Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement followed a spate of oil spills since the March 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster [ see p. 36541 ] which included three large oil spills in US waters in June 1989 : ( i ) on June 23 , 650,000 gallons of fuel oil were spilt into Narragansett Bay off Rhode Island by a Liberian-registered tanker , World Prodigy , after it struck a reef ; ( ii ) on June 24 a Uruguayan tanker , Presidente Rivera , spilled 800,000 gallons of industrial heating oil after hitting a rock in the Delaware River , Delaware ; and ( iii ) also on June 24 a tow-barge spilled 250,000 gallons of light crude oil in Galveston Bay , Texas , after a collision with a Panamanian cargo ship . |
| 2 | Scottish Television have appointed Blair Jenkins to a new post of Head of Regional Broadcasting . |
| 3 | Scottish Television have appointed Blair Jenkins to a new post of Head of Regional Broadcasting . |
| 4 | So we give you — MARY BAILEY on cichlids ; ANDY PARKES on a tankful of oddballs ; IAN LUCAS with a special catfish tank ; Editor STEVE WINDSOR on general tropicals ; and for the MARINE fishkeeper , LES HOLLIDAY sets-up and efficient marine system for £250 . |
| 5 | The only major event of the campaign , the call by Michel Rocard for a political ‘ big bang ’ on the Left to allow the creation of a new , broad based , social democratic party , appears to have fizzled out for the time being . |
| 6 | Before turning to the foundation of his own union he attempted to transform the Sunderland Union into a national organisation , speaking from 1885 with authority as its president . |
| 7 | Nigella Lawson on a soft-focus adaptation of a disturbing novel ; a stunning portrait of post-war Germany ; and the rest of the week 's releases |
| 8 | O. cuspidata has been recorded in the eastern Atlantic from iceland as far south as Ascension Island with a bathymetric range of 768–2460 m . |
| 9 | Between June 3 and June 6 Teddy Taylor , a United Kingdom Conservative MP , informed the UK Foreign Office that he had met with Col. Moamer al Kadhafi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Bishara on a recent visit to Libya ; he had brought back a " package of proposals " for restoring relations between the two countries , and a £250,000 cheque for a UK police charity from the Libyan police union . |
| 10 | Espana , the WBC international champion and leading WBA contender , challenges WBA welterweight king Meldrick Taylor in a mandatory defence on the Lennox Lewis-Razor Ruddock bill . |
| 11 | We are grateful to Hazel Fox , Harriet Dawes , Judith Manches , Judith Bridge , Vicky Andrew , Ann Upton , Elizabeth Potter , Nadja Tollemache and Tracy Minns for gifts of money , to Katrina Crossley for a valuable contact with the publisher Butterworths , and to the newly-formed Somerville Lawyers ' Group for the promise of continuing support . |
| 12 | WEST BROMWICH boss Ossie Ardiles has released defender Simeon Hodson on a free transfer — the 14th player to leave the club since the Argentinian took charge in May . |
| 13 | Southall 's departure forced Kendall to take off winger Robert Warzycha and send on gutsy substitute Australian keeper Jason Kearton for a dazzling debut — never mind the scoreline . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 16 | ‘ She saw Ian Paisley as a responsible man on the spot who would be able to distribute the money . ’ |
| 17 | ENGLAND 's triumphant Dunhill Cup golfers left Colin Montgomerie with a distinct feeling of deja vu in Morocco yesterday . |
| 18 | For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby . |
| 19 | Always in search of alternative entertainment , Rough led the team 's other two keepers George Wood and David Harvey on a late-night expedition to a local hostelry known as ‘ The Marine Grill ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ That is the noisiest frog I 've ever had in this laboratory , ’ snapped Miss Hardbroom with a piercing glance at the jar . |
| 21 | Hoult escaped with a caution after bringing down old boy David Kelly on a diagonal run inside the area . |
| 22 | Gazza beat David Seaman with a 35-yard free kick and set up a goal in a blistering comeback against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final . |
| 23 | For third North only OPERA : Edward Greenfield on a loud Medea at Covent Garden Angry , not Callas . |
| 24 | Meanwhile I was developing a liking for the motion picture business with Miss Hellen Semmens as a central point of interest . |
| 25 | Almost immediately , however , the General was able to reassert his position by confirming his ‘ special relationship ’ with Konrad Adenauer in a Franco-German treaty of co-operation . |
| 26 | Plotting the line on a map , he found that it passed straight through Westminster Abbey , the site of which was originally known as Thorney Island from a conspicuous mark : a hallowed clump of hawthorn . |
| 27 | That the kindred of Osbern of Eu and the kindred of William fitzOsbern with their friends had succeeded in carrying Duke William to a resounding victory against the invasion of his combined enemies was therefore news of more than ordinary importance . |
| 28 | Two years later , again at Daytona , on 11 March 1929 , he recaptured the record from the American Ray Keech at 231.362 m.p.h. in Golden Arrow , designed by Captain J. S. Irving with a 900-hp aero-engine hired from Napier and originally designed for the Schneider trophy winner Supermarine seaplane . |
| 29 | A Downpatrick jury acquitted the trainee officer of murder , believing she was out of her mind when she attacked love rival Penny with a razor-sharp blade at Drumkeeragh Forest , outside Ballynahinch in March 1991 . |
| 30 | If you 've never seen the Tan Hill on a bleary winter 's day when winds are driving wet sleet over the hellhole of Sleightholme Moor and the sky and the land are welded together in one sullen , sodden grey , then you 've missed a treat . |