Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt , Anne Bancroft emerged as your shining example of growing old gracefully , with Judi Dench following in second place and Diana Rigg a close third . |
| 2 | Clifford Geertz follows with a luminous sketch of anthropological psychology , while Richard Gregory gallops in third with his now familiar but lively inferences from illusions . |
| 3 | However , there was Saturday evening to get through first . |
| 4 | The auction ring of Ayr cattle market on 14th December , 1911 , was arranged for the ‘ high noon ’ of the dispute . |
| 5 | The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about . |
| 6 | In comparison with the BCG matrix , the McKinsey-GE matrix seems at first to be less explicit about building some ‘ problem children ’ into ‘ stars ’ and identifying ‘ cash cows ’ and ‘ dogs ’ , but the implications are present , as indicated by figure 4.3 . |
| 7 | Alexander Peden died on 28th January , 1686 . |
| 8 | Walkinshaw is now believed to be helping Donington Park prepare for next year 's European Grand Prix . |
| 9 | IBM Corp has at last woken up to the fact that to remain competitive in the personal computer business , it is necessary constantly to add new models , and in the US , the company yesterday added new 80486-based PS/1 models based on chips ranging from the 25MHz 80486SX to the 66MHz 80486DX2 ; they come in desktop and minitower configurations and are available now at prices expected to go from $1,200 to $3,000 ; they are upgradable to the Pentium . |
| 10 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 11 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 12 | We want to get views of St Albans District Council am I told erm that last Thursday evening in the snow , er Counc St Albans Council came through first er to erm agree it . |
| 13 | Mr Simon Heffer argued in last week 's Spectator that welfarism is once more coming to characterise the British , having been repulsed during the Thatcher years : ‘ The plaintive , dependent-relative voice of the something-for-nothing society , heard on almost every street in this campaign , was a little harder to find five years ago . ’ |
| 14 | The strong integrationist call dominates two-thirds of the 37 resolutions on Northern Ireland affairs submitted for next month 's Tory conference . |
| 15 | As the mysterious man following Blackeyes , Nigel Planer speaks at last , though he has damn all to say . |
| 16 | The work at Llandrindod Wells lake has at last revealed the answer . |
| 17 | In 1987 , The Tsarevich , jointly owned by Edgar Bronfman , the Chairman of The Seagram Company and Ivan Straker , Chairman of Seagram Distillers ran into second place behind Maori Venture , owned by 92-year-old Jim Joel who thus becomes one of the select band who have owned both English Derby and Grand National winners . |
| 18 | On 12 May Macmillan arrived at Eighth Army headquarters at Treviso with his assistant Philip Broad at about 10.30 am . |
| 19 | A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday promised emergency cash aid to bail out areas of North Wales devastated by last week 's ‘ storm of the century . ’ |
| 20 | Johnson Matthey Plc announced on 22nd July the reference price in respect of the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative , calculated in accordance with the terms of the offer , ( 453 pence ) . |
| 21 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 22 | The position , which Mr Cudbird assumes on 1st June , involves planning the future growth of the WHS high street chain , as well as co-ordinating the marketing strategies and physical development plans of the group 's UK retailing chains ( WHS Retail , Waterstones , Our Price Music , Our Price Video and Paperchase ) . |
| 23 | Main Street consists of 19th century cottages which back onto the river frontage and mid 20th century terraced houses on the other side . |
| 24 | The unfortunate incident meant Sonya was immediately out of the competition and paved the way for Vina Buller to come from third into first position after Caroline Sharp had also faults on cross country . |
| 25 | The then commanding officer of the reconnaissance unit recalled : ‘ The naval battle off Cape Matapan occurred on 28th . |
| 26 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 27 | The poem ‘ Futility ’ by Wilfred Owen seems at first glance to be simple and relatively straightforward , but , as with many of Owen 's poems , it is well structured and very clever . |
| 28 | EDDIE Irvine moved into second place in the All-Japan Formula 3000 championship with his first victory of the season at Suzuka yesterday . |
| 29 | branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection . |
| 30 | The Phantom and Teardrop which Eddie Allen looked at last month were made by Paul Chandler in the USA . |