Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Britain and the United States judges are selected from lawyers , usually only after many years in practice , in Britain as an advocate , and in the United States as an advocate or in a legal post within the government . |
| 32 | The venue is ideally suited to importers and exporters for product and new vehicle launches and answers the immediate community need of Larne for a conference and exhibition centre . |
| 33 | Meanwhile , Wallaby skipper Michael Lynagh will set out on a remarkable 24,000 mile round trip that will take him to Brisbane for an operation and back to Wales for the final fortnight of the Australian tour . |
| 34 | The Republicans placed an advertisement making a link between Mr Florio and the Mafia , which the Democrats have countered with ads referring to Mr Courter as a liar and showing his nose getting longer — Pinocchio-style - as he speaks . |
| 35 | They both worked in the administration of the Karadjordje regime , Dositej as a minister and Vuk as a more humble clerk and customs official . |
| 36 | David found Linda was caring and understanding ; soon he began to feel uneasy because he knew he could not have heterosexual Linda as a partner if he were to undergo his sexual transformation . |
| 37 | Pat and Steve came rather unexpectedly to the hotel trade after sixteen years in the Royal Air Force-Steve as a pilot , and Pat as an education and administrative officer . |
| 38 | Had worked in the United States for a while and returned to England minus his American wife . |
| 39 | They 're going away Saturday for a week or something . |
| 40 | It took Russell almost three weeks to call Ellen for a date and when they did meet he was 45 minutes late . |
| 41 | He responded by explaining to the chairman of the committee , the fashionable playwright and military man John Burgoyne , how he had entered Murshidabad the capital of Bengal as a conqueror and how bankers and jewellers had rushed forward to thrust presents on him ; and , he concluded , as he thought back to the moment of triumph , ‘ By God , Mr. Chairman , I stand amazed at my own moderation . ’ |
| 42 | It flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for a show and a visit to city casinos . |
| 43 | The ‘ Minister of the Crown ’ role was hung on little Colin Moynihan for a day or two while everyone tried not to laugh ; he was , after all , only just over five foot tall and Minister for Sport and he had , after all , not slept with Pamella , only been with her at the Winter Ball . |
| 44 | There was a shadow hanging over Bourn for a time and nothing was fun any more . |
| 45 | In 1981 I was working the summer in Tenerife as a PR and when we got bored of the clubs , we would go to the beach at about 3am . |
| 46 | ’ The Bridge ’ is the imaginary story behind a Victorian impressionist painting by Philip Steer of a man and a woman standing on a bridge . |
| 47 | The demonstration coincided with the observation throughout Pakistan of a government- and opposition-sponsored " Kashmir Solidarity Day " . |
| 48 | The BMR of a man or woman is dependent on weight , height , fitness and body composition . |
| 49 | American disinterest in their fate has meant the stalling of negotiations with the PLO towards a settlement and the apparently indefinite toleration by the West of their ill-treatment at Israeli hands . |
| 50 | Their indignation acted on Lucy like a tonic and she cheered up considerably . |
| 51 | Typical was the hexagonal tile , painted by Picasso with a bull and inscribed to Cooper , estimated at $6–8,000 and sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) , the lot of eight lithographed greeting cards by Braque , sold for $15,000 ( £8,300 ) ( est. $2,000–3,000 ) , a nine-item lot of small drawings and autographed and inscribed photographs by Picasso , Miró , Braque and Leger , sold for $8,000 ( £4,400 ) ( est. $500–700 ) and a lot of three delicate watercolours by Picasso 's mistress Dora Maar ( est. $600–800 ) bought by Paloma Picasso , the artist 's daughter by his subsequent mistress , Françoise Gilot , for $5,000 ( £2,800 ) . |
| 52 | Mr Shevardnadze with an American as his deputy would make a formidable team . |
| 53 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 54 | But the latest in a succession of applications to turn Oxmoor Farm at Heighington into a hotel and restaurant was refused . |
| 55 | There is a danger of precipitating asystole or electromechanical dissociation , so this technique should not be used for VT with a pulse unless a defibrillator and pacemaker are immediately available . |
| 56 | Kraal was inclined to say , fixing Woil with a glare and flexing his talons back and forth to make it clear that it was just as well there were three cages between them because if there were n't … |
| 57 | It was over two years after I had subtracted Blyth with an adder that I found an opportunity to get rid of Paul . |
| 58 | ‘ By closing off Hammond Drive it would make Lakeside into a cul-de-sac and would be safe for children . ’ |
| 59 | The pilot scheme connects a grocery and distribution group in Dundee with a soap and toiletries manufacturer in Manchester . |
| 60 | Then he guided Edward into an office and sat him down . |