Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Regional Executive Committee meeting was held in Castries , St Lucia , 9–15 March in an effort to strengthen our relationship with the Caribbean area . |
| 2 | Former England striker Peter Withe is among a team of Aston Villa Old Stars who take on Tewkesbury Town this Sunday in a festival of football . |
| 3 | Police found blue-eyed Gareth in a baby buggy , together with a PVC holdall with clothes , bottles and baby wipes . |
| 4 | The first point was given by the hon. Gentleman 's hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) on 26 March in an interview on the ’ Today ’ programme . |
| 5 | His face was that of Simple Ivan in a folk-tale , high cheek-bones , slanting eyes . |
| 6 | Just in case they did not heed these articles , the Beijing Public Security Bureau issued the ‘ Ten Article Regulations ’ on 26 December in an effort to deter student protests . |
| 7 | They encompass the area designated as autonomous Croatia in an agreement made with the federal government in Belgrade in 1939 . |
| 8 | The stability Royal Mail contracts brought to their operators — particularly the smaller ones — enabled them to offer jobs to newly-qualified CPLs in a segment of the industry which traditionally been the first step in an aviation career . |
| 9 | They reflect the debates and use the terminology of contemporary Paris in a way that the work of Master Hugh does not ; yet Achard is doctrinally conservative , and essentially unsympathetic to the drift towards organized secular schools and ( within his lifetime ) the University of Paris . |
| 10 | This tidal wave is a product of the combined efforts of the jostling of the crustal plates and the behaviour of the deep Ocean through which the resulting shock waves are transmitted : a small nudge in southern Chile can set up a wave that streaks across the entire Pacific in a matter of hours , with unimaginably enormous force . |
| 11 | A DOCTOR has solved one of the abiding mysteries of Christmas : the illness suffered by Charles Dickens 's character Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol . |
| 12 | India and Pakistan each withdrew troops from their common border in early June in an attempt to defuse tension caused by the unrest in Kashmir . |
| 13 | It is hoped Aberdeen will mark the occasion by taking on Real Madrid in a replay of the 1983 European Cup Winners ' Cup final , won by Alex Ferguson 's side . |
| 14 | In the SAS he undoubtedly learned rather more than that , including the survival skills which he has had to draw on so often in expeditions which have not always gone according to plan.He has been a full-time explorer since he was 25 and ‘ like everybody else , in every career , you do n't retire until you have to , ’ he says.His CV reads like a non-stop Boys Own adventure — shooting up the White Nile in a hovercraft , parachuting on to the Jostedalsbre Glacier and negotiating more than 4,000 miles of Canadian and Alaskan rivers.Between 1979 and 1982 , he circumnavigated the world on the Transglobe Expedition , becoming one of the first men ever to reach both the North and South Poles overland . |
| 15 | The moment of truth comes on Tuesday when they meet unstoppable Portadown in a quarter-final at Shamrock Park , Glentoran having only qualified on goal difference . |
| 16 | Then observing himself as he fluttered and flustered the teenaged Lara in a restaurant ! |
| 17 | Foster , whose own career started at the tender age of 3 , discovered 9-year-old Adam in a New York classroom : ‘ It was him wanting to be something that drew me , ’ she says . |
| 18 | Lloyd George announced his resignation to the Commons on 17 March in a speech that was close to tears , and the reaction of Unionist MPs was equally emotional , testament to Law 's great standing in his party . |
| 19 | Eight teams of four from each factory will battle it out on 17 March in a knockout pool , darts , dominoes and crib competition with all proceeds going to Children In Need . |
| 20 | Will the budget allow us to have that many Daleks in an episode ? |
| 21 | Chung Won Shik , appointed in late May in an effort to secure greater stability [ see p. 38177 ] , was mobbed by hostile students while visiting Hankuk University of Foreign Studies . |
| 22 | Ganev and the UDF had been angered by some documents leaked in late February in an attempt to smear him , and had demanded that the secret services by placed under the control of the Interior Ministry rather than the Presidency as at present . |
| 23 | This had mainly centred on Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , the Army Commander-in-Chief , since according to some sources Chatichai had invited Chaovalit to join the Cabinet in late December in an attempt to boost the stability of his six-party coalition . |
| 24 | I wrapped up a bottle of Grand Moulas in a newspaper for safety , put it in one of the panniers and went on my way . |
| 25 | The UK narrowly failed in late January in an attempt to win international approval for its policy of involuntary repatriation of the Vietnamese " boat people " in Hong Kong . |
| 26 | In the following year he was on his way to Constantinople when he died 17 October in a village in Greece . |
| 27 | The ultimate clue to Ecgfrith 's regnal chronology , however , is the documentary report of the council of Hatfield which Bede includes in the Ecclesiastical History ( IV , 17 ) and which demonstrates , by reference to Ecgfrith in his tenth year on 17 September in a year which can only be 680 ( see below , p.113 ) , that Ecgfrith certainly succeeded no earlier than 17 September 670 — which introduces an even longer interregnum if Oswiu had died in the February of that year and makes his death in February 671 more likely still . |
| 28 | In the south of the country , four immigrants and an Italian were killed near Naples in late April in a gun battle believed to have taken place when local drug dealers attempted to eliminate competition from a group of illegal African immigrants . |
| 29 | And of Hepzibah , because she was comforting Nick in a way she knew she could never do . |
| 30 | Indeed , at that very moment , Robertson , who had spent the morning since his release drinking black Nescafe in an attempt to clear his head , was handing out drafts of speeches which he wished his mates to make in that debate . |