Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1927 , while he was in the midst of his darkness , and in june 1928 when he was better , the House of Commons rejected a proposal , carried by large majorities in the Church bodies , for a new prayer book , which was the old prayer book , from the age of King Charles II , modestly revised in a pastoral spirit long after the time when it needed revision . |
| 2 | Academics have been writing books and articles ; Charter 88 has been campaigning for constitutional reform ; citizenship is to be incorporated in the National Curriculum in the schools ; and a commission under the august patronage of the Speaker of the House of Commons published a report entitled Encouraging Citizenship in October 1990 . |
| 3 | To try to decide how many patients might be suitable for transplantation , an audit was performed of admissions ot a district general hospital of patients with end stage liver disease . |
| 4 | Proprietors the House of Lords reversed a decision made by the Lord Chancellor , Lord Cottenham , when the latter had affirmed decrees by the Vice-Chancellor in relation to a company in which the Lord Chancellor held some shares . |
| 5 | Pressure from Lord Scarman and others in the House of Lords forced a change on the Government when it was enacting the Police and Criminal Evidence Act . |
| 6 | In 1964 , the House of Lords considered a case in which a union were met by a refusal of a company to negotiate with them on terms and conditions of service although they organized the majority of the men concerned , being watermen in the Port of London . |
| 7 | In Lim 's case [ 1980 ] AC 174 , at pp187F-188D the House of Lords affirmed a ruling of the Court of Appeal to this effect given in Cunningham 's case [ 1973 ] QB 942 at p957 per Lawton LJ . |
| 8 | But having said that of course , Brackley , they have nothing to lose ; looking at the two sides , the majority of the players would you believe it are ex of Banbury United a side , you can never keep out of the news Jane . |
| 9 | There 's the one when he scores against Sheff Utd a couple of years ago and takes the piss out of Vineyard , and the one when he scored for Scotland and tried to get his leg over ( oo-er ) the advertising boards . |
| 10 | Pyro buys from Dynamight Ltd a box of fireworks manufactured by Sparky Ltd . |
| 11 | Wandering on , they climbed a hill and came to Newtown Common a country of peat , gorse and silver birch . |
| 12 | Just like the 2 small riots at Sheff Utd a couple of years back . |
| 13 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 14 | And yet an remarkable 50 people applied for the recent job at Wigan Athletic a team relegated to the Third Division last season and with five of their best players out of contract . |