Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French approach to North America had been rather different ; they had penetrated to the interior by the two great river systems , the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , and began developing them as a single communications route linked by the Great Lakes and running through the hinterland west and north of the British settlements . |
| 2 | Any computer shop will tell you about the various comms packages available for your machine , though bear in mind that some can be quite difficult to set up ( and that most American software can not handle the Prestel standards ) . |
| 3 | The TIC can tell you about the local brewers Tetleys ' Heritage Inns , including the 1,000-year-old Bingley Arms at Bardsey . |
| 4 | In the 1890s a serious effort was made to transform them into a rural police force . |
| 5 | These are no longer needed and are best killed to prevent them from spreading to the food cupboard , so drop them into the methylated spirits jar . |
| 6 | The family had put out the items including tea services and Georgian candlesticks so house guests could admire them over the New Years holiday . |
| 7 | Please reserve a place for me on the POTENTIAL TEACHERS DAY on Saturday 8th March , for which I enclose the fee of £5.00 . |
| 8 | They are then sent to the Embassy maintained in the state of destination which conveys them to the External Affairs Ministry of that state , which will pass them over to its Ministry of Justice to be sent down to the appropriate local agency for delivery to the addressee . |
| 9 | That wretched man steals anything that 's of good quality that he can get his hands on — not for himself since they 're usually things that do n't fit him — he sells them to the second-hand clothes stalls on San Lorenzo market . ’ |
| 10 | His way took him past the local police station . |
| 11 | His admirable Swiss detectives had checked up on her with the central police register of foreigners , and then elicited the information from the police in Jersey . |
| 12 | Blake pleaded guilty to the five charges against him under the Official Secrets Act which referred to him having passed on information since November 1951 . |
| 13 | If that fails , or if the offender breaks his assurance , the Director can take proceedings against him in the Restrictive Practices Court , which has power to order that the course of conduct be abandoned . |
| 14 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
| 15 | He took her to the Regal Arms Hotel . |
| 16 | He seemed only mildly surprised when she asked him , in the appalling police jargon that made her cringe , to accompany her to the local police station . |
| 17 | After a period , the home evicted the woman , put her in a taxi and sent her to the local police station . |
| 18 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 19 | Midge had been waiting out in the studio for five hours , fortified by cups of tea brought to her by the friendly police constables . |
| 20 | He had known this district all his life , had come back to it as a young police detective for his first major case , and its vitality and capacity for change amazed him . |
| 21 | Maxwell 's good judgement came in taking over the BPCC printing business and transforming it into a global communications empire . |
| 22 | The startled shopper handed it into the local police station . |
| 23 | At this point , the trustees decided that the future of the church would be best secured by vesting it in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 24 | Once an agreement has been registered in the register of restrictive agreements ( which is open to public inspection ) , the Director General may refer it to the Restrictive Practices Court for a decision on whether the restrictions it contains are contrary to the public interest . |
| 25 | We are now working on a similar list for 1990 , and accordingly would be grateful if you could complete the enclosed form , and return it to the Scottish Sports Council by Friday 29 September . |
| 26 | Now , incorporated in these charges there 's a litter collection , so if litter is dumped on District Council ground , but they wo n't it at the Scottish Homes land , then the owner have to pay for this service . |
| 27 | There seems to be a strong argument now that the provisions of Regulation 5 of the UK Transfer Regulations , in so far as they make the transfer of the contract of employment compulsory on the employee as well as the employer , are ultra vires and so susceptible to judicial review , in the sense that the government in making the Regulations exceeded the powers conferred on it by the European Communities Act 1972 to make law by delegated legislation . |
| 28 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
| 29 | We tried for compensation and we 've got Tony Baldry , who we 're going to see Saturday , and he 's going to try and claim for us under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act . |
| 30 | People certainly built last year who first saw us at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in 1984 and 1985 . |