Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central committee of Likud , the main party of the right-wing ruling coalition , convened on March 1-2 to elect a ranked list of 50 candidates for the general election scheduled for June 23 . |
| 2 | The North Korean government on Jan. 30 signed a nuclear safeguards accord which would allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities . |
| 3 | In 1256 Henry III granted by charter to the burgesses of Scarborough that ‘ no forester may enter the borough to make attachment for trespasses within the Forest [ of Scalby ] ’ and in 1348 Edward III made a similar concession to the burgesses of Penrith for Inglewood Forest . |
| 4 | Napoleon III had a personal reason for wishing to intervene in Italian affairs . |
| 5 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 6 | SOC Premier Hun Sen on Jan. 7 told a National Day rally ( marking the 12th anniversary of the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime ) in Prey Veng Province that , although hopes of a settlement " were founded , the solution remains remote " . |
| 7 | It is here that we can gain some insight into the assumptions that Shakespeare and his audience are making about beliefs in antiquity , compared to more modern medieval beliefs — Richard III reigned a mere century before the play was first performed . |
| 8 | Hilton National has a special interest package covered by insurance . |
| 9 | A 14-member committee was appointed on Jan. 21 to draft a new constitution for multiparty democracy . |
| 10 | The African National Congress ( ANC ) on Jan. 21 ended a four-day meeting in Lusaka , Zambia , involving its national executive council ( the exiled leadership ) and the seven long-term ANC prisoners released by the de Klerk regime in South Africa on Oct. 15 , 1989 [ see p. 36964 ] , who travelled to Lusaka on Jan. 14 . |
| 11 | Thus from 1308 until the end of his reign , as a consequence of French and papal connivance coupled with resolute disregard of the letter of the law , Edward II enjoyed a welcome addition to his revenues and patronage . |
| 12 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 13 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 14 | At some point during his tenure as kadi of Istanbul , Mehmed II planned a great feast . |
| 15 | While negotiations remained inconclusive on the formation of a coalition government at the national level following the general election in November 1991 [ see p. 38589 ] , the Socialist Party ( PS ) and Social Christian Party ( PSC ) agreed on Jan. 5 to form a regional coalition government in French-speaking Wallonia , headed by Guy Spitaels ( PS ) . |
| 16 | But in the last ten years , United have thrived on the back of an ambitious youth policy and the curious managerial whims of Jim McLean , Dundee United created a tangerine dream for the '80s , building an impressive and free-flowing side around players like David Narey , Paul Hegarty and Paul Sturrock . |
| 17 | The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on Jan. 6 approved a 14-month standby credit of SDR41,500,000 ( US$59,300,0003 million ) . |
| 18 | In the summer of 1277 , Edward I fought a vigorous campaign against the Welsh , who were led by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , and although Edward was able to impose a ‘ Statute of Wales ’ , outbreaks of rebellious nature continued . |
| 19 | The English tenure of Ponthieu , moreover , was a further means whereby vigilance could be exercised over the affairs of France , and Edward I retained a permanent staff of lawyers at Paris who dealt with appeals from the comté to the Parlement . |
| 20 | Edward I provided a useful source of potential support against Capetian bullying , and in 1282 Jean de Grilly wrote to Robert Burnell and Odo de Grandson , that Armagnac is and always remains faithful to our lord the king' . |
| 21 | Charles Lang Freer assembled a superb collection of Chinese , Japanese , Korean and South Asian paintings , screens , calligraphy , ceramics , sculpture and decorative arts . |
| 22 | He summoned Interior Ministry officials to the royal palace on Jan. 25 to demand a full investigation into the affair . |
| 23 | The government on Jan. 29 adopted a new election timetable , subject to the approval of all political party leaders . |
| 24 | Gaspar Miklós Tamas , one of Hungary 's most prominent dissidents prior to the end of one-party communist rule , on Jan. 13 won a parliamentary by-election in Budapest for the SzDSz . |
| 25 | King Edward VII opened a new highway in London , aptly named Kingsway , and the marine engineers , Thornycrofts , decided to remove from their Church Wharf , Chiswick premises and set their expanding business in Woolston at Southampton . |
| 26 | The CSR on Jan. 23 adopted a new election time table , scheduling a constitutional referendum in February , the first multiparty municipal elections in March , legislative elections in April and May , and presidential elections in June . |
| 27 | The EP on Jan. 15 approved a major European Community ( EC ) aid package to six North African and Middle Eastern countries , but blocked the funds allocated to two others , Syria and Morocco , because of " serious concern " at human rights violations in those countries . |
| 28 | A federal jury in Miami , Unites States , on Jan. 9 found a former Interior Minister , Col. Luis Arce Gómez , who had been extradited to the USA in December 1989 , guilty on two charges of drug-trafficking , each of which carried a potential maximum sentence of 15 years . |
| 29 | The Supreme Court on Jan. 14 upheld a federal law banning the private ownership of machine guns . |
| 30 | Romania sent its first two envoys to Moldova on Jan. 20 to open a diplomatic mission there . |