Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 2 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 3 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 4 | But this time the British four were technically superb , and had the Australians trailing in fourth place . |
| 5 | ‘ Secondly , I believe you will begin to see during the night the cracks opening at last in the moulds that have held British politics in sterile opposition between two major parties for so long . |
| 6 | They will prepare for the United Kingdom 's Presidency of the Community beginning on 1st July 1992 . |
| 7 | ( 5 ) In this section , the expression " the winter period " means the period beginning with 1st October and ending with 31st March . |
| 8 | He returned on the night sailing on 14th Oct . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Neil , ’ she wailed , the tears falling at last , great crystal drops . |
| 10 | If the indemnifier is not a natural person , only the situation relating to third party claims can arise . |
| 11 | there will be a celebration Mass for the children preparing for First Communion . |
| 12 | Motion made , and Question proposed , That a further sum not exceeding £1,680,076,000 be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Social Security on non-contributory retirement pensions , Christmas bonus payments to pensioners , pensions etc. , for disablement or death arising out of war or service in the armed forces after 2nd September 1939 and on sundry other services , on attendance allowances , invalid care allowance , severe disablement allowance , mobility allowance ; on pensions gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes ; on income support , transitional payment , child benefit , one parent benefit , family credit , and on the vaccine damage payment scheme . |
| 13 | The House should ask what we are doing taking a decision on class V , vote 9 , which will give the Government an extra £4 million from the Consolidated Fund ’ to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Energy in connection with the privatisation of the coal industry . ’ |
| 14 | It was a bit unnerving at first and the lining stank of old aftershave . |
| 15 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
| 16 | Erm , we have a programme developing for next year , which we will discuss with your offices , to ensure that we use the time that we validated to your audit er , in an effective , efficient and economic manner . |
| 17 | On 6th June , 1857 he introduced the Public Offices Extension Bill , and it was given a Second Reading on 30th June , the day that he reported the judges ' decisions , when it was referred to a Select Committee . |
| 18 | He introduced the Bill on 4th March , 1859 ; it was given a Second Reading on 18th March and passed to a Select Committee which besides himself included Hall and Stirling . |
| 19 | The advertising vice-president who stays late every night working on next week 's layouts but who also has to begin making contingency plans for the expected launch of two new local advertising media campaigns three years hence has a responsibility time span of three years . |
| 20 | The Head of Humanities in a large comprehensive school commented in my hearing , in a staff meeting about 3rd year general discussion groups on controversial issues , that " in about half of such groups the question of God is brought in by some kid or other " and that he felt " put on the spot " . |
| 21 | Landsbergis , 58 , a musicologist specializing in 19th and early 20th century Lithuanian music , was elected in a secret ballot , polling 91 votes for and 42 votes against , compared with 38 votes for and 95 against Brazauskas . |
| 22 | No wonder Britain is a country heading for Third World status and just about the only people who are doing well in it are the Bailiffs . |
| 23 | It was then that he felt his true strength as an eagle coming at last . |