Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except for rare official engagements there was no fixed routine such as existed at Compiègne , Fontainebleau or the Tuileries . |
| 2 | Satraps led contingents from their satrapies in the great battles against Greeks or Macedonians of which we hear in Herodotus or the Alexander-historians ; they also levied troops for less grand operations . |
| 3 | She thought of what her colleagues and students might be doing this Wednesday morning — earnestly discussing the poetry of John Donne or the novels of Jane Austen or the nature of modernism , in centrally heated , carpeted rooms . |
| 4 | A drink was pressed into his hand , a chair held back and he found himself seated opposite Cornelius by the window , for all the world like some sixth-former seeking advice on whether to go for Oxbridge or the Guards . |
| 5 | I daresay their neighbours changed it to , like Gazza 's neighbours have changed his name from Gasgcoine to Gazza or the newspapers have done it . |
| 6 | Holme Pierrepont or the Bitches Rodeo are ideal British laboratories with a wide international mix of competent paddlers available to watch . |
| 7 | ( The data only show the States where the contracts were placed . |
| 8 | Such an idea is unlikely to commend itself to Israel ( for strategic reasons ) , or Lebanon , Syria or the refugees themselves . |
| 9 | ‘ Had either Syria or the Palestinians been shown to be involved , ’ he said , ‘ it would have added a complication to the peace conference , perhaps provoking an Israeli walk-out . ’ |
| 10 | To Rachel that all now seemed as if it had been in another time , another world and it had only been in the last few days with the reappearance of David Markham that the memories had been revived . |
| 11 | The news that Amstrad Plc had a hot new personal communicator product on the way should have been in the market for a couple of weeks now — we reported it on March 1 ( CI No 2,117 ) but these things take time to filter through and it was only on Tuesday that the shares really began to respond , putting on 3.75 pence ; they added another 3.5 pence to 34.75 pence yesterday morning . |
| 12 | The Afghanistan that the Russians left in February has little prospect of becoming a golden land . |
| 13 | Such is the size of Lough Erne that the contestants should experience good , uninterrupted winds . |
| 14 | The Government argued before the commission last Friday that the killings were lawful — a view already expressed at a British inquest into the deaths . |
| 15 | G. Although the positions and sizes of most settlements in this region were due almost solely to the way in which people organised themselves , or in other words due to human factors , a few depended on the landforms , or physical factors . |
| 16 | A company source said in Seattle that the cuts would come through resignations , retirements , attrition and lay-offs . |
| 17 | Egypt 's President Husni Mubarak said in a recent interview with Le Figaro that the Afghanis are prey to dark forces . |
| 18 | And it was Justine that the police had arrested . |
| 19 | In milder climes , and Moscow in the autumn ( ask Napoleon and the Germans ) , the problem is deep mud ; you need wellies . |
| 20 | His shouts brought out Nellie and the children , and the young ones rushed to the back of the cart . |
| 21 | ‘ And do n't yow take them clothes away from her either , ’ she concluded , just as Mum saw her chance and slammed the door shut , leaving me standing there with Mrs Smith , Nellie and the neighbours . |
| 22 | Industrialists , who have acquired power and influence without passing through the mollifying tunnel of public school , Oxbridge and the professions , have always represented a potential challenge to the old order . |
| 23 | Another possibility was that they , Jasper and Bert and the others — herself included — would be tested . |
| 24 | Olympic athlete Steve Cram produced several demos for Martin Stephenson And The Daintees . |
| 25 | THE DEVLINS follow their support slots alongside Martin Stephenson and The Daintees with their own London show at The Borderline tonight . |
| 26 | In the mining region of Asturias , however , it developed into a full-scale revolt involving not only UGT workers but also , in the first practical manifestation of the ‘ Workers ’ Alliance' , the CNT and the Communists . |
| 27 | one escapes with Bach and the folk-singers . |
| 28 | ( The reference to one escaping with ‘ Bach and the folk-singers ’ is to himself . ) |
| 29 | Underlying the bickering is longstanding tension between Jardines and the regulators . |
| 30 | The campaign was dominated by the radical-conservative contest between Yeltsin and Ryzkhov and the questions of how many votes the Russian Communist Party could mobilize on Ryzhkov 's behalf and whether Yeltsin would secure enough votes to win election on the first round . |