Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this region the Kupferschiefer is underlain by a thick series ( several hundred to one thousand meters ) of Rotliegendes ( Lower Permian ) , often represented by volcanic rocks . |
| 2 | Jean is played by the young and excellent Irish actor , Dan Mullane , and Kristin , in a plausible Irish accent , by Selina Griffiths , newly graduated from the Central School and very promising . |
| 3 | The Grand Old Duke of York did lead his men ; Dick Whittington was a 15th century Lord Mayor of London ; Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses is said to relate to an outbreak of plague in London in the 17th century ; and Bluebeard is based on a psychopathic French murderer of the 15th century . |
| 4 | For the first time in 2 and a half centuries , the Rococo Garden at Painswick is dominated by a Gothic screen called an exedra . |
| 5 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |
| 6 | Throughout his travels in the southern hemisphere Gould 's behaviour towards the Aborigines is distinguished by a fearless , compassionate , and unbiased recognition of their plight , and a profound respect for their way of life . |
| 7 | BELLE EPOQUE : the fin-de-siècle charm of nineteenth-century Brussels is preserved in the glittering halls and clanging lifts of the Métropole ( Lower Town , 31 Place de Brouckère , telephone 02/2172300 , cost : 6,000fr ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The iniquity of the Amorite ’ , wrote Austin Farrer , ‘ is at length full , and the progeny of Hoskyns is to return on the third decade to the Promised land . ’ |
| 9 | Cantal is entirely within the LFA and at least 80% of Powys is included within the Welsh LFA ( before its extension in February 1984 ) . |
| 10 | Andy is bridged beneath the final overhang , placing gear . |
| 11 | Thus Bowness-on-Windermere is sacrificed for the greater good of the Lake District or Matlock Bath in the cause of the Peak District . |
| 12 | Brisbane is targeted as the next location in 12–18 months but would not speculate on whether it would be another dual function site . |
| 13 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 14 | Three Senior Professional Officers ( SPOs ) were rapidly appointed to County Hall posts to act as a channel of communication for the CMHTs ( for the sake of simplicity , the key contribution of the SPOs is subsumed to a large extent within our discussion of the CMHTs ) . |
| 15 | As part of his plea agreement with the government , Mr Jacobson is cooperating with the continuing investigation into defence industry corruption . |
| 16 | Interestingly , the message spelt out by the ideological right in the United States is rejected by the ideological right in Britain . |
| 17 | The United States is left as the only global superpower , in effect . |
| 18 | My home in the States is located in the beautiful Florida Keys . |
| 19 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 20 | This is the verse 10.1 , in which Judas Maccabaeus is called without the preceding article , whereas in nineteen other passages is preceded by the article . |
| 21 | Firstly , Dustin is hidden under a folding bed which he is repairing in readiness for his first sexual experience , and then he is off-camera , talking to his parents , in the one comic-satiric scene that Woody Allen might not have disowned . |
| 22 | LIVERPOOL 'S latest recruit Stig Inge Bjornbye is set for a dramatic debut next week after receiving a work permit . |
| 23 | Liverpool 's latest recruit Stig Inge Bjornbye is set for a dramatic debut next week after receiving a work permit . |
| 24 | Indeed the Kyrie of Ludford 's Lady-Mass for Tuesday is based on the same square as the organ piece . |
| 25 | Talabheim is built within a huge shallow crater , many miles across , whose outer edge forms a rocky rim and a natural wall . |
| 26 | It 's no great surprise that a lecture on Othello is mooted in the Possessed notebooks , and that ‘ O , Iago , the pity of it ’ gets quoted in Russian . |
| 27 | The approach which I take to the subject is one concerned almost exclusively with the Anglo-American tradition , though Hegel is allowed into the last chapter , at the end of which I give some references to sample writings in the continental tradition , especially critical theory . |
| 28 | More specifically , Frith/Moll is appropriated for a partial critique of patriarchal law , sexual exploitation , and aristocratic culture . |
| 29 | In golf 's World Matchplay Championship quarter-finals at Wentworth , Seve Ballesteros beats the American , Chip Beck , 9 and 8 , but Nick Faldo is taken to the 38th hole by South Africa 's David Frost before winning a sudden-death play-off . |
| 30 | Barbel Abela is competing in the first round-the-world air race in a fifty-year-old bomber . |