Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ START 2 is not going anywhere until START 1 is ratified by everyone and everyone joins the NPT as a non-nuclear state , ’ laments an American official .
2 ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background .
3 TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake .
4 But also Swindon as an ex-railway town , that is looking to the future .
5 A government report on the future of Britain 's National Parks has resulted in the designation of the New Forest as a National Park .
6 Here is the Orient as an apolitical picturesque environment .
7 It is in fact the reading contract , the explicit relationship between writer and reader that is at the heart of the technical problems experienced by Nizan as a revolutionary novelist .
8 The polite , complacent literature of fully integrated bourgeois writers such as Andre Maurois , Jacques de Lacretelle and Julien Green is unceremoniously attacked , as is the work of Jean Giono classified by Nizan as a naive form of utopian escapism in the face of modern industrial society Equally , Nizan is extremely hostile to the sentimental , colonial and populist literature produced by the bourgeoisie for the mystification of the proletariat .
9 Youth workers from all over North Yorkshire will meet today at the Galtres Centre in Easingwold for a special conference on smoking .
10 You never know who might mistake Armstrong for a real taxi and offer me a few quid as a friendly gesture for giving them a lift .
11 Austria functioned as a semi-democracy , only Czechoslovakia as a real one , until Hitler crushed them .
12 The UN General Assembly last night adopted a resolution deploring the US military intervention in Panama as a flagrant violation of international law .
13 What do you reckon of Strach as a future Leeds manager ?
14 Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres .
15 Beltsville , Maryland-based Micros Systems Inc reports that it has bought a 15% equity interest in Fidelio Software GmbH of Munich , Germany for an undisclosed cash sum with the option to buy the company outright over six years ; it also took majority stakes in three Fidelio distribution and support units .
16 Paasio also stated that " the reference to Germany as a possible aggressor contained in the [ 1948 ] Treaty of Friendship , Co-operation and Mutual Assistance between Finland and the Soviet Union [ see p. 9228 ] reflects values … which no longer prevail " , although the essential content of the treaty " retains its significance " .
17 When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ .
18 Sir Derek 's preference is to bring in some friendly Continental company such as Daimler-Benz of West Germany as a substantial minority shareholder , leaving Ferranti with a share quote and at least a semblance of independence .
19 Closer co-operation with Western Europe was ideally suited to Adenauer 's policy of distancing himself from the Eastern bloc after September 1955 , when Moscow upset him by recognising East Germany as a sovereign state .
20 He may have had in mind the possible loss of East Germany as a military base area .
21 Playing down Russia 's reparations demands , he offered to create a centralised , united Germany as an independent force on the world stage .
22 American and British policy makers saw western Germany as an important bastion against Soviet Communism , a country which , being in the front line against the Red Army , must be tied securely to the West .
23 Extend your stay and travel , by air , to Cairo , for a 3 night stay , before returning to Luxor for a final 4 nights to unwind .
24 Leave Luxor for a direct flight to London Gatwick .
25 The first man , Maui , begged Mafulke for a little fire and she reluctantly gave him one of her fingers .
26 British Rail has said it will reinstate Newton as a double-track junction .
27 Manager Ian Porterfield certainly sees Newton as an important part of Chelsea 's future , insisting : ‘ Eddie 's got authority , and that makes him very , very promising . ’
28 Up to now the possibility had seemed so remote as not to need consideration — an order given by Hardy as a matter of course , accepted by Denis as a standard instruction in an operation of this nature .
29 Travel came when Mr Smythe left Sedbergh School and the security of the family home in Sunderland for a three-year apprenticeship at the Arosa confectionery school in Switzerland .
30 The only major event of the campaign , the call by Michel Rocard for a political ‘ big bang ’ on the Left to allow the creation of a new , broad based , social democratic party , appears to have fizzled out for the time being .
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