Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank Page of Loughborough University won first prize in the materials science category of the tenth annual Polaroid international photomicrography competition , for his micrograph ( above ) depicting ultra high velocity jet plated gold . |
| 2 | The Sunderland board met last night when the ticket distribution was the main item on the agenda . |
| 3 | Memorex Telex Corp said last week that it will adopt Unix System V.4.2 for its server and desktop product lines in order to offer more options for what it claims is the second-largest installed base of IBM Corp peripheral products worldwide . |
| 4 | The RIS action followed increasing concern that a majority of Securitate officers had kept their jobs after the revolution . |
| 5 | ( The Tonga Chronicle gave due prominence to the storm the following week , though they might have wished for more careful sub-editing. ‘ $10 damage as islands hit by hurricane ’ read the headline . |
| 6 | The Chelsea defender suffered serious ligament damage in his right knee after a sickening first half clash with Liverpool 's Aston Villa-bound striker . |
| 7 | The recent killing of Georg Plappert in the city ; s Phoenix Park caused particular concern to Eire 's tourism industry because the victim came from Germany , one of its important tourism markets . |
| 8 | In 1985 , the United States delegation made similar remarks to those at the earlier Special Commission , but the United Kingdom expert offered a much fuller statement of the position as it had emerged in the Westinghouse and Asbestos Insurance Coverage cases ; but he still identified the Article 23 Reservation in the United Kingdom version as meeting the case . |
| 9 | The previously identified 23 amino-acid CTL epitope included polymorphic residues , and three of these are contained in the minimal HLA-B35 restricted octamer epitope , with variant epitopes escaping CTL recognition . |
| 10 | Donald Bailey , Amanda Claridge , Kenneth Painter and Veronica Tatton-Brown contributed expert advice on pottery , sculpture , silver and glass . |
| 11 | An EPA contractor reported last year that the resulting blocks of concrete no longer contained PCBs , leading to speculation that the lime was reacting to neutralize the toxin . |
| 12 | Members of the British Art Blacksmith Association founded 13 years ago also offer typical examples of their work such as Alan Evan 's intriguing , six round-keyed Typewriter Sculpture for the Daily Express Building in London . |
| 13 | The Inbucon Study analysed 232 cases by cost bands , separately for county courts , District Registries and the Royal Courts of Justice . |
| 14 | In addition , the new regulations continued the pre-war advantages for university-provided liberal adult education which further weakened the relative position of the WEA so much so that the Ashby Committee reported that university income for adult education had exceeded £550,000 in 1951–52 in contrast to the WEA 's income of little more than £130,000 for that year . |
| 15 | The Harter Act voided any bill of lading clause that sought to relieve the carrier from the consequences of negligence in proper loading , stowage , custody , care , or proper delivery of the goods . |
| 16 | It was initiated partly in response to the furore caused by Enoch Powell 's 1969 ‘ rivers of blood ’ speech , much as disturbances at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival prompted further steps on the part of the Department of the Environment — ‘ A riot makes a much bigger impact on government thinking ’ , as Donnison ( 1987 ) has pointed out , ‘ than any amount of earnest and accurate research ’ . |
| 17 | Commonwealth bantamweight champion Johnny Armour needed four stitches in cut sustained on his left eye in the later stages of his points win over rugged Algerian Boualem Belkif and is unlikely to fight again until September . |
| 18 | Perhaps the greatest change in the Tilford Bach Festival occurred some years ago when Denys Darlow realised his aim of producing the sound most familiar to Bach himself , by introducing the London Handel Orchestra which specialises in baroque music played on authentic reproductions of baroque instruments . |
| 19 | Saturday evening meant social activities — films , discussions , general celebration . |
| 20 | The Augsburg rodeo included open canoes |
| 21 | It has been hard for Souness to stamp his authority in a similar way since he took over when Dalglishfatigued by the demands of the Anfield job departed 22 months ago . |
| 22 | Powys Transport delivered two lorry loads of materials to the show , which opens tomorrow . |
| 23 | As anticipated , London W1-based software systems and consultancy Logica Plc avoided heavy losses but failed to ‘ bounce back ’ in a big way during the first half mainly because of its patchy performance . |
| 24 | The Ayrshire Yeomanry had nine months of enforced near-idleness in Tunisia during which they attempted to return to their sporting pursuits . |
| 25 | Original or not , the application of such concepts under the Gorbachev leadership brought considerable rewards from the point of view of Soviet interests . |
| 26 | Rouen Cathedral suffered serious war-time damage in 1944 , but is now largely restored . |
| 27 | The Northamptonshire Nonconformist listed three reasons for the ‘ decline ’ they saw in Nonconformity : the first was ‘ a cultured ministry which repels rather than attracts [ for ] it shoots over the heads of the people ’ ; the second was a ministry which disregarded the central truths of the Gospel in favour of ‘ the latest theories of the … |
| 28 | The stark prediction came after hundreds of fire and rescue workers at meetings in Chelmsford and Cambridge on Tuesday night gave overwhelming support to their union 's call for action . |
| 29 | Maxwell Pensioners Action Group chairman Ken Trench said 20,000 pensioners were still on the ‘ gangplank ’ because of the uncertainty . |
| 30 | His defeat of four rivals in the Ayr race represented some consolation for his Cheltenham misfortune — but owner Eric Scarth is already looking forward to dethroning Champion Hurdler Royal Gait next March . |