Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The split led to Sankara 's assassination in October 1987 . |
| 2 | Unwilling admiration wrung from Jess a kind of exasperated protectiveness , as if she was the mistress and Miss Phoebe in her care . |
| 3 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
| 4 | One of Leonard 's few memories of his father ( in addition to his monocle , his spats and his hair smelling of Vitalis ) is that of his reading , both privately and aloud , to him and his sister — precious moments that fired the young boy 's imagination and set him , although no one realised it at the time , in the direction of his life 's work . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , the noise bellowing around Ibrox when the teams took to the pitch was an octave or two higher than normal . |
| 6 | The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support received from Loughborough University 's Research Fund , and would also like to thank their research assistant , Theresa Madden , for her invaluable help and the RIBA for the assistance it has rendered . |
| 7 | If the Latin Americans had their nationalist sensibilities ruffled by the refusal of the Comintern to recognise that they were in the best position to analyse the situation in their own countries , and were disappointed by the level of support received from Moscow , Comintern officials in their turn were unenthusiastic about the evolution of the Latin American Communist parties and their approach to revolutionary politics . |
| 8 | At officer level , the Cambridge Board through Hickson and Pateman not unreasonably argued that its initiatives in rural areas had been successful ; not least because of the financial support received from LEAs who were prepared to grant-aid provision of liberal adult education by the Board more generously than that provided through the District . |
| 9 | The consequence is a realization that it is precisely the hierarchical and cybernetic attributes of living organisms that enabled evolution to acquire the direction emphasized by Hobhouse at the start of the century . |
| 10 | He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday . |
| 11 | Richard Huxley Jones , 72 , is this year 's recipient of the Aelwyn Morgan memorial award given by Rhuddlan Town Council to those who contribute most to the community . |
| 12 | John Redding , 21 , picked up a trophy donated by former Teesside County Borough engineer Jim Radcliffe , while 18-year-old John McGuckin received an award given by Garth Drabble , retired county surveyor and engineer . |
| 13 | Thirty-five teachers attended a special course given by Veronica Portmann , a lively young teacher from the Gymnastickschule in Bern . |
| 14 | She found it in Medau Rhythmic Movement when attending a course given by Molly Braithwaite at St. Andrews in Scotland , and decided at once to study at the Medau Schule in Coburg . |
| 15 | And what does the Duchess think of Johnny this morning ? |
| 16 | The four-month jail sentence given to Christopher Hart for mowing down nine-year-old Sharon Townsend was a disgrace . |
| 17 | THE ABSURDLY lenient sentence given to Frederic Blancke , the French hospital worker who brutally murdered British school teacher Fiona Jones , is a travesty of justice . |
| 18 | OF course TODAY is pleased that the Attorney General is now looking into the sentence given to Dr Thomas Courtney , the multiple rapist . |
| 19 | The Fenari clan seem 's not to have forgiven or forgotten this slight , for Molla Fenari 's sons later challenged a decision given by Molla Yegan as kadi of Bursa and caused him to be examined by a of the ulema . |
| 20 | Everyone , however conditioned by family and society , still retains the dignity and freedom given by God , of exercising their own will and choosing good or evil . |
| 21 | I do n't want a bit to go to America now . |
| 22 | As the mother of two small children , the youngest hardly a month old , her eventual decision to remain at Stowey was clearly sensible . |
| 23 | Although SAVE believes that alternative uses are possible for most types of buildings , including churches , the Holy Name was an exception and our fears for its future increased with rumours of purchase offers from McDonald 's . |
| 24 | Tait ordered the driver to continue down Victoria Street and strike south towards the Thames . |
| 25 | The Queen Mother is believed to be strongly against divorced Anne 's decision to remarry on Saturday . |
| 26 | The £26m deal eclipses the £13m advance which Prince got in September . |
| 27 | The Community 's leading economic indicator , combining calculations for both output and outlook , dropped to 96.1 in December , from 96.3 in November , to equal the previous lowest level registered in October 1982 . |
| 28 | Praise God for the opportunity to minister in Corntonvale Prison and for favour with the Governor . |
| 29 | The first time I went I followed the route recommended by Peter ? |
| 30 | It is clear , therefore , that rules of English law which restrict access to courts , tribunals and remedies may fall foul of the principle of effective protection recognized by EC law ; and the greater the restriction , the more likely is it to do so . |