Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] and [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What difference is there between this and 's love of the dragons ? |
| 2 | The Machiavelli problem would be instantly recognisable to hordes of would-be and once-were government officials in today 's world : ‘ policy intellectuals ’ , as Americans call them . |
| 3 | William Temple came at the age of 28 and was headmaster from 1911 to 1914 . |
| 4 | The people who take this job on , are not necessarily the highest achievers , they tend to be looking for a job with a particular interest in that and are sort of reliable and conscientious people . |
| 5 | Harland served as a commissioner from 1875 and was chairman from 1875 to 1885 . |
| 6 | Bill Oddie was the first comedy hippy , they had stupid hit singles ( something Python only managed ten years after the event ) , they got stuffy BBC presenters to do daft things ( Raymond Baxter in string underpants ) and , true to form , they went to ITV in 1980 and were crap . |
| 7 | This stage of county court procedure was introduced in 1972 and was part of the response to criticism that the county court did not cater adequately for the resolution of small claims . |
| 8 | He had been Club Captain from 1914–1916 and was President from 1920–23 . |
| 9 | He was admitted to the Scots bar in 1924 and was counsel in three causes célèbres of the period . |
| 10 | She lives in Aislaby , near Yarm , and joined the Liberal Party in 1960 and was treasurer of Stockton Young Liberals . |
| 11 | He was imported into Sweden in 1921 and was litter brother to winner Arco Torfwerk . |
| 12 | Henry joined the Artisans in 1946 and was Secretary for five years . |
| 13 | He became chairman of the Oldham Liberal Party in 1847 and was mayor of Oldham three times between 1854 and 1862 . |
| 14 | He won the local authority competition in 1989 and was runner-up last year . |
| 15 | He became managing director of Esso in 1968 and was chairman from 1972 to 1980 . |
| 16 | The obscuring by detail of some of his more fundamental and original conclusions may have resulted in formal recognition of his contributions coming rather late in his life , although he was awarded the Murchison medal of the Geological Society in 1906 and was president of the Geological Society of Edinburgh from 1908 to 1910 . |
| 17 | JANE MACQUITTY has been writing about wine since 1975 and is wine correspondent for The Times . |
| 18 | He served on Lancaster town council from 1871 to 1880 and was MP for the Lancaster division of North Lancashire from 1886 to 1895 , when he retired to accept a peerage , allegedly in return for a contribution of £10,000 to Liberal party funds . |
| 19 | , 37 , had been with the Company since 1982 and was part of the team which moved from Bletchley to Northampton . |