly by a former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former Under secretary of the Navy . |
| 19 | Responding to Chervov 's call for the inclusion of naval forces in the current Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) talks , the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , Gen. Colin Powell , said that " the real threat in Europe [ did ] not come from the US Navy but from the overwhelming Soviet ground forces , backed by air forces " . |
| 20 | On Jan. 23 Gen. Colin Powell , Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , gave the most comprehensive public account of the progress of the air campaign since the beginning of the war . |
| 21 | At a separate press briefing on Dec. 4 , US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell , chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , indicated that troops might stay longer , a view also expressed , on Dec. 8 , by President-elect Bill Clinton . |
| 22 | The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Bradley , objected to a British proposal for a joint study of future Soviet moves . |
| 23 | Admiral Radford , chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , urged the use of American air ( and nuclear ) power to relieve the French force facing defeat at Dien Bien Phu . |
| 24 | David Howell , chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee , said China would recognise that ‘ destabilising and smashing Hong Kong is far too high a price to pay for China 's hopes in the modern world . ’ |
| 25 | Frank Field , Labour chairman of the Commons Social Services Select Committee , said a common thread was that many of the youngsters came from broken homes . |
| 26 | THE Labour leadership is monitoring the imminent reselection procedure in Birkenhead , Merseyside , where Mr Frank Field , the independent-minded chairman of the Commons social services committee is under threat from a local leftwing trade union official . |
| 27 | Mr Robert Sheldon , chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee , said yesterday he was seeking more documents from the Department of Trade after Monday 's hearing when he cross-examined Sir Peter Gregson , the permanent secretary at the ministry . |
| 28 | But Ray Fell , chairman of the Leeds United Supporters ' Club admitted : ‘ It 's a kick in the stomach , I 'm shocked and amazed . |
| 29 | Ray Fell , chairman of the Leeds United Supporters ' Club said : ‘ It has come as a kick in the stomach . ’ |
| 30 | Sky 's coverage of the US Olympic trials began in February with th4 screening of the women 's marathon and the company will be showing the men 's marathon on April 11 . |