Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During March a number of mass graves were found near former concentration camps or prisoner-of-war camps . |
| 2 | As with many intellectuals in Hungary and Romania , Czechoslovakia had become for Miklós a token of what East European civilisation might be . |
| 3 | The brothers were very much alike , the same strong shoulders and the fine head of hair , but physical appearances were deceptive and there was about Spencer a weakness that showed in the line of his mouth and the almost shifty look in his eyes . |
| 4 | For Chris it was a result he 'll never forget ; for Dennis a reminder that if he 's to make an impact at next month 's world championship , even he will need to do some potting practice . |
| 5 | Already he was well enough off to pay his army , with 6d [ 2.5p ] a day for the rank and file and 1s 0d [ 5p ] for the gentry , and soon after Prestonpans a ship bringing money , arms and a French ambassador-cum-political-adviser arrived at Montrose , 62 miles [ 99 km ] from Edinburgh , followed by two others carrying six field guns and a number of Irish officers . |
| 6 | His most touching moment came after Dreamflight a couple of years ago when he was asked to rush to the bedside of a leukaemia victim who wanted to see the photos of the trip that she had just enjoyed so much . |
| 7 | Prior to COGSA unseaworthiness was determinative of liability ; after COGSA a carrier could rely on the Harter Act derived exemptions for errors in navigation or management , even though the vessel was unseaworthy as long as the unseaworthiness was not the cause of the loss . |
| 8 | There is great concern that in a hospital such as Stobhill a patient with heart warning signs can receive angiography examinations within a week , but in places such as Ayrshire and Argyllshire physicians have to keep patients waiting longer on medication . |
| 9 | For Ruth a book token . |
| 10 | There was that one for Pepsi a while back with a little boy and a famous Black American baseball player . |
| 11 | During February a number of key industrial companies announced forthcoming contraction and redundancies , reflecting the continued rise in unemployment ( to a seasonally adjusted level of 9.2 per cent in January compared with 6.7 per cent a year earlier and 5.7 per cent at the beginning of 1990 — see also p. 38200 ) . |
| 12 | Opposite Manescu a German , Helmut Ziegler , ex-STASI chief in Leipzig , rose to leave the aircraft . |
| 13 | Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village , and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions . |
| 14 | The Tretyakov collection of paintings was donated to the city of Moscow a century ago . |
| 15 | When granting the abbey of Holyrood a foundation charter , David I had given its canons the right to build and profit from a burgh of their own , in what has since become the Canongate . |
| 16 | In one area of Germany a quarry was being excavated for paving slabs and the fossils removed from there would otherwise have been destroyed . |
| 17 | Orc Warlord Gnashrak unites the Orcs and Goblins of the eastern Worlds Edge Mountains and leads a huge army along the Silver Road towards Karaz a Karak . |
| 18 | Trolls are driven north by fresh eruptions of Thunder Mountain , attacking Dwarf miners and prospectors and overrunning several small Dwarf settlements south of Karaz a Karak . |
| 19 | Within fifty years of the fall of Karak Eight Peaks the Dwarfs have lost all of their major holds south of Karaz a Karak with the exception of Karak Azul , which is under constant siege . |
| 20 | Under the patronage of Alfonso X ( el Sabio , ‘ the wise ’ ) of Castile a set of improved astronomical tables , known as the ‘ Alfonsine Tables ’ , was compiled by Rabbi Isaac ben Sid of Toledo and published in the Libros del saber de astronomica in 1277 . |
| 21 | In 1351 Edward III granted John the woodward of Raskelf a pension of 3d. a day ‘ for good service and especially because his eyes were torn out and his tongue and his fingers cut off by malefactors in the Forest of Galtres in the time when he was one of the King 's foresters there ’ . |
| 22 | Sometime after 2500 BC there arose on the Mediterranean island of Crete a civilization that was , for the time , extremely advanced . |
| 23 | Officials declared the north-east coast of Queensland a disaster area on Dec. 26 , after cyclone " Joy " inflicted damage estimated at A$40 million with winds of up to 145 miles per hour . |
| 24 | Below : Dry conditions make crossing the peaty wastes of Bleaklow a lot easier ( all photos by Jerry Rawson ) . |
| 25 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour , which is Christ the Lord . |
| 26 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord . ’ |
| 27 | Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you ; he is Christ the Lord . ’ ’ |
| 28 | Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you ; he is christ the Lord . ’ ’ |
| 29 | On the facts of Roberts a person who assaults with the result that the victim tries to escape and suffers actual bodily harm is guilty of this offence , even though the accused did not foresee actual bodily harm . |
| 30 | Perhaps the young lady was confusing this church with another a little further up the hill , the Church of Ascensione a Chiara . |