Example sentences of "[noun prp] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Liberal Democrats won Kincardine and Deeside with an 11.4 per cent swing from the Conservatives ; this gave the Liberal Democrats their 10th seat in Scotland , overtaking the Conservatives ( nine ) . |
| 2 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 3 | Mansell said he would go to Phoenix with an open mind . |
| 4 | Oh , I loved Dr. Mac 's pictures " She looked at the Spencer with a marked lack of enthusiasm . |
| 5 | One can also add that St Paul , who plumbs the depths of desolation but also knows the heights of consolation and joy , provided Montini with a practical spirituality that kept him going throughout his long ‘ hidden life ’ in the Secretariat of State ( 1925–54 ) , his pastoral ministry in Milan ( 1955–63 ) and finally , his Petrine ministry . |
| 6 | H. duplicata is a widespread species recorded from the West Indies , Bay of Biscay to off North Africa , and from the East Pacific off Colombia and Ecuador with a bathymetric range of 125–2870 m . |
| 7 | The three points on this line lie within of a degree and the line extends to the church at Bishops Cannings with a better than ⅛ degree accuracy . |
| 8 | Boro were also out of luck when Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel denied substitute Wille Falconer with a brilliant save in the first period of extra time . |
| 9 | In the west from off the east coast of the United States at depths of 2452–3659 m ; in the east from the Rockall Trough , the Porcupine Sea Bight , the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal with a bathymetric range of 1560–3548 m . |
| 10 | We passed by , and on to Dawlish with a superb birds ' eye view of Powderham Castle , the tourists already arriving to stroll the grounds . |
| 11 | One of the questions that does spring to mind is which of these three people have an I Q er four times their chest size , is it A I ca n't remember the woman , erm with a thirty two inch chest B I ca n't remember , Jane Mansfield with a forty three inch chest |
| 12 | Lower Thames Street , east London ; originally built in the thirteenth century , destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 , and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren with a square tower crowned by a cupola and a short spire . |
| 13 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 14 | It is likely to be introduced next Tuesday with a second reading pencilled in for 22 March . |
| 15 | Mr George Bartlett QC opened the case for the National Grid Company at the inquiry in Northallerton on Tuesday with a detailed explanation of why upgrading of the present electricity network was needed . |
| 16 | Wheat and cattle existed side by side in the Weald with a wide variety of local wood-based industries . |
| 17 | William de Casingham fled to the denser Weald with a thousand men , emerging to harry the French until the Earl Marshal could muster enough support to drive the invaders out in 1217 . |
| 18 | England were beaten by a stunning 76th minute goal by Turkish striker Aydin Cafer who cut inside to beat Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker with a fierce rising shot . |
| 19 | Soviet memento : Alan Walker with an old Latvian prison governor 's uniform — the governor was equivalent in rank to a Red Army colonel |
| 20 | A report in the Middle East Economic Digest of April 19 , citing a recent edition of a London Arabic language daily Asharq Alawsat , claimed that the Soviet Union would not fulfil promises made in early 1991 to provide Syria with a large consignment of weapons . |
| 21 | Israel presented Syria with a fresh draft discussion document when the talks resumed on Sept. 14 . |
| 22 | McPherson 's lay-off found McCall with an unobstructed view of goal but the final attempt was too delicate and Verlinden saved easily . |
| 23 | Protesting her innocence , she was taken in a police van from Heathrow to a police station , near the flat where Gemma was found alone after Ms Gibson left for the Costa del Sol with a male friend . |
| 24 | I have just discovered that Gaveston was probably poisoning the Lady Eleanor with a slow but subtle potion . ’ |
| 25 | Before going north to meet the French King , Henry had left Poitou in the hands of Queen Eleanor with an experienced commander , Earl Patrick of Salisbury , at her side as her military adviser . |
| 26 | Beattie easily got the better of Kevin Schwantz on the second lap , leaving the Lucky Strike Suzuki rider from Texas with a tough job to keep his own team-mate Doug Chandler at bay . |
| 27 | On 23 October 1642 , the Army of Parliament commanded by Robert Devereaux , 3rd Earl of Essex , clashed at Edge Hill with a Royalist Army commanded by King Charles I. Thirty thousand Englishmen fought this , the first major battle of the English Civil Wars . |
| 28 | Pilot 's Pals have also marked the closure of RAF Biggin Hill with a commemorative beaker in fine bone china with detailing in 22 carat gold in a limited run of only 1,000 , just £24 inc p&p — SAE/IRC for application form . |
| 29 | Right Said Fred tread a fine line between sex and seaside postcard humour ; they are the late Benny Hill with a personal fitness instructor , somewhere between gay disco and Club 18–30. and ‘ I 'm Too sexy ’ is a great record , not least because it 's a piss-take of people who fancy themselves sung by people who fancy themselves . |
| 30 | Stone for Forest Webb keeps it in play and turns it back to Phillips and then Hill with a lovely little header back to make sure Leicester keep possession . |