Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They show their immaturity as soon as they get behind the wheel of a sports car . |
| 2 | He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title . |
| 3 | POLICE are hunting the killer of a drugs centre counsellor who was found battered to death at her office in Worcester . |
| 4 | A man whose name was linked to the killer of a police informer was found murdered at his home in Chapel Street , Stroud , Glos , early yesterday . |
| 5 | In December 1991 Moore married an air stewardess , Stephanie Parlane-Moore , but there was bad news with the collapse of a sports business . |
| 6 | A hundred and fifty people look certain to lose their jobs with the closure of a weapons factory . |
| 7 | Question 13 Subject to this , do you agree that grants from the compensation fund should continue to be made without limitation to individual private clients who have lost money as a result of a solicitors dishonesty ? |
| 8 | Hillsborough was the result of a police decision to open an exit gate to allow mass entry onto an already crowded terrace . |
| 9 | PC Timms strolled into the inn , confronted the man at the bar and accused him of being Robert James , wanted for the murder of a police officer at Harwell . |
| 10 | This was the murder of a police officer , one of their own , no one would step aside . |
| 11 | Two men have gone on trial for the murder of a police informer , whose body was found weighted down in a lake three years ago . |
| 12 | A witness at the trial of two men accused of the murder of a police informer has claimed that one defendent drove the victim to a meeting with the other , who them killed him . |
| 13 | In January 1988 Leeds crown court excluded statements by the accused with the result that he was acquitted of the murder of a police sergeant and the attempted murder of a constable . |
| 14 | THE brutal murder of a child leaves a firm trace on the mind of a police officer like an indelible pen . |
| 15 | This is done through exercises such as the study of a communications network , and case studies . |
| 16 | Irrespective of its formal purpose to introduce community policing , the appearance of a neighbourhood patrol restricts its effects to simply the demonstration of a police presence on the streets . |
| 17 | Attention was given to planning , diet , fitness and mental attitude , the latter under the guidance of a sports psychologist . |
| 18 | The money side of a clergy family is terribly difficult . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the statement of Balassa made some years ago still remains true , " there exists no wholly satisfactory way of measuring the effect of a customs union or free trade area on trade flows . |
| 20 | If extended , this means that talk of a citizens charter is utter nonsense . |
| 21 | Friends of the Earth is warning Mr Redwood to beware of talk of a jobs bonanza . |
| 22 | News chief Stewart Purvis said : ‘ Talk of a ratings collapse is nonsense . ’ |
| 23 | Philosophers of technology talk of a communications revolution . |
| 24 | THREE men arrested after the IRA bombing of a Warrington gas works and shooting of a police officer were today further remanded in custody until April 22 at London 's Arbour Square Magistrates Court . |
| 25 | The conception of a three-years honours course incorporating as many as fifteen weeks teaching practice was the component of the response that produced the most controversy inside the CNAA . |
| 26 | Failure to obey any instructions he or she might issue in this context may amount to the statutory offence of obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty , for which the sentence can be either imprisonment or a substantial fine . |
| 27 | He was arrested and , although there was no blockage of the highway , disorder , or violence , he was later charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty . |
| 28 | The overwhelming majority of Scottish cases related to one of four offences : conduct likely or intended to cause a breach of the peace , obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his or her duty , criminal damage or breach of bail conditions ( Wallington , 1985 : 150 ) . |
| 29 | In due course , she was charged with and convicted of obstruction of a police constable in the execution of his duty . |
| 30 | Proof of the number of seats in a passenger motor car or the maximum gross weight of a goods vehicle may be necessary to show this new offence applies to the vehicle in question , eg. ‘ The motor car had been adapted to carry 8 seated passengers in addition to the driver ’ ( but not more than 8 ) . |