Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [conj] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were resumed on Jan. 22 after a series of compromises had been agreed , including live radio coverage of the talks . |
| 2 | The State Council spokesman , Yuan Mu , said on Jan. 10 that a policy of " leniency " was being adopted in the trials , which were closed to foreign observers . |
| 3 | In Kent , Edward IV 's sheriff had been William Haute , brother of the arrested Richard Haute , and he was now replaced by Sir Henry Ferrers of Peckham , a former servant of Edward IV and a nephew of William lord Hastings . |
| 4 | In Kent , Edward IV 's sheriff had been William Haute , brother of the arrested Richard Haute , and he was now replaced by Sir Henry Ferrers of Peckham , a former servant of Edward IV and a nephew of William lord Hastings . |
| 5 | A combination of minor adjustments to the statutes of February 1861 and a show of determination enabled the tsar to scotch aristocratic demands for participation in government . |
| 6 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 7 | The trial was analysed up to the 31 January 1991 and a minimum of 16 months after the last patient was recruited into the study . |
| 8 | Foreign Minister Joaquín Ricardo García was quoted by local radio as saying on July 18 that a total of 13,000 Haitian citizens , most of whom were migrant workers , had left the country " in the last few days " , 2,000 of them forcibly repatriated and the rest having left " voluntarily " . |
| 9 | It was reported on Sept. 25 that a committee of 13 creditor banks meeting in Washington approved proposals to make available to the Chilean government in 1991 and 1992 funds worth a total of US$320,000,000 . |
| 10 | Bahrain and Qatar were both members of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) , and reports emerged on July 29 that a series of GCC ministerial meetings scheduled for July had been postponed due to " rising tension " between the two countries . |
| 11 | It had been postponed from May 17 to May 19 after it was found on May 16 that a consignment of indelible ink donated by Germany — with which it was proposed to stamp voters ' hands in order to prevent multiple voting in the absence of electoral registers — was in fact easily washed off . |
| 12 | Mandela indicated on Aug. 13 that a statement of intent by the government to implement a non-racial constitution might be sufficient for the ANC to call for the ending of sanctions against South Africa . |
| 13 | The Macedonian government offered its resignation on July 16 after a vote of no confidence was carried by 91 votes to two with seven abstentions in the Macedonian Assembly on July 7 . |
| 14 | Radio Lebanon reported on Aug. 24 that a number of civilians were killed or wounded in the subsequent SLA barrage , during which , according to some sources , regular Lebanese soldiers ( deployed in the south since July — see p. 38360 ) clashed with SLA fighters . |
| 15 | After missing an earlier deadline of December 1990 and a series of other target dates for completing the round , negotiators were trying to meet GATT Secretary-General Arthur Dunkel 's new target of April [ see p. 38746 ] . |
| 16 | By a writ issued on 15 November 1988 and a statement of claim dated 16 February 1990 , the plaintiff , Christopher de Martell , claimed damages from the defendants , the Merton and Sutton Health Authority , for personal injuries and consequential loss arising out of the alleged negligent treatment afforded to him at St. Helier Hospital , Carshalton , on or about 5 February 1967 when his mother , who was pregnant with the plaintiff , underwent an attempted forceps delivery and a caesarean section . |
| 17 | All records were for the coast , except for one shot from a party of six at Weir Wood Reservoir on 18 March 1962 and a total of five at Arlington Reservoir between 1973 and 1975 . |
| 18 | IRNA said on Feb. 26 that a total of 9,657 refugees from 27 countries had fled to Iran from Iraq since the outbreak of the war . |
| 19 | It was reported on Feb. 11 that a total of 171 foreign companies , 75 per cent of which were US-based , had signed contracts to take part in emergency re-building . |
| 20 | Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity . |
| 21 | Accordingly his faithful service here was rewarded with a Testimonial in October 1966 and a crowd of over 17,000 attended . |
| 22 | Radio Australia reported on Nov. 12 that a director of China 's Public Security Bureau had informed a visiting Australian human rights delegation that there were 4,000 prisoners currently in prison in China for crimes of subversion and counter-revolution . |
| 23 | In other contexts the courts have taken a broad , purposive approach to the interpretation of the 1977 Act ; thus in Smith v Eric S Bush ; Harris v Wyre Forest DC [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 the House of Lords held that a disclaimer of liability on a surveyor 's report , which purported to prevent the surveyor owing a duty of care to the recipient of the report , was subject to s2 of the Act and was required to be reasonable . |
| 24 | Now , though , Andrew Burton ( born Bromley 1961 and a Master of Fine Art at Newcastle University from 1984 to 1986 ) has also adopted this docile beast of burden as his own particular symbol . |
| 25 | Ortega announced on Nov. 8 that a total of 5,000 officers would be retired in order to bring the full complement of the People 's Sandinista Army ( EPS ) down to 28,000 " immediately or in a very short time " . |
| 26 | Baker had talks in Jeddah on Nov. 5 with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour on Nov. 3-7 , followed by a visit to Moscow on Nov. 8 and a series of meetings in European capitals . |
| 27 | The two sides exchanged artillery fire on Nov. 8-10 and a number of Lebanese civilians were wounded . |
| 28 | The reports , which criticised the accountants , were referred to the Institute in August 1990 and a committee of inquiry was appointed by the JDS executive committee in May 1991 . |
| 29 | Gifford dated his success from the time he started to use it ; he signed his pictures with Winsor blue and a dab of the pure colour occurs somewhere in them , a sort of trademark . ’ |
| 30 | Prior to acquisition , Model Layout Ltd reported a profit of £110,000 for the period 1st April 1990 to 30th September 1990 and a profit of £209,000 for the financial year ended 31st March 1990 . |