Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But also Swindon as an ex-railway town , that is looking to the future . |
| 6 | A government report on the future of Britain 's National Parks has resulted in the designation of the New Forest as a National Park . |
| 7 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 8 | Here is the Orient as an apolitical picturesque environment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 12 | Youth workers from all over North Yorkshire will meet today at the Galtres Centre in Easingwold for a special conference on smoking . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Austria functioned as a semi-democracy , only Czechoslovakia as a real one , until Hitler crushed them . |
| 15 | The UN General Assembly last night adopted a resolution deploring the US military intervention in Panama as a flagrant violation of international law . |
| 16 | What do you reckon of Strach as a future Leeds manager ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 " . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He may have had in mind the possible loss of East Germany as a military base area . |
| 24 | Playing down Russia 's reparations demands , he offered to create a centralised , united Germany as an independent force on the world stage . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Leave Luxor for a direct flight to London Gatwick . |
| 28 | The first man , Maui , begged Mafulke for a little fire and she reluctantly gave him one of her fingers . |
| 29 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 30 | British Rail has said it will reinstate Newton as a double-track junction . |