Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun prp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELFAST solicitor , Bernard Turkington , has been appointed by the Independent Commission for Police Complaints , to direct the investigation into the killing of Gerald Maginn at the weekend . |
| 2 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 3 | John Forrester , husband and partner of Sophie Forrester at The Bookshop , Llandrindod Wells , died last November . |
| 4 | The duke was virtually forced into some sort of counter-offensive to protect his own interests , and his seizure of prince Edward at the end of April could even be justified , although Mancini does not say so , as a return to Edward IV 's original wishes . |
| 5 | The duke was virtually forced into some sort of counter-offensive to protect his own interests , and his seizure of prince Edward at the end of April could even be justified , although Mancini does not say so , as a return to Edward IV 's original wishes . |
| 6 | Early Sunday morning a fisherman walking his dog found the body of Miss Danziger at the foot of the pier where his boat was moored . |
| 7 | GEORGE Duffield is still in hot pursuit of Pat Eddery at the top of this season 's jockeys ' table . |
| 8 | Basically what I , I think the best thing that 's happened to Oxford United this season , well there are two ; the signing of Andy Melville at the back and Jim Magilton , a very young man , but he 's got the balance , he can add the poise , and I feel he 's going to help Oxford . |
| 9 | The secretary-managership of Leeds City had become vacant on the retirement of Scott Walford at the end of the club 's most disastrous season since it entered the Second Division eight years before , and the public looked with keen interest to see what effect the new man 's ‘ shrewd judgement and tactful management ’ ( Yorkshire Post ) would have . |
| 10 | The town is situated on the shore of Loch Linnhe at the entrance to the Great Glen and has a harbour to accommodate commercial vessels and pleasure boats in an unattractive waterfront . |
| 11 | Beyond Inverewe is Poolewe , a picturesque village overlooking the head of Loch Ewe at the point where the rushing River Ewe enters the loch . |
| 12 | Miss Fielding , 26 , is playing the lead in a new production of Jane Eyre at The Crucible , Sheffield , with Jack Shepherd as Rochester . |
| 13 | It lived mainly in the savannahs of North America at the end of the Cretaceous . |
| 14 | He replaced Mikhail Nenashev , who returned to the post of Chair of the USSR State Committee for the Press , which he had held in 1986-89 , and which had been vacant since the removal of Nikolai Yefimov at the end of July . |
| 15 | Once again there were reports of President Saddam at the battlefront . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a fantastic experience , and I remember taking a photograph of Harold Abrahams at the start of the 100 metres race that he won . |
| 17 | Starting off with the good Presbyterian family of Mr Moffatt at the corner — one of his daughters , Mrs Victoria Mullen , married a Methodist — there followed in order Englands , Magowans , Lyttles , Bells , McClatcheys , Lambs , Ramseys and Pattons . |
| 18 | The death of Mr Punch at the age of 150 years caused a frisson of indifference in the publishing fraternity , though a few voiced tributes to his celebrated past . |
| 19 | On the wall there was a big picture of Sir Anthony at the piano . |
| 20 | ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS The Princess of Wales , Patron , RELATE , attends the premiere of Shirley Valentine at the Empire , Leicester Square , London WC2 . |
| 21 | Recently there 's been no sign of Mrs Cooper at the charity 's headquarters in West Sussex . |
| 22 | Bishop John Brewer and Canon Michael Taylor Chairman of Governors , and associated parish priests concelebrating Mass at the feast of Corpus Christi at the opening of the school . |
| 23 | These three ingredients collectively formed the background in which natural hazards research crystallized , although as noted earlier the origins clearly arose in North America and particularly derived from the work of Gilbert White at the University of Chicago , later at the University of Colorado , and leader of the Commission on Man and Environment ( 1968- ) of the International Geographical Union . |
| 24 | But after the defeat and death of de Montfort at the battle of Evesham , the king on 2 September 1266 wrote to Roger Leyburn , Justice of the Forest north of Trent : |
| 25 | Yet continuity of basic policy is virtually guaranteed by the retention of Norman Lamont at the Treasury . |
| 26 | In 1124 , when the king summoned the great army to meet the threat of the Emperor Henry V 's invasion , he bore the standard of St Denis at the head of his troops . |
| 27 | About 30 members from half a dozen London Amnesty Groups gather with Anita Pollock , South-West London MP on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields at the start of the Embassy Crawl |
| 28 | The statue-reliquary of St Faith at the monastery of Conques was carried out to manors which the tenth- and eleventh-century monks claimed belonged to them . |
| 29 | Take the pilgrim route into Galicia to see the resting place of St James at the cathedral in the unforgettable Santiago do Compostela . |
| 30 | On the boat , I had been reading about the shooting of Fergal Caraher at the South Armagh checkpoint at Cullyhanna and now , in the darkness , as details of the story flooded back , I decided against pressing the buzzer . |