Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell .
2 He is 16 — around the age Roy was when he became a star — and he plays for the Melchester youth team .
3 I was doing radio plays for the BBC .
4 As a keen musician and clarinet player ( name your own musical instrument or say ‘ As one who appreciates music but can not play anything more difficult than a gramophone record , I was very impressed to learn ) I was delighted to learn that Annabelle 's uncle plays for the BBC orchestra ( or pop group , etc. ) , on the violin ( or drums ) .
5 Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past .
6 Club captain Dave Dickson , SVT mechanical engineer , was presented with the stylish kit by Dave Stephenson , Honeywell engineer at the terminal , who also plays for the Lerwick side .
7 He plays for the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg and is a certainty for Transvaal .
8 Wee Blair McAfferty now rides for the DB am team .
9 The rebels believe that Mr Major 's credibility is in tatters after a series of defeats and retreats as the Maastricht Bill lumbers through Parliament .
10 The first part of the trail goes through the Brodick Castle Country Park .
11 ‘ We will continue our efforts to stop this unnecessary demolition — in Westminster as the Agriculture Bill goes through the Commons and in Brussels as the EC potato regime is progressed .
12 This track goes through the Queens Forest for three-quarters of a mile , climbing steadily .
13 a more specific power to appoint a British consul or his deputy as a special examiner may be exercised where a Civil Procedure Convention subsists between the United Kingdom and the relevant foreign country providing for the taking of the evidence of any person in that country for the assistance of proceedings in the High Court ( the unspoken assumption being that any such Convention will permit consuls to act ) ; and
14 And that goes for the Bucks Badger group as well .
15 Lee 's wife Carol explained : ‘ We are leaving our options open but at the moment Space Fair still goes for the Mackeson .
16 Muhtarram is also on a ‘ high ’ and would appear to be a big danger to Opera House although Dermot Weld reports that Market Booster who also goes for the Arc ‘ could not be in better form . ’
17 The engine drives through a Hewland DGB 'box .
18 there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls
19 Jane Archer 2.32 ; Colin Richer 2.34 ; Paul Frindle 2.35 ; Terry Rivers 2.39 ; Steve Wade 2.56 ; Maurice Young 2.56. completed the Portsmouth British Wheelchair half-marathon in a personal best time of 1.25.41 as his training intensifies for the London Marathon .
20 BRITISH featherweight champion Sean Murphy is out to make it third time lucky when he challenges for the WBO world title next month .
21 But changes in the details of the assessment of basic expenditure needs through the GRE have also led to remarkable ( and indefensible ) instability over recent years .
22 So although no route can more truly be called a " beaten track " than the one which heads for the Gotthard Pass , now that the old Gotthard road has been supplanted so far as through traffic is concerned by the Basel-Chiasso motor expressway ( E9 , N2 ) , many towns and villages on the old road can be rated as " off the beaten track " .
23 Torrance clinched the title with a 30 foot putt at the first extra hole and now heads for the Jersey Open tomorrow .
24 In August 1989 Greenpeace drew attention to the swordfish fishery in US waters off the New England coast .
25 The technological catch though is that the confinement time drops as the RF power pushes the temperature up , and so the critical value of the fusion product is still out of reach .
26 He said anyone who cares about the NHS is welcome .
27 The Sapperton tunnel ( 1789 ) at the summit of the Thames and Severn Canal bores through the Cotswolds for more than two miles .
28 What counts for the UK 's international position is that these innovations have enabled production to take place with new types of labour , new ways of organizing labour and in new areas of the world , but long-wave theories do not consider those changes .
29 Daily newscasts about the Scud attacks on Tel Aviv provide potent free advertising .
30 She also writes for The Sunday Times
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