Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrols of the forty kilometres of wire separating the British Sector from East Germany are performed by soldiers from the three resident infantry battalions and the Berlin Armoured Squadron , although until 1982 RMP carried out this task . |
| 2 | There is more pop surrealism by Anne Schwegmann-Fielding and clocks and candlesticks by Adrian Taylor are based on styles of the last 150 years . |
| 3 | The artist 's sketches and scribbles are analysed to demonstrate recurring motifs and psychological preoccupations guilt at the death of Casegemas or a mistress 's abortion for example while figures such as Alfred Jarry , Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein are brought to life in Richardson 's simple , flowing prose . |
| 4 | Friends of Mrs Barrrie-Brown are angered by reports of an imminent sale . |
| 5 | ‘ Jock ’ Norwell , Jim Pickering , Harry Ayre and ‘ Drac ’ Bowerman were flown from Luqa to Egypt in a Wellington piloted by newly-promoted and decorated Plt.Off . |
| 6 | After the trial Orchin , Richmond and McCready were held in prison for about a month on the charge relating to the unlicensed pistol . |
| 7 | Two crew members of the Glenmore were winched to safety by helicopter shortly before their vessel went down . |
| 8 | Such a situation was not unusual amid the vicissitudes of war and of the United States being propelled at speed into undertaking vast global responsibilities . |
| 9 | South Park industrial estate and Queensway estate in Scunthorpe and Hellaby industrial estate at Rotherham were bought for £3.6m from English Industrial Estates the Government funded property company . |
| 10 | Croatia , Slovenia and Bosnia-Hercegovina were accepted as members of the UN on May 22 by decision of the General Assembly . |
| 11 | Daniel Omara Atubu : aged 44 , a member of the Democratic Party ( DP ) and Minister of State for Foreign and Regional Affairs , he and 17 other prominent citizens from northern Uganda were charged with treason on 7 May 1991 . |
| 12 | Westmacott and Sgt. Deacon were scrambled before dawn as an unidentified ‘ plot ’ had appeared on the radar , approaching St. Paul 's Bay fast and low . |
| 13 | The most recent scare story concerning Nirvana involves Courtney being admitted to hospital in Bilbao — Nirvana 's final port of call before heading back to the US — having damaged her womb . |
| 14 | However , the Earl of Warwick joined the Lancastrians and Edward IV was forced abroad , but the Lancastrians did not trust Warwick and Edward IV returned with forces and was able to divide them resulting in Warwick being killed at Barnet in April 1471 , and Henry VI being captured and executed at the Tower of London . |
| 15 | Hortense and her sons also went into exile , for all the Bonapartes were banished from France in perpetuity , by a decree of Louis XVIII , and as a result of the hostility of the major European States Hortense had great difficulty in finding some corner of Europe where she could set up home . |
| 16 | Originally intended as an almost recreational activity , the Hillbillies were formed by Mark with former musical associates Brendan Croker and Steve Phillips . |
| 17 | U2 were visited in Chicago by Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton . |
| 18 | Outmoded smokestack industries in Poland , Czechoslovakia and Hungary were shattered by competition from the affluent West . |
| 19 | But Allerce is banned for import by a european law called Cites which aims to protect endangered species . |
| 20 | These vary greatly in approach — from Adam Bruce Thomson 's light touch and heightened sense of intricate design ( The River Tweed at Kelso ) and ( Cattle by the River Tweed ) to William Johnstone 's simplified near abstraction in sparsely annotated washes . |
| 21 | Like Alum Pot and Gaping Gill , Malham is known to generations of " O " level , " A " level and C 5 E geography students as a superb example of limestone scenery . |
| 22 | Springs Hydro is set in acres of landscaped gardens in beautiful rural Leicestershire ( 1 ) . |
| 23 | Other of the portraits in Fortunatus 's poems are more classical ; Chilperic is described in terms of his military prowess , his justice and his culture , but Sigibert , especially in the epithalamium celebrating his marriage to Brunhild , is depicted in terms derived almost entirely derived from the Roman past . |
| 24 | FACING TROUBLE : Arsenal 's Ian Wright is treated at Highbury after being hit in the face by a coin thrown from the crowd |
| 25 | The Treasures of Childhood by Iona and Robert Opie and Brian Alderson is published by Pavilion at £20 . |
| 26 | TECHNIQUEST is designed for people of all ages and abilities — ideal for family outings ( Gran will enjoy herself too ! ) , school trips , and special occasions . |
| 27 | Sue is sworn to secrecy about what will befall Audrey in the coming weeks . |
| 28 | The car park — so named because Chichester is twinned with Chartres in France — is included among 29 regional winners which go forward for national awards later this year . |
| 29 | One dreads a future version in which Freud is set to work on the decision of Higgins and Pickering to set up together as two old bachelors . |
| 30 | Like all small-town rivalries in Scottish football , whether it be Airdrie and Hamilton or Ayr and Kilmarnock , the animosity between Dundee and St Johnstone is buried in decades of local disputes , some real , some imagined , and some steeped in the venom of over familiarity . |