Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one or two boys every year venture into Greek in preparation for a Classics degree . ’ |
| 2 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation ; the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 3 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation : the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 4 | Earlier funding difficulties [ see p. 37583 ] , had been eased in December 1990 with the successful raising of over £560,000,000 through a rights issue in Paris and London . |
| 5 | He took part in a television series starring Billie Whitelaw called Time Out For Peggy , playing a verse writer for a greetings card manufacturer , and in a Margaret Rutherford TV play , The Noble Spaniard He also had two more demanding projects — pantomime and a second Carry On film . |
| 6 | In themselves they 're historic , but it was Ponting 's expertise as a stills cameraman that has given the world a stunning pictorial account of a legendary expedition . |
| 7 | If we paid cash , we might have had to go to shareholders for a rights issue . ’ |
| 8 | the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) worked with the Head of Additional Studies Faculty to produce a framework for a study-skills course which would link with the work of all other departments ; |
| 9 | Andrew , 38 , a buyer for a sports equipment company , said they were very surprised when they learned they had been entered . |
| 10 | In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | GCC Interior Ministers met in Kuwait on Nov. 21 and 22 , and Finance Ministers met on Nov. 22 but apparently failed to make progress on proposals for a customs union — a step towards creation of a common market by the year 2000 which had been set as an objective earlier in the year [ see p. 38985 ] . |
| 12 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 13 | If that 's the case , WAGWIN would make a decent present for a Windows fanatic . |
| 14 | Flavia Ormond is making her debut as a drawings dealer with an exhibition of Italian Old Master drawings c.1550–1800 at Douwes Fine Art Limited , from 1 to15 July . |
| 15 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 16 | Riots erupted in the Mount Pleasant area of Washington DC , on May 5 , hours after a police officer shot and critically wounded a Hispanic man . |
| 17 | The bequest is described as a legatum but the action as a fideicommissi persecutio . |
| 18 | A shaky victory , and a massive disappointment for a Lions player , followed the pattern of 1980 and 1989 . |
| 19 | It was this and the suspiciously silent room that initiated Jane Holt 's search for a police officer . |
| 20 | ‘ Jones was at the club as a YTS player when I arrived . |
| 21 | A woman rider has been crushed to death by her own horse during a trials event . |
| 22 | That 's why sports cars went through such doldrums for so many years too , and shy we think of the sudden plethora of ‘ traditional ’ small sports cars as a sports car ‘ revival ’ . |
| 23 | The Castle Eden Walkway Country Park was the setting for a woodcrafts weekend . |
| 24 | Iron Agers : Castle Eden Walkway Country Park is the setting for a woodcrafts weekend today and tomorrow . |
| 25 | He started his carrier as a lyrics writer and then went on to the Daily Telegraph . |
| 26 | It has already undertaken to sell off £100m worth of businesses and to raise £150m through a rights issue or by attracting a suitor . |
| 27 | But they did not want to offend the public ; and , most important , they had billed the march as a civil-rights story . |
| 28 | They show their immaturity as soon as they get behind the wheel of a sports car . |
| 29 | He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title . |
| 30 | Even though this is a DOS program is has many of the characteristics of a Windows user-interface — drop down lists , dialog boxes and so on — and it is very easy to use with a mouse . |