Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 The burgess might have no land at all in the fields ; but he had this right to graze his cattle after Lammas over any man 's lands , freely and wherever he liked .
2 The former world top ten player , who played for Aberdeen in last year 's Scottish Cup final , went out 15-12 , 15-10 , 15-10 to Danny Meddings .
3 The Candy Castle Cup offshore meeting at Carrick Sailing Club finishes tomorrow and many of the boats taking part in the event will be heading for Scotland for next weekend 's popular Scottish offshore series .
4 The field also includes Ralston 's Alastair Forsyth , last year 's beaten finalist — Alan Reid of Barassie is too old to defend his title — and Mortonhall 's David Patrick , who took four points out of six for Scotland in last week 's boys ' quadrangular tournament in Sardinia .
5 After Edward 's departure for England in 1274 Tany 's powers and authority as seneschal were carefully defined , but his rule does not appear to have been successful .
6 Who will be in charge of Germany in ten years ' time ?
7 Certain Western journalists claimed on the basis of Soviet sources that ‘ Moscow would much prefer a negotiated settlement which would involve the ‘ Finlandisation ’ of Afghanistan along neutral lines ' to a large increase in Soviet troops deployed in Afghanistan .
8 THE Archbishop of Canterbury said he would be amazed if there was any large scale defection from the Church of England after last week 's decision to ordain women .
9 MUEZZINS summon the faithful of Caracas to Latin America 's most magnificent mosque .
10 The mood would seem to be temporary ; judging by the ever-decreasing number of Trabants on eastern Germany 's roads no one , when faced with the superior horsepower of Volkswagen , Audi and Mercedes , is that nostalgic .
11 You 'll find the British Mohair Spinners of Bradford at this year 's knitting event which takes place at the Royal Highland Showground in Edinburgh , Scotland between 23–25 October .
12 No matter how corny the characters in the picture postcard parish of Rathcullen , I recognised the fields , I knew the smell of Guinness from drunk men 's breath , and my father wore a cap just like Darby O'Gill 's .
13 The company describes Version B as SparcBook OS Lite , a compact end-user version of Solaris including Open Windows V3 , NCE and an optimised Unix kernel and file system packaged into a still chubby 38Mb .
14 This report was disclosed in accordance with the direction of the trial on the twenty sixth of September of this year er the defendant had not obtained er a report themselves .
15 This showed perinuclear immunofluorescent staining in 69% of the ulcerative colitis sera , 67% of PSC sera , and 55% of PSC without ulcerative colitis sera .
16 It spawned the Bladud tale , it made Francis Peck subtitle his Antiquarian Annals of Stanford of 1727 Academia Tercia Anglicana , or ‘ The Third English University ’ , and it fuelled the fertile minds of William Stukeley and later Victorian romantics .
17 And he has appointed Mr Gergen , a long-time Renaissance man who gave a fine speech on the fragmentation of America at this year 's Hilton Head weekend , to a key position .
18 This is the splendid idea of exchanging one 's own ‘ spare ’ ascents of Munros with other Munroists ' spare ascents .
19 ENGLAND will play their opening match against Germany in next year 's US Cup in an indoor stadium .
20 Yes , we can , but only if the team adopts a positive attitude like that refreshingly displayed against Germany in last year 's friendly .
21 ANDY ROXBURGH may have tried manfully to build a protective shield against hype around Duncan Ferguson yesterday but Dundee United 's forward will play for Scotland against Portugal in next month 's World Cup qualifying tie for one simple reason — there is no-one better .
22 WC apps : 5 This is the Romanians ' first appearance in the finals since 1970 and after Steaua Bucharest 's supine performance against Milan in last season 's European Cup final it might be unwise to expect too much .
23 Graham rated Dixon , who scored an own goal against Coventry in last season 's corresponding game , as Arsenal 's man-of-the-match in Monday 's 2–1 win at Crystal Palace , a result which increased the club 's winning run to five successive League games .
24 It now seems clear that there had been intense military activity near Loughgall before last night 's shooting , as one eye witness recounts :
25 Abdullah had resigned as Defence Minister in 1987 after supporting an unsuccessful rebellion against Mahathir during that year 's divisive UMNO general assembly [ see p. 35459 ] .
26 Jones , meanwhile , plays his next Sheffield Shield match for Victoria against Tasmania on New Year 's Eve , hoping to improve on scores of nine , 14 and one this season .
27 Ireland did it against Italy on New Year 's Eve 1988 and Wales are scheduled to award caps for their game with the Italians in Cardiff on October 7th this year , so why not do the same , Scotland ?
28 Mike Teague will miss Gloucester 's match against Bridgend at the Brewery Field , but the Lions and England forward will turn out in the home game against Moseley on New Year 's Day .
29 With Regis replacing John , and Adam again shaking off his injury worries , the British foursome were runners- up behind Nigeria in last night 's second semi-final .
30 Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s .
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