Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silicon Graphics Inc completed its acquisition of MIPS Computer Systems Inc , paying 0.52 shares for each of MIPS ' 26m shares outstanding . |
| 2 | For much of Charles ' reign Constantinople was under the control of relatively ineffectual rulers , and had many internal disputes and factions which made imperial interest in Italy difficult to enforce . |
| 3 | The legislation was introduced as part of a more general swing in the climate of opinion which has almost certainly contributed to changes that have taken place in the recent past : girls ' achievement , while still below that of boys ' , has nevertheless begun to catch up . |
| 4 | The Black Pit is a vivid recreation and magically sustained celebration of some of Drachenfels ' most lurid evils and wickedness . |
| 5 | Thames TV chief executive Richard Dunn said on Sunday : ‘ The new channel will get a fast and economic start by using one of Thames ’ Astra transponders and by the use of some of Thames ' broadcasting assets . ’ |
| 6 | In our last issue Stephen Briggs described the sad state of some of Wales ' abandoned churches . |
| 7 | In the original report we mentioned a major licensing deal between SelecTronics and Berlitz and we can now see the concrete results of this in SelecTronics ' product range . |
| 8 | ( I 'm reminded of Grand in Camus ' La Peste who spent a life-time refining the opening sentence of his novel ! ) |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend pay particular attention to the application of a company in my constituency which requires a small amount of insurance cover that could lead to tens of millions of pounds ' worth of business ? |
| 10 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 11 | The scene of one of Drachenfels ' most infamous atrocities , this chamber has been shunned by most of the few who have penetrated the Castle . |
| 12 | Windows can be used on an 80286 based computer , but it will operate noticeably slower and can not take advantage of one of Windows ' main characteristics — Multi-tasking . |
| 13 | The column reportedly reveals that Mirror chief executive David Montgomery and other senior staff hold options to buy shares in the newspaper group which could make them hundreds of thousands of pounds ' worth of profits . |
| 14 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 15 | The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
| 16 | Campbell links our problems of leadership with that of Jesus ' loneliness , and comments : ‘ See , he has been there too and because he identifies with it , he can handle it . |
| 17 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 18 | IT IS a rare event — in the industrialised world , at least — for a state-owned enterprise to go bust , leaving banks with billions of dollars ' worth of bad loans . |
| 19 | As he was a brilliant classical scholar , it is possible that he realized that what he had discovered was in line with one of Hippocrates ' systems , formulated so many centuries before . |
| 20 | The Masters had been out to dinner and were well mellowed , wide awake and disposed to chat , but sitting in their quarry-tiled kitchen-diner , with thousands of pounds ' worth of elegant cabinet work and expensive machinery around him , McLeish managed to extract a coherent story . |
| 21 | Police believe they still escaped with thousands of pounds ' worth of goods . |
| 22 | According to a 1988 census about one-quarter of Brussels ' population of 9,927,000 comprised foreign nationals , including 135,000 from Maghreb countries ; many thousands more north Africans were known to have arrived illegally since then . |
| 23 | In each of Jesus ' beatitudes , God 's blessing comes in the first line , and is then followed by the effect of this blessing on us in the second line . |
| 24 | Following two incidents in 1991 at Courtaulds ' acetate works at Spondon , Derby — an explosion on 13 January and a fire on 24 June 1991 — Courtaulds set up a review panel to examine the plant 's site safety in manufacturing and distribution . |
| 25 | Hanley scored a hat-trick of tries and Great Britain skipper Schofield kicked five goals as well as having a hand in many of Leeds ' eight touchdowns . |
| 26 | This structuring function of the Court of Appeal was further strengthened by the appearance in 1970 of Thomas ' Principles of Sentencing which provided an accessible digest of a great many of its decisions , both reported and unreported . |
| 27 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 28 | It was from one of Giggs ' dribbles in the 20th minute that new signing Ken Monkou was committed to a saving tackle that referee Ray Lewis interpreted as a back-pass . |
| 29 | The outcome of true repentance is always joy , pictured in several of Jesus ' parables as a great feast . |
| 30 | But in most of Williams ' work I feel the kind of observations being ‘ made ’ … seem to me too casual , however delightfully phrased , to be especially interesting … |