Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Tony then joined men 's captain David Havelock in a doubles and the Bourne paid managed to beat the Parun/Knight pairing in a lively and hard-fought match . |
2 | A win over British No. 17 , Katie Ricket in a ratings tournament at Alfreton in May , confirmed her rapid progress . |
3 | At the end of the eighteenth century the situation was essentially unchanged , for we find the private secretary to Henry Dundas writing to a customs commissioner virtually ordering the placement of ‘ Mr. John Findlay , Excise Officer at Montrose … upon the Examiners list , if found to be properly qualified ’ . |
4 | Mr Chittenden was rushed to the Countess of Chester Hospital with a police escort . |
5 | The 23-year-old who lives at Sychdyn , near Mold , graduated this year from the University College of North Wales with an honours degree in geological oceanography . |
6 | In the 1980s , the families stepped aside in favour of Shaw , who took square old Mr Cube on an acquisitions binge , bloating its gearing levels to 230 per cent at one point , but setting the business on course to exploit the booming market for low-calorie diet foods . |
7 | This afternoon in Stockwell near the murder scene , three men were spotted in a Nissan car by a police foot patrol following a tip off . |
8 | Americans , with no colonial history in the Middle East , tend to see the war against Mr Hussein as a police action against an international thug . |
9 | The Bath fly-half partners Wales scrum-half Robert Jones in a Barbarians line-up bristling with talent , but edged with steel . |
10 | Last year in their search for an artist the Kirk alighted on Amersham-born James D. McGairy , who graduated from Sunderland Polytechnic with an honours degree in communication studies just three years ago . |
11 | By most measures Meadowell is the worst council estate in Britain , and probably the most notorious since the riots last September , which followed the deaths of joyriders Colin Atkins and Dale Robson in a police chase . |
12 | For the longer term , the Secretary of State proposes to replace the Burnham Committees by a Teachers ' Negotiating Group , with central government rather than LEAs in a majority on the employers ' side . |
13 | ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday . |
14 | Beaumaris Town marked the end of their comeback season in the B & M Roofing Anglesey League with an awards presentation evening . |
15 | It is headed by Suresh Grover , who , like many associated with the organisation , has been active in radical Asian politics since the mid-1970s and the bitter campaign which followed the death of Blair Peach from a police truncheon blow in 1979 . |
16 | The high degree of CEO involvement already noted is an integrating factor and another is the strong orientation of FRG industry to a standards and systems approach . |
17 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
18 | On March 7 , Colombian television reported that five policeman had been killed in an FARC attack on a police garrison in El Retorno in the San José del Guaviare municipality . |
19 | A German captain , interviewed off Larak Island by a Times correspondent , acknowledged the risks involved but went on to point out that ‘ the money is good and the contract is only six months ’ . |
20 | Jagger and Carla were introduced by ex-boyfriend rocker Eric Clapton at a Stones concert in America . |
21 | I treasure a torn and spotted letter , valueless from the autograph point of view , dating from the late eighteenth century and endorsed on the back ‘ This Letter was found by Lord Lewisham in a Haberdashers Shop . ’ |
22 | The conviction came after the death of New College student Henry Skelton after he jumped from the window of an Oxford house during a drugs party . |
23 | During 1983 several demonstrations took place , the most successful one being held in Hereford City at a Ladies Coffee Evening , when many of the 100 strong audience joined enthusiastically in an open session . |
24 | To prevent new HIV infections through a schools education programme . |
25 | He had sent Mrs Brocklebank home in a police car , and the headmaster of the boy 's school had taken charge of the boy . |
26 | LSE graduate with a masters degree in law . |
27 | well what in actual fact happened , it 's not easy to get Terry Wogan at a moments notice to come and sit down , what in actual fact happens is that we draw up exactly what it is , that , that he would be saying and what the answer will be , he sees that and it 's totally approved , understandably he 's not gon na put his name to anything that he does n't believe is , is correct and that is how it 's done and |
28 | Regional programming sees the return of dumped ITV soccer pundits Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves on a sports debate programme . |
29 | The Cookie Monster 's colleague , Big Bird , was later seen at Mrs Major 's neighbour Mrs Rosemary Lamont for a children 's charity event . |
30 | LONDON Region staff who performed to an exceptionally high standard last year were guests of Local Director John Bell at an awards dinner at The Dorchester . |