Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then fired at Pc Kelly through the police car windscreen , and as the officer lay injured across the front seat walked up to the car , put his hand on the roof to steady himself and emptied the gun into the officer 's body . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 3 | But one or two boys every year venture into Greek in preparation for a Classics degree . ’ |
| 4 | Halfway through our policy discussions in preparation for the citizens charter and the Bill , he obtained a leaked document containing the views of some officials . |
| 5 | The reason why many ethologists would now prefer to explain ritualization as an arms race is that they have increasingly come to realize that selfish competition among individuals is the rule in the animal world . |
| 6 | As Chief Secretary of the Treasury from November 1990 he is said to have been crucial in ensuring a record settlement for the Arts Council for 1992/93 . |
| 7 | We 've still got the Children Act coming through , I know that may appear a bit odd , but that Act was in fact in nineteen eighty nine , but it 's come through in a sense on an incremental basis , and it 's accepted by the Department of Health and er , the S S I , that indeed , and the Audit Commission , that there are elements in the present settlement for the Children Act . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( 7 ) The members of a licensing board for an islands area or licensing division of an islands area shall be elected at a meeting of the council of the islands area to be held on a date between May 16 , 1977 and June 30 , 1977 to be determined by the council , and , in the case of subsequent elections of those members : ( a ) except in so far as paragraph ( b ) below otherwise provides , at the first meeting of the council held after each subsequent ordinary election of the council ; and ( b ) where a determination under subsection ( 3 ) above is made ( whether or not at such meeting of the council as is mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above ) , either : ( i ) at the meeting at which the determination is made ; or ( ii ) at the first meeting of the council held after such meeting as is mentioned in sub-paragraph ( i ) above . |
| 11 | In the case of a board for an islands area or division of an islands area , the members were to be elected at a meeting of the islands council to be held between May 16 , 1977. and June 30 , 1977 , and thereafter at the first meeting of the council after every ordinary election . |
| 12 | At the age of twenty-three she was called to give evidence on workmen 's compensation before a parliamentary commission in the House of Lords and she also helped Labour MPs prepare their case for the Shops Bill . |
| 13 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The money was found in a drain during the police investigation , but had nothing to do with the murder . |
| 16 | And he 's had it slapped in his face , because this council has provided an adequate budget for the police authority , it has pr , treated it fairly and squarely like every other council committee , and made sure that the service they provide is adequate for the people of this county . |
| 17 | Other powers are given by such acts as the Firearms Act 1968 ( persons , vehicles in any public place can be searched for firearms ) ; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ( permits the police to stop and search for controlled drugs anywhere ) ; Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and various Wildlife Conservation Acts . |
| 18 | It is unusual for a sex murder case to get widespread coverage during the police investigation . |
| 19 | And in a complex deal that received EC blessing in October , ICI is swapping its nylon fibre activities for the acrylics business of America 's Du Pont and £250m in cash . |
| 20 | It has been a year of change for the Mechanics Institute which has seen its crumbling headquarters re-vamped into a fashionable pub . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 24 | No distinction is made for the Metropolitan Police , much the largest force in the country , where the Home Secretary has formal responsibility as the police authority . |
| 25 | If we paid cash , we might have had to go to shareholders for a rights issue . ’ |
| 26 | I lambasted the board through the letters page of the ‘ Sporting Mauve ’ for appointing an octogenarian ignoramus . |
| 27 | There is concern about funding for the Childrens Act and it 's too important to start scoring political points , whether there 's a general election or not t and I must admit I was off , I was off ill , off work during the week of the Tory Party Conference . |
| 28 | This is reflected in an increase in funding for the biotransformations project , which a spokesman for the department said had been ‘ very successful ’ . |
| 29 | Does the Minister agree that three-year funding for the Sports Council would allow it to plan better for development and expansion ? |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend agree , when considering the long-term funding for the Sports Council , to look sympathetically on its application for relocation expenses for its planned move from London to the city of York ? |