Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they have had some effect , by importing into English prisons a tradition of collective action by prisoners in pursuit of demands made of the prison authorities . |
| 2 | And lawyers for the two Libyans suspected of the Lockerbie bombing say a Jury in Scotland might be influenced by what they call prejudicial pretrial publicity . |
| 3 | Gerald of Wales , writing in the later twelfth century , says that the Welsh do not build ‘ lofty stone buildings ’ but content themselves with small huts made of the boughs of trees twisted together . ’ |
| 4 | My Cousin Vinny Even Joe Pesci 's considerable talents ca n't quite lift this mildly diverting comedy about two New York kids accused of a murder they did n't commit . |
| 5 | NATO strategists talked of the need for a ‘ flexible response ’ and of the possibility of a ‘ limited ’ nuclear war ; translated into the ordinary language of British voters , this seemed to many to amount to a willingness to contemplate nuclear war restricted to European soil . |
| 6 | MALTA said yesterday that it was willing to accept the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing for trial on the island if all parties agreed . |
| 7 | This declaration [ see p. 38599 ] had declared that the Libyan government " must surrender for trial " the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing , " accept responsibility for the actions of Libyan officials " , " disclose all it knows of this crime " and co-operate in providing access to witnesses , documents and material evidence , and " pay appropriate compensation " . |
| 8 | THE two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing have hired a Scottish lawyer who plans to fly out to meet them later this month . |
| 9 | The whole performance is based on the classical vocabulary of steps shorn of every convention so that he can go ‘ swifter than an arrow from an archer 's bow ’ . |
| 10 | Like some of the bivalves , some gastropods had shells composed of the mineral aragonite , and these are usually preserved as moulds : but a cast taken from the external mould will replicate the fine detail of the external sculpture . |
| 11 | Some clams have shells composed of the form of calcium carbonate known as aragonite ( like scleractinian corals ) which is easily dissolved away when they are entombed in sediment : this leaves the clam preserved as an impression on the sediment of its internal and external surfaces ( internal and external moulds ) . |
| 12 | Scientific work into the effects of vitamin E deficiency revealed that , in extreme cases , male animals deprived of the vitamin for a long period suffered irreparable damage to their testes . |
| 13 | Being Phil 's mate , for example , was something which many fans aspired to even though they could never hope to carry off the performances required of an aggro leader themselves . |
| 14 | The final item of the process checklist includes the necessary reports required to keep our clients informed of the progress , both physical and financial , of the scheme we 're undertaking . |
| 15 | The alliances and compromises , the sales of offices and titles , all the shifts and feints required of the Crown to secure a continuing coalition had , however , an important adverse effect : corruption , the leakage of the resources garnered with such painful persistence ( and often brutality ) into private hands . |
| 16 | ‘ I do remember , at the discussions with Verity , they even had a few sketches done of the kind of clothes she would wear . |
| 17 | 6.4 Upon expiry or termination , for whatever reason , of this Agreement , shall return or destroy as shall instruct no later that 30 ( thirty ) days thereafter , all Licensed Software , documentation , technical information and any other data supplied to during the continuance in effect of this Agreement and all and any copies made of the whole or any part of the same and shall furnish with a certificate , certifying that the same has been done , except such supporting software , information and data which will require to continue to support the Licensed Software being the date of expiry or termination where permits to do so . |
| 18 | The Egypt Human Rights Defence Organization claimed on Aug. 4 that defendants accused of the murder in October 1990 of National Assembly president Rifaat al-Mahgoub had been tortured ; the trial of the 25 accused had begun in June . |
| 19 | Her parents disapproved of the match to the twenty-four-year-old miner . |
| 20 | Dawn 's parents learned of the accident some three hours later , went immediately to the hospital , and spent much of the rest of the night waiting for information . |
| 21 | His great sermons warned of the dangers of being controversial and subjective but confirmed that the movies could greatly increase their emotional power as a story-telling medium by developing a surer sense of society . |
| 22 | Let us test the combinatory possibilities of adjectives with indefinite pronouns and other similar words , first taking at random phrases composed of an adjective and some specific noun , and then replacing the specific noun in each case by some noun or pronoun with an indefinite meaning . |
| 23 | The plate tectonics model proposes that the Earth 's surface comprises seven major , and at least a dozen minor , lithospheric plates composed of the crust and the upper , more rigid , part of the mantle ( Fig. 2.14 ) . |
| 24 | Whether there should be a temporary restriction in the range of duties required of the employee ; and |
| 25 | Efforts were made to keep the communities informed of the studies ' purposes , and of any new developments , through meetings open to all community members , and by announcements at market places . |
| 26 | Behind these words lay the belief that all offices and counties were fiefs held of the king , whether directly or through an intermediary . |
| 27 | Then , when King John took over the French lands which he had inherited in 1200 , he was allowed to do so only on condition that he should recognise them as being fiefs held of the king of France . |
| 28 | Gilbert and Specht show that project workers used client participation effectively in the planning stage , where the process was the main consideration , work was non-directive , and the major skills needed of the worker were interactional in nature . |
| 29 | Tension has built up in Libya because of a refusal by their Government to surrender two nationals suspected of the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 30 | From each venous sample , 100 sets of chromosomes were examined , and counts made of the frequency of cells containing dicentric chromosomes with dissimilar chromosome fragments . |