Example sentences of "name after an " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is the ‘ Crook Town Affair ’ of 1928 , when 350 amateurs were suspended for accepting excessive ‘ tea money ’ ; West Auckland 's ‘ World Cup ’ triumphs in Italy in 1909 and 1911 ; the origins of Brian Clough 's first club , Billingham Synthonia ( named after an agricultural fertiliser ! ) ; and the brief flowering of the wonderfully named Thornaby Utopians . |
| 2 | The pier was built ; intended to be named after an admiral of the time it was quickly dubbed ‘ the Banjo Pier ’ by the locals and the Banjo Pier it remains . |
| 3 | one with hinged leaves or flaps which can be folded ; said to have been named after an eighteenth-century Earl of Pembroke . |
| 4 | Which British prime minister was apparently named after an English cathedral ? |
| 5 | The live double album , ‘ Babylon By Bus ’ ( named after an NME headline ) was an equally dull affair . |
| 6 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 7 | The Red Army Faction ( RAF ) claimed responsibility , and a note from the Commando Ulrich Wessel ( named after an RAF member killed in 1975 — see p. 27262 ) was left at the scene . |
| 8 | But he was n't the sort to have actually read The Alchemist and probably thought his street was named after an American President . |
| 9 | The town , Porto Bannach , named after an illegal mahogany sawmill on the Iriri river , has been incorporated by the authorities in Altamira , the regional capital , in defiance of Brazilian law . |
| 10 | Sir George Robey 240 Seven Sisters Rd N4 ( 263 4581 ) Named after an old musical hero , located opposite the old Rainbow , the venerable old rock institution which is now home to a religious sect . |