Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify . |
| 2 | In relation to EM pollution , recent research has indicated that EM patterns of energy emanating from high-voltage transmission from power lines and other man-made devices , can influence immune system stability if the activity is sustained and one is in constant proximity . |
| 3 | Successive kings had no reason to grumble , cathedral chapters were happy to elect , and the Church of England was given good leaders — William Temple of York and George Bell of Chichester among them . |
| 4 | He unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats in Cheltenham in 1885 , Central Hull in 1886 , and Cambridge Town in 1892 before being elected in 1906 for the Harborough division of Leicestershire . |
| 5 | He was chairman of the Venice Biennale from 1974 to 1979 and served on the board of La Scala of Milan . |
| 6 | Congress , incensed by the Tiananmen massacre of June 1989 , last spring urged Mr Bush to revoke China 's MFN status . |
| 7 | THE winner of Computer Guardian 's Compaq Competition is Allan Kelly of Slough , Bucks , whose card was first out of the hat . |
| 8 | A SEMINAR on vice is being organised by Middlesbrough branch of Toc H , and organisers want to invite a prostitute to the meeting . |
| 9 | The Middlesbrough branch of Mortgage Advice Shops has topped the other 24 outlets of the national chain to become the company 's branch of the year . |
| 10 | Further information from the Netherlands Board of Tourism , 25–28 Buckingham Gate , London SW1E 6LD ( 071–630 0451 ) . |
| 11 | To obtain an order form for your tickets please contact the Netherlands Board of Tourism in London ( telephone 071–630 0451 ) . |
| 12 | Arthur Tarrant University of Surrey |
| 13 | English importers and wholesalers on the other hand stubbornly refuse to touch either the little pear-shaped Roi Humbert variety of tomatoes grown in Provence and Italy for sauce and for canning , or the big meaty , untidy tomatoes which are so important to Mediterranean cookery for salads and fresh tomato sauces . |
| 14 | ‘ The old Mond Division of ICI did a lot of research-led work . |
| 15 | The architect Clough Williams-Ellis of Port Meirion fame published his influential England and the octopus in 1928 — ‘ an angry book , written by an angry young man ’ as the author confessed in a Preface added to a 1975 edition . |
| 16 | King Doniert , or Dungarth , whose stone still stands , was supposedly a son of King Caradoc of Cornwall who held court at Liskeard . |
| 17 | But , as Roger Lawson of Southampton University has pointed out , more efforts have been made to counter this localism by the Money Advice Association ( founded in 1984 ) and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux . |
| 18 | Joint chairman Alastair Morton is due to make an investment presentation at the Victoria headquarters of Salomon Brothers this morning . |
| 19 | ‘ It is imperative that the government responds positively to the report or else it will be psychologically damaging to research , ’ said Dr Jim Howe of Edinburgh University 's Artificial Intelligence Department . |
| 20 | Maria Luisa de Rojas , General Secretary of the Mejicanos Branch of ANDES , took part in the 8 May 1979 demonstration to protest against the arrest of the General Secretary of the BPR and other leaders : |
| 21 | Senhor Jose Cutileiro of Portugal , EC special envoy , arrived in Sarajevo yesterday to reconvene talks between the warring parties . |
| 22 | Signor Jose Cutileiro of Portugal said the deal called for the removal of heavy artillery from towns and villages , the suspension of mass mobilisation , the disbanding of all paramilitary groups and the resumption of talks on the republic 's political and constitutional order . |
| 23 | William Yu of Islington |
| 24 | , Sir John , first baronet ( 1615–1680 ) , merchant , financier , and MP , was baptized 10 January 1615 , the son of William Robinson , DD , archdeacon of Nottingham in 1635–42 , of Long Whatton , Leicestershire , and his wife Sarah , daughter of William Bainbridge of Lockington , their third , but second surviving son . |
| 25 | Van loads of youngsters , each child properly labelled with name and destination , are brought to the station and dispatched to various places on the Great Western system … |
| 26 | Nuclear Services : Reactor Services and the Harwell part of Fuel Services ; Consultancy Services ; |
| 27 | And I am not overlooking the fact that the Provincials are more than well represented with Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure of Portrush , who meet Edwin Downey and Gary Rutledge of St Brendan 's . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Richard Roberts , Baron Truro , made a beneficial marriage to an heiress , Frances Hender of Boscastle , and purchased the manor of Lanhydrock , formerly property of the wealthy Priory of St. Petroc at Bodmin . |
| 30 | His key agent in the region , Sir James Tyrell of Gipping , was an outsider , as were at least two more of his officials : his constable of Ogmore , William Houghton of Birtsmorton ( Worcs. ) , and his constable of Caerphilly , Nicholas Spicer of Bristol , who was to become one of Richard 's leading administrators in Wales after 1483 . |