Example sentences of "yesterday [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a letter from LAPTC yesterday about the threatened closure of Garstang Magistrates ' Court . |
| 2 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 3 | He is right to draw attention to the divisions on the Labour side of the House , which were made clear by the way in which the House responded to a point that the Leader of the Opposition made yesterday about the so-called unity of the Labour party . |
| 4 | James was remembered in prayers by Merseyside 's civic leaders yesterday during the annual Civic Mass at Liver- pool 's Metropolitan Cathedral . |
| 5 | JOHN MAJOR came under fresh pressure over Maastricht yesterday as the Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Government of unnecessary secrecy over the legal status of the controversial legislation on the treaty . |
| 6 | This emerged yesterday as the two companies finally confirmed they were discussing a deal to thwart the rival US car giant Ford , which intends to build a 15 per cent stake in Jaguar in preparation for a full bid . |
| 7 | Why do we not take yesterday as the causal circumstance for last night ? |
| 8 | ARANYAPRATHET , Thailand ( UPI , AP ) — Heavy fighting continued in western Cambodia yesterday as the Vietnamese-backed government brought in reinforcements to face a drive by non-communist resistance forces , resistance officials and military sources said . |
| 9 | THE ZULU leader , Mangosuthu Buthelezi , held talks with Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street yesterday as the Prime Minister prepared to withstand attacks over her southern Africa policy at the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Kuala Lumpur later this month . |
| 10 | A BRITISH general was named yesterday as the first commander of Nato 's new Allied Rapid Reaction Corps , heading about 80,000 troops from 11 countries . |
| 11 | There was one bright spot yesterday as the first car rolled off Toyota 's new production line in Derbyshire . |
| 12 | THE daughter of the first British soldier killed in the present Ulster troubles celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday as the scarred province marked its grimmest milestone . |
| 13 | BANBRIDGE Academy pupil Mark Tumilty played a starring role in Cork yesterday as the Irish under-18 hockey team opened their Home Countries campaign with a 4–2 win over Wales . |
| 14 | FRANCE 'S outgoing Socialist cabinet held its last session yesterday as the centre-right opposition , heading for a landslide win in next Sunday 's general election run-off , showed fresh signs of friction . |
| 15 | The names and addresses of senior judges in the Irish Republic , together with a document which purports to come from the office of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Army , surfaced yesterday as the latest in the series of security leaks , writes David McKittrick . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , another bloody escalation of the Balkan war came a step closer yesterday as the Bosnian Croat leader Mate Boban asked neighbouring Croatia to intervene to stop Muslims allegedly killing thousands of his people . |
| 17 | HIGHLAND-BORN Dr Catriona Burness was named yesterday as the sixth Glenfiddich Fellow in the Department of Scottish History at St Andrews University . |
| 18 | BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress . |
| 19 | ANOTHER drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort yesterday for the 2.74 million jobless . |
| 20 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 21 | PRINCE Michael of Kent took to the road in a 90-year-old car yesterday for the annual RAC London to Brighton veteran car run . |
| 22 | A SOCIAL services chief issued an appeal yesterday for the bit-part actress Yasmin Gibson to contact them about the future of her Home Alone daughter , being cared for in a children 's home . |
| 23 | IRELAND 'S Bruce Topping and Michael Watt both qualified yesterday for the semi finals of the prestigious Glasgow Open Badminton Championship . |
| 24 | Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade . |
| 25 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 26 | Hodgson was in the witness box yesterday for the first time in the trial — now in its fifth week . |
| 27 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 28 | I went yesterday for the first time . |
| 29 | Figures released yesterday for the first four months of the year show total crime in the county is up 12pc on this time last year , with the detection rate down by 3pc . |
| 30 | Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday . |