Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the Praemium Imperiale the sinister absurdities of prize-giving reach a preposterous degree , with the spurious reputation of an invasive state the real prize and objective a worthy winner would publicly refuse his commemorative medal and give his Y15 million straight away to Greenpeace . |
| 2 | Rebecca Murphy won the under-15 girls with 5.28 metres and Jan Irving the under-17 boys with 6.80 metres . |
| 3 | The Chairman then thanked Hilda Lodge , who , although retiring as Vice-Chairman , was continuing to serve as Chairman of the Publicity Committee and introduced Joan Daniels the new Vice-Chairman ; she then went on to thank Kay Maskell and Jean Parmiter the retiring Chairmen of the Finance and Training Sub-Committees . |
| 4 | She took office in May 1979 , proclaiming on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street the healing words of St Francis of Assisi — ‘ where there is discord , may we bring harmony . ’ |
| 5 | Similarly , whereas 65 per cent of those interviewed in the Yorkshire community voted Labour in 1987 and 66 per cent indicated that they would vote Labour again at the next general election , in the Nottinghamshire community the respective percentages were 51 and 48 . ) |
| 6 | A Saudi scholar described to Jean Sasson the main tenets of Islamic Law and the punishment given to offenders . |
| 7 | As she passed the junction with Abington avenue the two men attacked dragging her into this alleyway where one of them raped her . |
| 8 | When Edith had met Joss Campbell a few years later he had been so glad for her , because Joss was older than Edith and was more than a match for Nancy . |
| 9 | The only foolproof way to register your opposition to the pylons is to vote for Mike Barr Independent No More Pylons . |
| 10 | According to John Bridges of EIT 's stockbrokers Keith Bayley Rogers the new administrators appointed by the Court , have the support of 75% of the company 's creditors which , it is hoped , will soon lead to the settlement of the creditors voluntary arrangement . |
| 11 | UMY RIN RU The new dimensions that take on illusory existence when the body of the loved woman is first revealed |
| 12 | This gentleman visited Miss Mack every 18 months or so and put up at the Bell for the week of his stay . |
| 13 | Sheldon Glashow writing his thesis at Harvard University a few years later , and Abdus Salam and John Ward independently in Imperial College , London , took this similarity seriously . |
| 14 | For this month 's Edinburgh festival , Coogan is basing his entire act around four of these mysterious misfit creations : Alan Partridge the patronising sports commentator , Earnest Moss the pedantic safety officer , bad aspiring alternative comedian Duncan Thicket , and Paul Calf the slurring beer boy from suburban hell . |
| 15 | From down on deck , the cliffs rise up to the sky , quite blotting out the sun ; from 400 feet up at the viewing platform on Contractors Hill the passing tramps , container vessels and car carriers look like toys . |
| 16 | In a Devon village the teenage boys used to keep company with a lonely old woman ‘ called Granny Vasey . |
| 17 | She moved into North Yorkshire a few weeks ago from Mulhous Zoo in France with everyone believing her to be one of only eight Lears Macaws in captivity anywhere . |
| 18 | However , since the 1976 Colombo Conference the non-aligned states issued numerous appeals to transform the region into a zone of peace and cooperation . |
| 19 | Ever since Bob Haboldt opened his Paris gallery on the faubourg Saint Honoré a few years back , things have been relatively quiet at his New York offices . |
| 20 | Moxon informed the embassy by radio , and halfway up Edgware Road a Metropolitan Police Rover closed up behind them . |
| 21 | The deal , signed by John and his lyricist Berni Taupin in Los Angeles last week , grants music publishing arm Warner/Chappell Music the sole rights to market the superstar 's back catalogue from 1974 , plus the next six Elton John albums . |
| 22 | The deal gives music publishing arm Warner/Chappell Music the sole rights to market Elton 's catalogue of music from 1974 , as well as material from his next six albums . |
| 23 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 24 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 25 | AFTER the first two matches of the Teesside District Inter-Club League the leading positions are as follows : |
| 26 | UITF Consensus No 3 states in para 7 that ‘ the amount included in the consolidated profit and loss account in respect of the profit or loss on disposal of a previously acquired business , subsidiary or associated undertaking should be determined by including , if material , the attributable amount of purchased goodwill where it has previously been eliminated against reserves as a matter of accounting policy and has not previously been charged in the profit and loss account ’ . |
| 27 | ATP–P unit No 370001 passes Lambrigg , north of Oxenhlome , at 10.52 on 19 March 1986 with a high–speed test run between Crewe and Carlisle . |
| 28 | Four rooms are also available at a supplement of £40 ( single £58 ) at the small but elegant Bridgend Hotel a few miles inland ( all private facilities ) . |
| 29 | One similar order affected a shellfish farm in Loch Moidart a few miles further north , but that was granted to the Government 's Sea Fish Industry Authority for research . |
| 30 | It 's this combination which has made Stoddard Templeton the proud holders of the Royal Warrant since 1966 . |