Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the Oscar-winning designer of Gotham City , Anton Furst ( see FACE 5 ) , has been hired by Columbia Pictures ' new silly money bosses Jon peters and Peter Guber to make the old MGM film lot cosy for them . |
| 2 | Queen Victoria thinks that Grace Darling is one of the finest young women in this country , and she is writing to thank her . |
| 3 | The Pentagon announced that women pilots in the navy and air force would be allowed to fly combat aircraft within the next few months . |
| 4 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear insists that Vinnie Jones will bounce back tomorrow at Middlesbrough after his huge £20,000 FA fine this week . |
| 5 | Police officers like Sergeant Allan Peters and Inspector Graham Smith became avuncular father figures , defusing tricky situations and deflating overweening subjects alike with a joke or a crisp command . |
| 6 | The partners have taken the pay cut until next March to see if interest rates fall and to wait for the launch of a new product . |
| 7 | Teenager Milla Jovovich revealed that Sir Richard promised her backside would not be shown in a bedroom scene . |
| 8 | Under this Mrs Thatcher and Dr FitzGerald agreed that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the United Kingdom according to the wishes of its majority , but that ministers from Britain and the Republic would meet regularly to review political and security aspects . |
| 9 | The Supreme Court and the Senate in Venezuela ruled that President Carlos Andres Perez must face trial on corruption charges . |
| 10 | With hindsight it seems that the prevailing structures of police practice will remain as powerful as ever , for at a conference on policing at Bristol University ( 1988 ) , the newly retired Sir Kenneth admitted that police culture had defeated many of his attempts to bring a new ethic to the managerial style during his reign as commissioner of the metropolis . |
| 11 | As a practical joke , he kidnapped by car the socialist MP , Victor Grayson , who was due to address a Portsmouth meeting ; a similar plan to kidnap ( Sir ) Winston Churchill failed when travel arrangements were altered . |
| 12 | Sidney Webb prophesied that Annie Besant would end her days in a convent , having once fiercely denounced religion . |
| 13 | After thanking the committee for their work during the year , Mr. King announced that John Edelsten , John Sayer and Eddie Bryant would not be standing for re-election . |
| 14 | On May 28 the SNM announced that Ahmed Ali had been elected to the presidency of the new republic , and that a civil service , judiciary , central bank governor and relief co-ordinator would be appointed . |
| 15 | The UI Roadmap , due to be revealed on February 11–12 at the UI members meeting in post — Mardi Gras New Orleans , remains unchanged — it details both OEM wants and USL development commitments for future Unix technology . |
| 16 | How did Dr Mortimer know that Sir Charles had stood for five or ten minutes by the moor gate ? |
| 17 | Graeme Pollock led the batting ratings ( 896pts ) , followed by Doug Walters , John Edrich , Gary Sobers and Bill Lawry , while Derek Underwood was rated as the world 's top bowler ahead of Mike Proctor , Peter Pollock , Perver Sajjad and Bishen Bedi . |
| 18 | ‘ There are no winners or losers , ’ Mr Levy said , adding that Mr Shamir promised that Mr Levy 's supporters would get key jobs in parliament , party committees , and the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency , which arranges migration to Israel . |
| 19 | BSA economist Bev Taylor found that house prices in the province rose by 2pc last year , comparing favourably with a fall of 4pc across the UK as a whole . |
| 20 | On Dec. 22 the Senegalese weekly Le Témoin reported that Diamacoune Senghor , leader of the MFDC , had been expelled from Guinea-Bissau . |
| 21 | Lowndes found that management controls and stock levels were not as good as they had hoped . |
| 22 | After the experiment , magnetic resonance images were reconstructed by one dimensional Fourier transform and Fourier filtering techniques , including spatial correlation to reduce unwanted noise . |
| 23 | Poor Madame Moulton found that Princess Metternich had acquired a quantity of corn on the cob which she had persuaded the Empress to have cooked and served so that Mme Moulton could give a demonstration of how it should be eaten . |
| 24 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 25 | The data produced by Timaeus suggest that kin support has a potential to increase rather than to decline . |
| 26 | The Masai say that Engai Narok ( the black god ) , who lives in the dark storm clouds , has fed the earth with life-giving rain . |
| 27 | The far-off cries of the lone bird they 'd been hearing since sunset had recently seemed to double in intensity , and Loc realized that Paul Devraux had been echoing its call by blowing on blades of jungle grass between his thumbs . |
| 28 | Corbett agreed and de Craon disappeared for a while . |
| 29 | Then when Dixons admitted that Mr Kalms had perhaps overstated his case when talking about the ‘ 86 bid , Kingfisher smugly declared that it was ‘ pleased to note ’ Dixons ' clarification . |
| 30 | Corbett realised that Brother Thomas was correct . |