Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Engholm admitted that he had lied in 1987 to a committee investigating a dirty-tricks campaign mounted against him by the Christian Democrats . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the opening was dogged by controversy , because the track in which the route had been laid was of a type having a 1¼″ groove instead of the normal 1″ groove . |
| 3 | His boyish features seemed almost bright , almost happy , as he listened to the Coroner questioning a police Inspector , who had been in charge of the Metropolitan Police 's part in the operation . |
| 4 | You could also use a filter starter containing a bacteria culture to speed the establishment of a sound colony of bacteria in your chosen filter ( PFK April ) . |
| 5 | An additional approach to geography as a whole using a systems framework has been advocated by Wilson ( 1981 ) . |
| 6 | Archbishop Silvestre Scandian said : ‘ The state police should be taken off the case , because Father Gabriel made a statement to the Justice and Peace Commission mentioning a police officer as one of those who had made death threats against him . ’ |
| 7 | In his report Developing an acquisitions system for a university library , Hindle proposes a system in which university departments are responsible for the development of research collections , while library staff control the provision of teaching materials . |
| 8 | A.agassizii is even more peaceful than most — I have two males and a female occupying an 18″ breeding tank without the non-dominant male showing so much as a frayed fin . |
| 9 | On the classroom wall was a coloured print illustrating a Brothers Grimm story . |
| 10 | On Jan. 23 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution imposing an arms embargo on Somalia , and urging all parties to end hostilities . |
| 11 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 12 | me , my mate and paul had a terrible night out after the spurs game : first we were supposed to meet two fellow norw. at a pub ( the black lion ? ) and they never showed up — then we went downtown to the marquee which was empty ( 8 quid out of the window ) and a not the place to go at a saturday nite ( no live music , just house — which i quite like — but there has to be some people around ) — then standing in queue at ‘ the borderline ’ for a couple of hours not getting in … and it was bloody cold ( hi paul ) — the wind just froze my balls of ( well nearly ) … the meet-up was cozy though — no problems finding the guys ( or rather : just look for mr cantona ) and time for a couple of pints before and after the game and no problem wearing a leeds outfit at the pub … i was not sporting my leeds away scarf when among the newcastle crowd though ; - ) |
| 13 | A country facing a payments imbalance would suffer an outflow of gold which would necessitate a reduction in the domestic money supply since gold was required to back the note issue . |
| 14 | Liechtenstein would now need a modification in the legal basis of its relationship with its Swiss neighbour ; under the 1923 agreement creating a customs union , it could not join any treaty to which Switzerland did not also adhere . |