Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 At this plenum Gorbachev was highly critical of the CPL leadership , declaring its action " illegitimate " and invalid and condemning its first secretary Algirdas Brazauskas for compromising with nationalist and separatist forces .
2 This was particularly embarrassing for Bolger as he had been in the forefront of those who had castigated former Labour Prime Minister David Lange for bowing to French economic pressure by releasing Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur , the two saboteurs who were tried and sentenced for the crime .
3 The yen has stayed below 120 to the dollar in March after trading above 130 yen in March 1992 , a MOF official told a briefing after Japan 's February trade data was released .
4 Grateful thanks go to David Pountain of the BMS for helping with these articles .
5 The paper was seen as constituting ‘ guidance for local education authorities ’ and the ministers proposed to inform themselves in due course about the action taken by LEAs with regard to that guidance .
6 Labelled cells were extracted in 500 µl of 200 mM O-octyl-Β-D-glucopyranoside in HBS containing 1 mM PMSF with swirling of 20 minutes at 4°C .
7 On retiring from the business , Mr. Collar turned to local government at Soutwark before moving to Four Marks in the early 70s .
8 Peru had strongly denounced the US invasion , and had joined Venezuela , Colombia and Mexico in calling for early elections to be held .
9 And he took the side of Vice President Al Gore against other cabinet members in committing the United States to lowering by 2000 its emission of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels , a provision the Bush administration had kept out of the global climate treaty signed at Rio .
10 If Brian Wilson wishes to echo the slurs of Ian Lang by referring to those organising the call for a referendum as ‘ headless chickens ’ , that is his choice , but if he thinks that is the best way to protect health , education and jobs from Tory policies , it is he who will be judged harshly .
11 Nos. 18–26 passed into the hands of London Transport in 1933 and their records show that they were sold to Cohens for scrapping on 17 May 1934 , Nos. 18 , 21 , 22 , 23 and 26 in Penge depôt and 20 , 24 and 25 at Fulwell , where No. 19 followed on 2 October .
12 Mothopeng argued that only armed force could end minority rule in South Africa and condemned the ANC for entering into exploratory talks with a regime which the PAC refused to recognize .
13 Last week , they roasted Lavelle for eating at exclusive restaurants at the expense of company officials who were , at the time , under investigation by her department for dumping toxic waste in harbours and unprotected dumps .
14 In the third division , Hereford United were seeing stars at Gillingham after letting in 2 early goals .
15 This seems to be precisely what is lacking on Tyneside with regard to all aspects of marine manufacturing .
16 Only a few weeks earlier , there had been serious disturbances in the Tirgu-Mureş area of Transylvania with fighting between rival groups of Romanian and Hungarian nationalists .
17 He held various jobs in France and England before settling in 1932 in Brixton as a second-hand motor-car dealer .
18 So long as France and Scotland were run by three members of the mighty Guise family , the cardinal and the duke in France and their sister Mary in Scotland , then the only way for the Lords of the Congregation to achieve their religious ends , and prevent Scotland from sinking into provincial status , was to resist the regent .
19 Thus a process which started in early 1988 will see the first holder of an HNC in Accounting emerge in the summer of 1991 , and the first holder of an HND in Accounting in 1992 .
20 Family health services authorities and consumers will , however , wish to ensure the viability of local pharmacies , with their convenience of access , the savings pharmacists make to the NHS by responding to common ailments , and new services such as needle exchange programmes for drug misusers .
21 Yet the picture that all this conjures up of a thin red , white and blue line defending civilization and the British sense of ‘ fair play ’ against serried ranks of black barbarians is suddenly counterpointed by an even more arresting image — that of the police themselves who are frightening the local inhabitants of Brixton by whooping like red indians , and beating on their shields like Zulu warriors .
22 Mullins , who moved to the North-East to take over the kennels of the late Tom Whitfield in November after working as head lad for his mother , Linda Mullins , in Essex , gets the award after providing 15 winners from 61 runners , an average of 26.6pc .
23 As the recession deepens , it is going to force the TECs into choosing between three undesirable options .
24 Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth .
25 Following news of the scandal the Treasury banned Salomon from bidding at future auctions of government securities , but stopped short of stripping the firm of its prestigious rank as primary dealer with the Federal Reserve .
26 Colleagues and fellow PA Council members have been impressed by his astuteness and authority , and there is evident relief in Bedford Square at managing at last to persuade him to stand .
27 The other thing is as well though you could 've actually got more out of Martin by talking about that because you may have mentioned something that he 's enjoying and says oh I do that , or something like that .
28 Some individual unions have gone much further , notably the Steelworkers , who have responded to the collapse of steelmaking in Canada by recruiting in high-technology industries and the service sector , including fast-food chains .
29 Yet a week or so later she surprised Wilson by returning to this topic again , beginning , ‘ Wilson , you remember the Ogilvys ? ’
30 In 1965 I came to work with Basil as an art adviser in the West Riding after lecturing for eight years at the Froebel Institute in Roehampton .
  Next page