Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announced on Nov. 8 the formation of a new police unit which would have the specific task of stabilizing and controlling political unrest . |
| 2 | The story is of a civil rights leader who was born 25 years ago and it 's a day in his life . |
| 3 | THE American government has seized assets of a Chilean arms dealer who allegedly took part in a complex $1 billion ( £575m ) fraud that brought defence group Ferranti to the brink of collapse . |
| 4 | 10 years later , in spite of a massive police investigation which named the officers guilty of Blair 's death , not a single policeman has faced prosecution or disciplinary action . |
| 5 | In November 1990 the government removed the power of arrest from the military police following the August murder of a senior police chief who was investigating army officers thought to be involved in criminal activities . |
| 6 | Federal investigators concluded that the thieves ( they were caught in the act ) had been shot with revolvers on the order of a local police captain who then , with the help of a town official , instigated the lynching to mask the shooting . |
| 7 | However , in the more usual case of a fatal accidents inquiry it is more common for the sheriff to become quite deeply involved in the technical causes of the accident to the extent of making recommendations for preventing other accidents in the future . |
| 8 | It also examines a recent case study of a British police operation which exemplifies current trends . |
| 9 | Three members of a Colombian drugs cartel who used Oxford language schools as a cover have each been jailed for ten years . |