Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in the broader terms of next Saturday 's tour opener at the Arms Park , it surely failed to convince a single soul that Cardiff will be anything other than cannon-fodder for the All Blacks . |
| 2 | But realistically it is hard to predict anything other than a 100 per cent success rate for the All Blacks in Ireland . |
| 3 | For the All Blacks , nothing much has changed since that dank November day as they put various British sides in their place . |
| 4 | The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour . |
| 5 | They have already arranged a rigorous season for the All Blacks , beginning with three centenary ‘ Tests ’ against the World XV in April , two against Ireland in May-June and now three against the Wallabies during an 11-match tour of Australia in June and July . |
| 6 | The Plan B mentioned last year was for the All Blacks to make only a fleeting visit to Australia , thus opening the way for the South Africans to make a short tour to Australia and then for the All Blacks to go to South Africa . |
| 7 | The Plan B mentioned last year was for the All Blacks to make only a fleeting visit to Australia , thus opening the way for the South Africans to make a short tour to Australia and then for the All Blacks to go to South Africa . |
| 8 | However , at NZRFU level there is also the feeling that the sooner the better for the All Blacks to go to South Africa . |
| 9 | Eight days before the choice Mains ' face seemed set in a state of shock , for the All Blacks had just escaped 24–21 from defeat by Ireland in the First Test . |
| 10 | ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach . |
| 11 | Bradley is not the world 's fastest passer , but he is a durable warrior , a highly intelligent and brave footballer who could be just the man for the All Blacks . |
| 12 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 13 | GRANT FOX topped 1,000 points for the All Blacks in all games , including non-Test matches , with Saturday 's haul of 15 against the Lions . |
| 14 | Hastings reached 46 in his four Tests , surpassing Phil Bennett 's 44 for an individual Lion , while Fox went past 1,000 points in his 74th appearance for the All Blacks . |
| 15 | Capped for the All Blacks against France about six years ago , McPherson , 30 , actually brought the birth certificates of his Scottish grand-parents with him , but much to his regret he has gone un-noticed by the Scottish selectors . |
| 16 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 17 | The 15,000 crowd at Limerick 's famed Thomond Park for the All Ireland League key match between Shannon and Garryowen was it own testimony to the grip the competition has gained on the Irish game . |
| 18 | When the Derry team members take their place in Croke Park on September 19 for the All Ireland GAA final , chances are the song drifting down from the terraces will have been penned by Maghera man James Devlin . |
| 19 | But that does not breed the slightest hint of complacency as the 31-year-old Ballinascreen clubman prepares for the All Ireland final . |
| 20 | And , with Tim Kelaher missing two penalty chances which might have brought the Aussies back into the game , victory was sealed two minutes from time when Williams , in his finest hour for the All Whites , fired over a superb drop goal . |
| 21 | TULFARRIS : Consistent last season but this term has saved best running for the all weather tracks . |
| 22 | There were unpaid bills , receipts and invoices , all spread around the large dog-eared ledger that Fred had used for the past-few years . |
| 23 | On telecommunications , Banegas took the opportunity to criticise the government for the little interest it has shown in putting an end to the import of unauthorised pirate telephones , 3m of which are now in Spain . |
| 24 | A competition to find a new name for the former Tap and Spile pub in Hartlepool has been settled . |
| 25 | For the former award he had offered his work under the title ‘ The Sparrows : Thoughts Of A Landsman ’ , which was divided into four parts : |
| 26 | Ardiles twice tried to capture the 28-year-old Northern Ireland international but has finally refused to meet County 's £200,000 valuation for the former Chelsea forward . |
| 27 | UK hotel companies are anxiously awaiting the outcome of round one in the bidding for the former East German hotel group Interhotel . |
| 28 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 29 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 30 | A reorganization of the Land Cabinet in Saxony-Anhalt took place on Aug. 16 , following the resignation of the Free Democrat deputy Minister President Gerd Brunner on Aug. 9 and of the Agriculture Minister four days later , over accusations that they had acted as agents for the former East German Ministry of State Security — the " Stasi " . |