Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was probably through the patronage of John Prideaux that Calandrini came into contact with James Ussher [ q.v. ] , later archbishop of Armagh , whom he assisted in his scholarly activities during the latter 's three-year stay in London . |
| 2 | Managers say that prudent lending and a close knowledge of local people are the reasons for a 34 per cent leap in net profits . |
| 3 | Mr Parkinson recently signalled ministerial concern by blocking BR 's plans for a 14 per cent fare rise in February . |
| 4 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 5 | In contrast with the opposition 's plans for a 15 per cent " consumption tax " , there would also be personal tax cuts , giving three-quarters of taxpayers a top tax rate of 30 per cent , totalling A$3,400 million in 1994-95 and A$5,200 million in 1995-96 . |
| 6 | But could you do two copies between the four er three of you . |
| 7 | Not only may κ x take a whole range of values for a given κ , but also linear combinations of solutions of the form ( 22.6 ) with different κ x but the same κ are single wavenumber patterns . |
| 8 | In addition it was permitted to enslave prisoners of war in order to provide ancillary troops and labourers for the Turkish smallholder/soldiers . |
| 9 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 10 | I 've had two letters , one from Mrs Pauline Oliver of March , Cambridgeshire , and one from Mrs Brenda Mitchell of Shipley , West Yorkshire , about accessories for the Zippy De Luxe . |
| 11 | Furthermore , in the period after 1944 when selection for secondary schools through the 11 + examination predominated , girls ' 11 + performances were weighted differently to boys ' performances so that girls achieved fewer places than their examination results indicated , and boys achieved more places than their results merited . |
| 12 | He topped the batting averages on Durham 's tour of Zimbabwe and has earned his chance by hitting two centuries for the second X1 this season . |
| 13 | No sign of the Cosworth four-valve heads for the turbocharged V8 , though — at least not yet . |
| 14 | ‘ We used to have to go to them all and raise funds for the old Alma Mater . |
| 15 | I do n't think there 's a very great deal in the way of er lighting fittings one can talk about erm in houses in Harlow , it 's er , there 's a , a distinct difference between the light , a lot , lot of architects in , in Harlow have lived in Harlow you see and they will go in for all the very latest type of lighting fittings erm and because they have er access to the books for the various er designers of lighting fittings er , generally though , they , the majority of the people in the town er have come from er London boroughs and erm they view the same kind of lighting fittings they 've always been used to . |
| 16 | Oil and petroleum workers threatened industrial action in support of demands for a 310 per cent salary adjustment , for an end to plans to privatize the state oil company PETROBRAS , and the reinstatement of 800 colleagues dismissed in government cutbacks . |
| 17 | IG Metall had opened region-by-region negotiations in this sector on March 4 but employers rejected demands for a 9.5 per cent increase , offering instead 3.3 per cent . |
| 18 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 19 | The most serious industrial disruption was a strike by 1,700 miners in Morocco 's largest coalfield at Jerada , 450 km east of Rabat , which began in mid-December 1988 with demands for a 20 per cent wage increase . |
| 20 | The surge of inquiries for new cars after the five per cent tax cut in the Budget was subdued by election uncertainty ; it should now become a flow of firm orders . |
| 21 | In being trusted with one delicate mission after another ( the Diplomatic Service Appeals Board , compensation for the wrongfully imprisoned Guildford Four , the grievances of the former M.I.5 officer , Colin Wallace ) Calcutt was bidding fair to become the chief of this tribe in the nineties . |
| 22 | Other attacks included : ( i ) an explosion at the offices of the French Banque Nationale de Paris in Athens on March 10 , 1989 , which a group calling itself Revolutionary Solidarity claimed was in support of the French urban guerrilla organization Action Directe ; ( ii ) a bomb attack on April 10 on a judge 's apartment in Athens for which the May 1 Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility and threatened to attack any judge supporting the extradition to the USA of Muhammad Rashid [ see p. 36667 ] ; ( iii ) a bomb attack on the Justice Ministry on June 1 and on three government offices in Athens and Piraeus on June 13 for which the Revolutionary Popular Struggle ( ELA ) claimed responsibility ; ( iv ) car-bomb attacks on three US vehicles near Athens on Oct. 22 in which four Greeks were slightly injured and for which ELA claimed responsibility ; ( v ) a car-bomb attack on March 19 , 1990 , which injured a former senior British Petroleum executive ; and ( vi ) attacks on 12 cars belonging to East European and Arab diplomats on March 27 , for which an organization called Social Resistance claimed responsibility on behalf of the " vested rights of Third-World countries " . |
| 23 | With his long-time partner Liesl Karlstadt , Valentin performed his comic-surreal sketches and songs in Munich beer halls of the 20 's and 30's . |
| 24 | On a more positive note , the new car covers ground with a sense of stability and security all drivers should appreciate and drivers of the previous 325i could only dream about . |
| 25 | However , although the employee needs to be ‘ sold ’ the attractions of the new job/new area , it is important that questions are answered truthfully and realistically . |
| 26 | By Aug. 23 the army had regained control of both towns , but at least five people were killed in clashes in Toamasina between rival supporters of the Comité des forces vives and the MMSM . |
| 27 | He cried aloud in agitation and tried to twist free , but the sturdy thighs of the anonymous Moi girl held him fast . |
| 28 | In another note — in the margin of his description of the characters — he had scribbled : ‘ all three male ch. aspects of a single man=author ’ . |
| 29 | In the church scene the words of the Anglican matins are made to allude heavily to Grimes 's troubles at almost every point : " we have erred and strayed from thy ways " just as Ellen notices the tear in the apprentice 's coat ; " 0 Lord open Thou our lips " with Ellen 's " John , what are you trying to hide ? " ; and finally " Amen " as answer to Ellen 's " We 've failed " , which Peter takes up literally in his most crucial phrase " So be it , and God have mercy upon me ! " [ 18 ] . |
| 30 | Poor Marshall unwittingly summarises the contradictions of the vigilant A&R man trying to placate two stubborn beast . |