Example sentences of "a [noun sg] mark the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They firmed down the earth and put a brick to mark the spot . |
| 2 | The girl got up and not a crease marked the skirt of her suit . |
| 3 | During a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the group 's move to its new location , 300 people , including over 160 police officers , were injured in battles between 1,400 police and at least 7,000 demonstrators . |
| 4 | On an evening in April , the Branch gave 65 Sqn ATC a plaque to mark the 50th anniversary of their inauguration . |
| 5 | After Mrs Bottomley had promised to take the matter up with John Major she was able to unveil a plaque to mark the opening . |
| 6 | The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery , which was founded by Benedictine monks . |
| 7 | Earlier , Lord Justice Taylor unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the building , which dealt with its first cases last May . |
| 8 | This fact is recorded on a building in Eastgate where a plaque marks the exact point of the Greenwich Meridian . |
| 9 | Sir Paul Girolami , chairman of Glaxo Holdings , will be handing over an £800,000 cheque today to Audry Collins , chairman of South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust at a ceremony to mark the opening of a new dermatology centre at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough . |
| 10 | A soldier in Tiananmen Square shoos away a teacher and her class from the Monument to the People 's Heroes before a ceremony marking the foundation of a Communist youth group |
| 11 | A soldier in Tiananmen Square shoos away a teacher and her class from the Monument to the People 's Heroes before a ceremony marking the foundation of a Communist youth group |
| 12 | The Romans of the later Republic and early Empire shaved off their beards at the age of twenty-four , and formally dedicated the shaven hair to the Lares , gods of the household , in a ceremony marking the transition to mature adulthood and public life . |
| 13 | According to local news sources , a ceremony marking the exchange of prisoners between the government and the Unified Movements and Fronts of Azawad , representing the Tuareg rebels , was held on April 13 in Gao . |
| 14 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 15 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 16 | Managing director Bert Daly thanked Ian and presented him with a gift to mark the occasion . |
| 17 | WEDGWOOD chimed in with a gift to mark the timely success of a high school Quality Circle project . |
| 18 | A rally to mark the founding of the CCP in 1921 was held on July 1 in Beijing . |
| 19 | Each morning temple drummers beat a tattoo to mark the passing of another stage in a year-long ritual that has been followed for more than a thousand years . |
| 20 | Princess Alice , Duchess of Gloucester , Air Chief Commandant , WRAF , today attends a Service to mark the 50th Anniversary of the WAAF and the 40th Anniversary of the reforming of the WRAF , at St Clement Danes Church , Strand , London WC2 . |
| 21 | After a twenty-minute drive , Blanche spotted a notice marking the entrance to Malbis Castle . |
| 22 | The Mikado opened in Birmingham last week and will transfer to the company 's old London home , Sadler 's Wells , on April 28 as part of a season marking the 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan 's birth . |
| 23 | The move coincided with the publication of a catalogue marking the fifth anniversary of their firm . |
| 24 | About 150 former squadron members attended the official banquet ( I had earlier been asked to propose the Toast the the Squadron ) , there was a Squadron Parade , the dedication of a cairn to mark the 50 years and a flypast of present day aircraft . |
| 25 | A cairn marks the crossroads , and although the outrageously boggy path will cover you in peat to the armpits , you may hug yourself in delight to be walking in empty country again , as the cries of ‘ Look , Mam . |
| 26 | CHARLES 'S disappointment at the birth of a second son rather than a daughter marked the beginning of the end . |
| 27 | His plea came in a speech to nearly 5,000 delegates at a congress marking the final stage of the two-year process to merge his ruling Zanu-PF party and Joshua Nkomo 's Zapu . |
| 28 | The ANC on Jan. 8 , in a statement marking the 79th anniversary of its founding , proposed the convening of an all-party congress which would draft the broad principles of a new constitution . |
| 29 | The difficulty of drawing a line marking the end of Old English and the beginning of Middle English is increased by the varying speeds of change of the different dialects . |
| 30 | A star marks the epicentre of the atomic bomb dropped in 1945 . |