Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He played soccer for Middlesbrough in the immediate post-war years and , in 1950 , moved to Portsmouth where he played professionally until 1958 , after which he drifted away from the club never to contact Portsmouth again ( W. J. B. Davis , Portsmouth FC Secretary , personal communication , 1979 ) .
2 The early coaches went via Lewes but a new turnpike through Cuckfield in the later 1770s speeded up the journey considerably and the trip was down to six hours by 1820 .
3 Pablo Riveroll of Baring Securities in Mexico City says the investment could be hugely profitable for Televisa in the long term , but notes that it will bring the firm no net profit until 1996 .
4 Martyn Grimley , another Great Britain player , will be appearing for Brooklands in the Second Division .
5 In considering these figures it must be noted is that while the completion rates recorded for SEs in the 25 degree courses in the 5 institutions studied may well reflect overall completion rates for all SEs in these institutions , there is no evidence on this point , and Johnes and Taylor ( 1989 ) report considerably higher completion rates for the two universities involved in their study of the 1980 entry cohort ( Bradford 84% and Leeds 89.1 % ) .
6 Sarfraz 's solicitor Ash Karim confirmed the writ was in response to Lamb 's allegations about Sarfraz in the Daily Mirror .
7 On April 3 the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved a standby credit of 236,000,000 special drawing rights ( US$322,000,000 ) for Czechoslovakia over the next 12 months .
8 The all-London clash between Spurs and Chelsea at White Hart Lane saw Chelsea take the lead through Dury in the twentieth minute , and five minutes before the break , Lineker equalised for Spurs from the penalty spot ; one one , the final score line .
9 Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months .
10 A prime reason for this neglect has been the impact of the theories of Piaget mediated in this country through Goldman in the 1960s .
11 De Gaulle had made of France 's relations with the United States and the rest of NATO , what Ceauşescu seemed to do for Romania over the next decade within the Warsaw pact .
12 Now we can look forward to a really big crowd at Goodison for Chelsea in the next round .
13 An important headstart for Swindon in the first leg of the play offs .
14 When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs ; I chose his Transport Wing in Germany , on loan to Sholto Douglas then the C-in-C Germany , to operate the air transport requirements for Germany in the early days after the end of the war , with aircraft baked in the UK .
15 DAVID KILSBY David Kilsby joined the retail sales force in September as Merchandiser for the Southern area which covers from Cornwall to East Anglia .
16 Accordingly the ‘ cohort's- including the family , especially Maurice Macmillan and Julian Amery-warmly urged the case for Hailsham at the Imperial Hotel .
17 Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years .
18 Another 500 East Germans came out through Hungary in the 24 hours to yesterday morning , bringing the total who have left since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 26,500 .
19 There was one , there was one last comment that I missed out there that it was the erm the permission to proceed with the product recommendations , you were wanting to proceed with recommendations but you had n't got the commitment off Steven in the first place so you were suggestion recommendations and what !
20 Still on the first of these two categories , more can be said about Potidaia from the Athenian Tribute Lists .
21 She told me more or less the same story as Eric — that they are reserving double the usual amount of space for Jefferson over the second half of the year . ’
22 Elected for Northamptonshire to the second Protectorate Parliament ( 1656–8 ) , he was prominent in the debates over the alleged ‘ horrid blasphemy ’ at Bristol of the Quaker James Nayler [ q.v. ] , revealing thereby the limitations of his own toleration .
23 Worse was to follow for Coleraine in the 29th minute .
24 The products , internally tested the last six months and now going into formal beta , will be available direct and through VARs in the second quarter .
25 I 've not , Alastair accused me of being topical because of a member of the royal family this week this is not the reason but I 've gone for Leotard in the one twenty five at Cheltenham .
26 It all began for Andy in the mid seventies when he staged international ‘ spectaculars ’ and England matches , mostly at Crystal Palace but also at Gateshead .
27 Delegates adopted a bill of human rights and agreed on self-determination for Kurdistan within the Iraqi state .
28 The scholar , Hector Boece , first Principal of Aberdeen University , writing about Ayrshire in the first few years of the 16th century , observed that , , another indication of the age of the legend .
29 Modified Karplus curve relating the coupling constant J ( Hz ) for H3'-P to the dihedral angle ε ( C4'-C3'-O3'-P ) in degrees .
30 Legato Systems Inc intends making its Motif-based cross-platform backup and recovery software , Legato Networker , available for UnixWare around the first of the year .
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