Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christie , who stormed to the 100 metres title in 9.96 seconds , was even quicker to condemn the authorities for allowing the drugs saga to reach the Olympics . |
| 2 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 3 | That 's with hayfever in Southport were n't she , after feeding the horses hay ? |
| 4 | Meanwhile Edward Peer was fined £240 by Oxford magistrates after facing a drugs charge . |
| 5 | Gunmen have shot two security guards in Southampton and escaped with fifteen thousand pounds after hijacking a police car . |
| 6 | The 28-year-old champion was booed after taking a points decision over Hitchin 's Danny Porter at the Scottish Exhibition Centre but he said : ‘ They are the mugs , not me . ’ |
| 7 | Three days after receiving the inspectors report , he passed it to the Serious Fraud Office for further investigation . |
| 8 | He said after visiting the police incident room : ‘ Every inhabitant of this country feels very deeply over this quite senseless attack on a town which has no involvement whatsoever in whatever crazy cause the people involved thought they were pursuing . |
| 9 | After visiting the police incident room he spoke of the country 's revulsion at the bombing and said : ‘ Everything will be done to bring those responsible to justice and every effort is being put in to make sure that we do . ’ |
| 10 | On April 23 Danov announced a criminal investigation against Faks , which was generally sympathetic to the Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP — the former communists ) ; also placed under investigation were the parliamentary review Debati , for publishing on April 17 a list of Bulgarian diplomats who had been secret service agents , and the weekly Reporter 7 , for publishing the police file of an alleged secret agent . |
| 11 | The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works says the cost of completing the telecommunications tower in Kuwait City has risen to $175m from $110m : the increase is due mainly to damage done by the Iraqis during their occupation of the country , as well as changes in the project 's specifications and a rise in the cost of raw materials and labour . |
| 12 | Four hundred artists represented in the museum 's collection have responded to the idea of producing a greetings image on an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper . |
| 13 | An important effect of adopting a Loans Fund ( or any other ‘ loans pool ’ ) is that a distinction has to be made between loan repayment and loan redemption : |
| 14 | The height and extent of the inbuilt hurdles in the way of reforming a police force are not commonly appreciated . |
| 15 | My extensive programme of separate discussions with a wide range of major interest groups on possible ways of reforming the Shops Act 1950 is nearing completion . |
| 16 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 17 | But if phonemic competitors are included , some means of resolving the phonemes identity and filtering out improbable words must be applied as quickly as possible to stop the proliferation of word strings . |
| 18 | But , though they both admitted they desired it , they could find no way of ending the arms race . |
| 19 | the case of checking , the case of checking the goods number two there . |
| 20 | You quickly get past the point of worrying that there are no guitars here , Phil Ramone and the orchestra do a superb job of keeping the arrangements crisp and fresh , and the strings never overwhelm the singer , even when she is at her most whispering , as in the Marilyn vehicle ‘ I Want To Be Loved By You ’ and amidst the tragic melancholy of ‘ Gloomy Sunday ’ . |
| 21 | If you 've ever kept a diary , you 'll know the importance of keeping the contents secret . |
| 22 | By eschewing the obvious solution of a differential dividend payment , the group has had to fall back on the option of endowing the chemicals company with additional cash by way of a rights issue from Zeneca . |
| 23 | Embassy officials insist British aid will provide practical means of combating the drugs trade . |
| 24 | The Ministry say ’ we are concerned about ragwort , but we 're considering repealling the Weeds Act in the interests of de-regulation . |
| 25 | I understand my hon. Friend 's point , but the section is entirely clear and I think that all local authorities are aware of its provisions , which place the primary duty of enforcing the Shops Act 1950 on them . |
| 26 | You stand nearly three times as much chance of getting a police caution in Kent as you do in South Wales . |
| 27 | Organisations dealing with problems like Julie 's say the chances of getting the children back are slim . |
| 28 | Mr Buckland stressed there was ‘ no necessity ’ for the share sale and there was no intention of holding a rights issue . |
| 29 | SHORT OF HOLDING an arts festival down the darkened drains of Guildford , it is hard to think of a less promising cultural centre than the Arctic Circle . |
| 30 | They have also ruled out any possibility of supporting a rights issue . |