Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Neither Andy Forshaw nor Martin Langston stood out in the HDM event , so Clark , for so long on the fringe of national selection , could get his chance for England in the Buttermen Indoor tournament at Crystal Palace on December 29-30 . |
2 | There are only three Irish players ahead of Clarke in the ratings prior to this week 's European Masters — Ronan Rafferty at 39th , David Feherty ( 66th ) and O'Connor Jnr ( 109th ) . |
3 | A week later it is off to Dundee ( for the first time since 1924 ) for the annual three-day joust against Scotland with the wins equal at nine each in the series that started in 1888 . |
4 | As against Falkirk in the Tennents Scottish Cup , Hearts managed to record a crucial victory without firing on all cylinders , though , in the circumstances — Gary Mackay , Tosh McKinlay , Neil Berry and Allan Preston were out injured and Peter Van de Ven was missing through suspension — it was understandable that Joe Jordan greeted the result with a smile . |
5 | In Europe between the wars fascist movements destroyed democracy in several countries , while in Latin America , Africa and Asia military dictatorships and other forms of authoritarian rule have been common , and continue to exist in many places . |
6 | Police were questioning a 30-year-old man in connection with the murder of Elizabeth Page-Alucard , 41 , the counsellor who was found dead on Saturday at a drugs advisory centre in Worcester . |
7 | If the pressure was on McSharry from the accountants concerned about ever increasing costs , it was also coming from the environmentalists who were objecting to taxpayers funding intensive farming which they believed was damaging the environment . |
8 | Saunderson and singer Paris Grey are Inner City , who filled dancefloors across Europe with the hits Big Fun and Good Life . |
9 | they 'll be flying around the squash court at Abingdon as the regions top players compete in the Oxfordshire championships … |