Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | The agreement followed a spate of oil spills since the March 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster [ see p. 36541 ] which included three large oil spills in US waters in June 1989 : ( i ) on June 23 , 650,000 gallons of fuel oil were spilt into Narragansett Bay off Rhode Island by a Liberian-registered tanker , World Prodigy , after it struck a reef ; ( ii ) on June 24 a Uruguayan tanker , Presidente Rivera , spilled 800,000 gallons of industrial heating oil after hitting a rock in the Delaware River , Delaware ; and ( iii ) also on June 24 a tow-barge spilled 250,000 gallons of light crude oil in Galveston Bay , Texas , after a collision with a Panamanian cargo ship . |
| 3 | Scottish Television have appointed Blair Jenkins to a new post of Head of Regional Broadcasting . |
| 4 | Scottish Television have appointed Blair Jenkins to a new post of Head of Regional Broadcasting . |
| 5 | So we give you — MARY BAILEY on cichlids ; ANDY PARKES on a tankful of oddballs ; IAN LUCAS with a special catfish tank ; Editor STEVE WINDSOR on general tropicals ; and for the MARINE fishkeeper , LES HOLLIDAY sets-up and efficient marine system for £250 . |
| 6 | Before turning to the foundation of his own union he attempted to transform the Sunderland Union into a national organisation , speaking from 1885 with authority as its president . |
| 7 | Regional Airlines : Established only this year , and operating from Jan Smuts with a former SAAF ‘ founding father ’ Dakota III 6871 ( on charge January 1944 , on to SAA in November 1953 and Namibair in 1978 ) ZS-DIW . |
| 8 | On March 7 , 1991 , a Nanterre tribunal fined Le Pen F10,000 for insulting the former Minister for Public Services Michel Durafour with an anti-Semitic remark [ see also p. 37683 ] , although on July 2 a Versailles court cleared Le Pen of " publicly insulting " Durafour [ see p. 38354 ] ; on March 18 a Versailles appeal court increased a nominal one franc fine imposed on Le Pen in May 1990 [ see p. 37468 ] to F100,000 for describing the holocaust as a " detail of history " . |
| 9 | Nigella Lawson on a soft-focus adaptation of a disturbing novel ; a stunning portrait of post-war Germany ; and the rest of the week 's releases |
| 10 | O. cuspidata has been recorded in the eastern Atlantic from iceland as far south as Ascension Island with a bathymetric range of 768–2460 m . |
| 11 | Between June 3 and June 6 Teddy Taylor , a United Kingdom Conservative MP , informed the UK Foreign Office that he had met with Col. Moamer al Kadhafi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Bishara on a recent visit to Libya ; he had brought back a " package of proposals " for restoring relations between the two countries , and a £250,000 cheque for a UK police charity from the Libyan police union . |
| 12 | Espana , the WBC international champion and leading WBA contender , challenges WBA welterweight king Meldrick Taylor in a mandatory defence on the Lennox Lewis-Razor Ruddock bill . |
| 13 | The best laughs are earned by a fine supporting cast , including Alison Fiske as an acerbic Mrs Pearce , and Michael Bryant , one of the best actors in London , as Alfred Doolittle , stealing his scenes as shamelessly as his character extracts money from Professor Higgins . |
| 14 | We are grateful to Hazel Fox , Harriet Dawes , Judith Manches , Judith Bridge , Vicky Andrew , Ann Upton , Elizabeth Potter , Nadja Tollemache and Tracy Minns for gifts of money , to Katrina Crossley for a valuable contact with the publisher Butterworths , and to the newly-formed Somerville Lawyers ' Group for the promise of continuing support . |
| 15 | On arrival transfer to the Luxor Hilton for a two night stay . |
| 16 | Fly to Luxor where you will be met and transferred to the Luxor Hilton for a four night stay . |
| 17 | WEST BROMWICH boss Ossie Ardiles has released defender Simeon Hodson on a free transfer — the 14th player to leave the club since the Argentinian took charge in May . |
| 18 | Southall 's departure forced Kendall to take off winger Robert Warzycha and send on gutsy substitute Australian keeper Jason Kearton for a dazzling debut — never mind the scoreline . |
| 19 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 20 | ‘ She saw Ian Paisley as a responsible man on the spot who would be able to distribute the money . ’ |
| 21 | ENGLAND 's triumphant Dunhill Cup golfers left Colin Montgomerie with a distinct feeling of deja vu in Morocco yesterday . |
| 22 | For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby . |
| 23 | Always in search of alternative entertainment , Rough led the team 's other two keepers George Wood and David Harvey on a late-night expedition to a local hostelry known as ‘ The Marine Grill ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ That is the noisiest frog I 've ever had in this laboratory , ’ snapped Miss Hardbroom with a piercing glance at the jar . |
| 25 | Hoult escaped with a caution after bringing down old boy David Kelly on a diagonal run inside the area . |
| 26 | For third North only OPERA : Edward Greenfield on a loud Medea at Covent Garden Angry , not Callas . |
| 27 | Meanwhile I was developing a liking for the motion picture business with Miss Hellen Semmens as a central point of interest . |
| 28 | Almost immediately , however , the General was able to reassert his position by confirming his ‘ special relationship ’ with Konrad Adenauer in a Franco-German treaty of co-operation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Plotting the line on a map , he found that it passed straight through Westminster Abbey , the site of which was originally known as Thorney Island from a conspicuous mark : a hallowed clump of hawthorn . |