Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Michels among the classical theorists undertook very systematic research , and even work by post-war writers such as Mills was criticized by pluralists as unsystematic and impressionistic . |
| 2 | This week a consignment of langoustines , scallop meat and monk fish for Germany was intercepted at Boulogne by French fishermen protesting at cheap imports . |
| 3 | Even more remarkably , two days later a requiem for Zita was held in St Matthew 's church in Budapest . |
| 4 | The turning point for England was provided by Stewart , in the final over before tea , when the accomplished DeSilva aimed a leg glance at Jarvis . |
| 5 | The turning point for England was provided by Stewart , in the final over before tea , when the accomplished DeSilva aimed a leg glance at Jarvis . |
| 6 | Seventeen year old Stephen Dent from Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean was treated in Moscow earlier this year . |
| 7 | The surviving correspondence does not make clear what happened to Mr. Carrick , but as Glassford had by the time of election three votes prepared and George Abercromby defeated Major Dundas , it may be surmised that Lord Dundas 's failure to secure the reinstatement of the collector of Inverness was seen by Glassford as a neglect which justified his remaining friendly with Abercromby . |
| 8 | The Contemporary Arts Centre of Cincinnati was acquitted of obscenity on Oct. 5 for having displayed an exhibition of photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe . |
| 9 | Henry 's failure to attend and comply with imperial councils finally led to a declaration of forfeiture of his fiefs , and the title of Duke of Saxony was conferred upon Bernard of Anhalt , the younger of son of Albrecht the Bear . |
| 10 | The Chief Constable of Brighton was dismissed from office by the Brighton Watch Committee without an adequate hearing . |
| 11 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 12 | On 11 March ( Penn , Vial , Huntingford ) the Duke of Northumberland was nominated for membership , and thanked for his ‘ bounty ’ of 50 guineas . |
| 13 | During the minority of Roger-Bernard III 's grandson , Gaston II ( 1315–23 ) , custody of the comté of Foix was granted to Bernard Jourdain de L'Isle until the count reached the age of fourteen . |
| 14 | After exhaustive investigations the supplier was identified as Herr Ignatz of Wurzburg and a solicitor by the name of Medicus was recommended by Deutz & Geldermann to settle the matter . |
| 15 | The terracotta model for the figure of Hercules was bequeathed to Hoare in Rysbrack 's will . |
| 16 | The 1852 coffin of the Sixteenth Earl of Shrewsbury was designed by E.W. Pugin and made by Hardman of Birmingham — ‘ the edges … engrailed with gilt metal work ; at its foot the Shrewsbury arms were engraved in gilt metal ’ — whilst in October 1887 Philip Webb sketches in his commonplace book the ‘ outside dimensions of coffin & coffins for a six foot body for Lawrence Datchworth ’ , suggesting an outer case seven foot 6 inches long , three foot wide and two foot deep . |
| 17 | The new Child-care and Nursery facility and Overseas Student Welcome Centre situated at St Anns in Bridge of Allan was opened in September 1991 . |
| 18 | The appointment of Popov 's former deputy Yury Luzhkov as mayor of Moscow was approved by President Boris Yeltsin on June 6 . |
| 19 | The Treaty on the Conditions of the Limited Stay and Procedures for the Planned Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from the Federal Republic of Germany was signed on Oct. 12 . |
| 20 | A meeting of ALADI was held on May 1-2 , 1990 , in Mexico City [ see p. 37502 ; see also pp. 37373 ; 37774 ] . |
| 21 | And on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus , still reposing in the sanctity of the divine presence , was quickened by the Spirit and the person of Jesus of Nazareth was restored to life . |
| 22 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 23 | When the vastly popular Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was appointed to Canada in 1946 , Letson — as a soldier with wide connections in business and society — proved an admirable choice as Secretary to the Governor-General . |
| 24 | After one outbreak of fighting , the main road running through the village of Rewasan was littered with bricks and stones . |
| 25 | In the following year , indeed , Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne and in May 1431 , after what was a political trial carried out under ecclesiastical rules , she was condemned and burned at Rouen . |
| 26 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 27 | For example , the increased risk found by Jorgensen showed only a weak dose-response relation , and the effect found by the Rome Group for Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis was reduced after adjustments for confounding factors . |
| 28 | The first hour of Saturday was ruled by Saturn , and similarly the eighth , fifteenth , and twenty-second hours . |
| 29 | The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was proclaimed in March 1956 , having been a British dominion since the partition of the Indian Empire in August 1947 . |
| 30 | The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was proclaimed in March 1956 , having been a British dominion since the partition of the Indian Empire in August 1947 . |