Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |
| 2 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 3 | The polite , complacent literature of fully integrated bourgeois writers such as Andre Maurois , Jacques de Lacretelle and Julien Green is unceremoniously attacked , as is the work of Jean Giono classified by Nizan as a naive form of utopian escapism in the face of modern industrial society Equally , Nizan is extremely hostile to the sentimental , colonial and populist literature produced by the bourgeoisie for the mystification of the proletariat . |
| 4 | Youth workers from all over North Yorkshire will meet today at the Galtres Centre in Easingwold for a special conference on smoking . |
| 5 | The UN General Assembly last night adopted a resolution deploring the US military intervention in Panama as a flagrant violation of international law . |
| 6 | Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres . |
| 7 | Playing down Russia 's reparations demands , he offered to create a centralised , united Germany as an independent force on the world stage . |
| 8 | American and British policy makers saw western Germany as an important bastion against Soviet Communism , a country which , being in the front line against the Red Army , must be tied securely to the West . |
| 9 | Leave Luxor for a direct flight to London Gatwick . |
| 10 | Manager Ian Porterfield certainly sees Newton as an important part of Chelsea 's future , insisting : ‘ Eddie 's got authority , and that makes him very , very promising . ’ |
| 11 | Up to now the possibility had seemed so remote as not to need consideration — an order given by Hardy as a matter of course , accepted by Denis as a standard instruction in an operation of this nature . |
| 12 | Travel came when Mr Smythe left Sedbergh School and the security of the family home in Sunderland for a three-year apprenticeship at the Arosa confectionery school in Switzerland . |
| 13 | The 1949 Constitution established Costa Rica as a democratic state with an executive President directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 14 | Following an afternoon reception hosted by the State of Minnesota on Saturday we fly to San Francisco for a two-night stay at the Quality Inn Suites Hotel . |
| 15 | But his outburst will not sway Graham Taylor , who said : ‘ I see Nigel Clough as an important member of my squad . ’ |
| 16 | On March 20 Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man in Ramallah during a sudden upsurge in intifada-related violence and unrest . |
| 17 | But Liverpool , desperate to reorganise themselves back into a title-chasing outfit , wanted the smooth-passing Clough for a vital role in midfield . |
| 18 | Others noticed that the younger man treated Minton as a superior person to himself and that when things got difficult he did not complain . |
| 19 | Meanwhile I was developing a liking for the motion picture business with Miss Hellen Semmens as a central point of interest . |
| 20 | Mr Paisley said he had taken up an invitation from Miss Boothroyd to raise his concerns after an unsuccessful request by Upper Bann MP David Trimble for an urgent debate in the Commons yesterday . |
| 21 | His health continued to be uncertain and 5 April 1899 , aged only forty , he died in Cannes during a brief holiday on the Riviera . |
| 22 | Although mentioned by Conan Doyle as a quiet village to which one of Sherlock Holmes ' clients retired , and the birthplace of Mrs. Beeton , of cookery fame , Penge owes its development mainly to the re-erection of the Crystal Palace at the top of Anerley Hill , in 1854 , when it was removed from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park . |
| 23 | The result was a reaffirmation of the status of MCC as a senior committee with respect to MMRC ; a recognition that changes in Course regulations must receive approval by MCC before appearing in course documents ; and restoration of the original frequency of MCC meetings . |
| 24 | In February 1935 , without consulting his father , he stood at a by-election in Wavertree as an independent Conservative against the India Bill , thus splitting the party vote and letting in Labour . |
| 25 | Between August and October 1963 , negotiations between the appropriate powers led to a Treaty being signed in Moscow for a partial ban on testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere , in outer space , or under water . |
| 26 | Armstrong , who was born in Hebburn and worked with Crosby in Kuwait , was reluctant to leave a secure coaching job at Highbury for a one-year contract at Roker . |
| 27 | He eluded Kinnear for a full hour after the whistle , but when he finally turned up , he no doubt got an earful like the rest . |
| 28 | The return of Lady Eleanor with a pile of fine linen shifts scarcely registered with Isabel as a rapid succession of images flashed through her mind : fitzAlan confronting the Empress with that cold , relentless logic ; wounded and feverish in the hut , but still in control of both her and the situation ; swinging his sword with savage , deadly grace at the ford ; leaning over her at the inn this morning ; holding her … |
| 29 | Many of these problems were taken up again in September 1987 when Magna was established on a permanent basis in Cardiff during a three-day conference on A Women 's Language in Theatre ? |
| 30 | ‘ The golden century ’ aims to provide an overview of Flemish baroque painting while also focusing on the importance of Antwerp as a major centre for trade and artistic patronage in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , when it was still part of the Hapsburg Empire . |