Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Countries making commitments in August to the multinational force , apart from the USA and those European and Arab countries as described above , included ( i ) Canada , a NATO member country , which announced on Aug. 10 that it would send two destroyers and a supply ship , to arrive by September ; ( ii ) Australia , whose Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced after a telephone conversation with Bush on Aug. 10 that two frigates and a supply ship would be sent ( a decision endorsed by the Cabinet on Aug. 14 ) ; ( iii ) Pakistan , which had some 90,000 nationals working in Kuwait , and whose President Ghulam Ishaq Khan said on Aug. 13 that it would send troops to protect the Moslem holy places , with a first contingent to leave on Aug. 17 and a total commitment expected to number 5,000-8,000 ; and ( iv ) Bangladesh , which on Aug. 15 announced a commitment in principle to send troops to Saudi Arabia numbering some 5,000 in all . |
| 2 | ALEXANDER Workwear tumbled from a £5.3m profit to a £500,000 pre-tax loss last year , after charging £1½m ( £1.3m ) of exceptional rationalisation costs . |
| 3 | At the head of Loch Torridon , the main road coming from Kinlochewe turns along the south shore for Shieldaig , first passing through the settlement of Annat . |
| 4 | Alexandra plunged into the wastepaper basket to retrieve the torn envelope . |
| 5 | As well as the frequency spectrum , one can define wave number spectra — Fourier transforms of the space correlations . |
| 6 | His response to the captain 's surprised question , 'so you came to Czechoslovakia to go to the football match , Professor ? " ( p. 71 ) is , initially , to violate the maxim of quality ( " Certainly not " ) and then to imply that this is not entirely the case by violating the maxims of quantity and relevance when he provides three excuses for not attending all the sessions of the Colloquium instead of admitting the truth . |
| 7 | Still muttering the word justice , Yeremi gazed at the quatrefoil viewscreen . |
| 8 | ‘ Previously , a security officer at the Hardshaw Brook depot in St Helens checked with the Met Office , took readings from a thermometer and inspected road surfaces outside the depot . |
| 9 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 10 | Examples are numerous , but Naseby has both extensive earthworks and an early map of 1630 showing the layout of the village at that date ; as Christopher Taylor remarks in the RCHM Volume 111 for Northamptonshire , ‘ the extensive earthworks show clearly that the relatively simple layout of the present village is the result of complex changes which are by no means understood ’ . |
| 11 | Tony Yates applied to the licensing committee to extend his music licence until 12.30am at Brannegans and 2.30am at Club Lucy . |
| 12 | The headmen councilled , and on 19th June the Nez Perce re-crossed to the Salmon River 's west bank . |
| 13 | Whitlock got into the passenger seat and the driver immediately started the engine . |
| 14 | ‘ La toilette d'une jeune mariée dans le costume antique ’ , dated ‘ Roma 1777 ’ , is one of five large paintings by Joseph-Marie Vien commissioned by the Comte d'Angiviller and is offered at this auction of Old Master paintings with the estimate of FFr2–3m ( £200–300,000 ; $350–530,000 ) . |
| 15 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 16 | The club were accused of making illegal payments to players and more dramatically , Macari was fined £1,000 for his part in a betting scandal after a bet of £6,500 had been placed on Swindon to lose in a cup match against Newcastle . |
| 17 | With her new role Alison qualified for a company car . |
| 18 | Rubbish Fadeev clung to the world championship lead despite falling on a tripe loop in yesterday 's original programme . |
| 19 | On 17 September Bevin and Acheson met in the State Department ; Acheson stated that the American government had decided it was necessary to proceed with a peace treaty within the near future . |
| 20 | ‘ What we need is a little liquid refreshment , and there 's a little pub ’ — Morse got into the passenger seat — ‘ just along the road here . ’ |
| 21 | The economy failed the March test under the IMF agreement by failing to reach the target for foreign reserves . |
| 22 | The Manufacturing , Science and Finance union negotiated an agreement last year , for instance , that entitled part-time women working for Norwich Union to benefit from a mortgage subsidy scheme . |
| 23 | Here , Chris Bonington looks at the way climbers develop their skills in order to test the above criteria , and sketches in the larger-than-life personalities and rivalries within the sport . |
| 24 | Manchester United have been ready to set up a £3m deal for Pearce with former Forest mid-field star Neil Webb returning to the City Ground . |
| 25 | Dominic Arnold trained at the Drama Centre and has since been working constantly , both in television and at Glasgow 's Citizens ' Theatre . |
| 26 | With twenty five minutes into the half Wassall made a smother tackle as Armstrong charged towards the Derby box . |
| 27 | Relieved that she had not betrayed her real feelings , Sophie concentrated on the morning surgery , which , however , was not very busy . |
| 28 | Arshile Gorky , Jasper Johns , Robert Rauschenberg , Cy Twombly , Brice Marden and Roy Lichtenstein were names which Mnuchin mentioned to The Art Newspaper , a list which supports the view of those observers who believe that the contemporary art market 's revival will be led by renewed interest in the leading post-War American masters . |
| 29 | After two hours of driving Carson and Alison stopped at a motorway services area , a cut-rate chunk of space-age that straddled the carriageway . |
| 30 | In 1988 , Oulton moved to the Marlborough Gallery , which was busy assembling a stable of the best of the new painters . |