Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 2 | Gateshead skipper Phil Dicks helped Ian Robson ( 62 ) to add 83 before Graeme Weeks ' half century against his former , hoisted the Fell to 195 . |
| 3 | Bryanston was sold to the TV company Associated Rediffusion in 1965 and the whole rickety infrastructure of an independent British film industry was simply swept under by waves or American finance , with AFM ceasing production in 1964 after Bryan Forbes ' ponderous Seance on a Wet Afternoon . |
| 4 | This currently accounts for around two thirds of P&O Roadtanks ' UK business and involves long term contracts of between three and five years . |
| 5 | ‘ Ruby Trax ’ chart stars DANNII MINOGUE and CATHAL COUGHLAN give marks out of ten for Bryan Adams ' original of ‘ Everything I Do ’ . |
| 6 | Hooper , who top-scored with an unbeaten 81 in West Indies ' meagre first innings total of 183 in reply to New South Wales 's 473–5 declared , needed just 102 deliveries for his century . |
| 7 | IN TRYING to split off nine-tenths of ambulance drivers ' journeys as ‘ non-emergency , ’ Mr Kenneth Clarke attempts to separate the inseparable . |
| 8 | And the department ignored the fact that a warrant for the arrest of Mrs Elizabeth Barlow , one of Barlow Clowes ' founders , was issued in 1981 in connection with the collapse of a stockbroker . |
| 9 | Self-confidence bordering on arrogance is one of Graeme Souness ' most abiding characteristics . |
| 10 | One of West Indies ' other heroes of the summer , and much of the decade , was wicket-keeper Jeffrey Dujon , with over 300 runs and twenty dismissals in the rubber . |
| 11 | The cortège had been routed through one of Los Angeles ' poorest neighbourhoods . |
| 12 | As the retail side of the operation was now increasing in importance , one of Peter Revers ' principal tasks was to find new store locations and Jean 's was to hire staff for them . |
| 13 | ‘ I was delivering one of Mark Phillips ' calves , ’ he said indignantly . |
| 14 | He is one of Thatcher Tubes ' longest-serving employees , having worked originally for the electrical contracts who wired up the machines when the plant started in 1984 . |
| 15 | Straight and narrow Part one of David Stevens ' new series sets out the plans for his transformation of a long , narrow garden . |
| 16 | Inset In the 1990s sophisticated computer systems at one of Thomas Cooks ' Travel Management Centres provide the traveller with the latest travel information . |
| 17 | Its persistence is evident in Gentleman Jim , one of Raymond Briggs ' classic cartoon books written in 1980 . |
| 18 | A waiting list for one of Doreen Copas ' daytime classes from the ‘ 83–84 session formed the nucleus of another new Class . |
| 19 | It was not until five years after the exhibition that one of John Bowes ' jewellery advisors informed the excited couple the Swan was for sale . |
| 20 | I was surprised when , about a month later , I received another call to one of Mr Bailes ' cows . |
| 21 | The court had heard that the Davies family had kept animals for years without any problems , but the dogs neglect happened during a traumatic period when one of Mr Davies ' daughters died from an illness . |
| 22 | One of Mr Garel-Jones ' key tormentors Tory Euro-sceptic Bill Cash said he was surprised by the resignation . |
| 23 | His contribution to Physics has spanned a huge range of disciplines from muon-catalysed nuclear fusion ( which is now an area of flourishing research directly initiated by one of Sir Charles ' short papers for Nature in 1947 ) to defects in solids , liquid crystals , quasi crystals and polymer crystallisation . |
| 24 | Finally , sad news of the impending closure of one of Johnson Brothers ' three factories , Hanley Pottery , also attracted attention from regional and national TV networks . |
| 25 | And after a long day 's walking , what better way to end it than with a glass of cider in one of St Ives ' treasures — The Three Ferrets . |
| 26 | Although mentioned by Conan Doyle as a quiet village to which one of Sherlock Holmes ' clients retired , and the birthplace of Mrs. Beeton , of cookery fame , Penge owes its development mainly to the re-erection of the Crystal Palace at the top of Anerley Hill , in 1854 , when it was removed from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park . |
| 27 | As the two of us struggled with an awkward table at the 3p.m. closure of a day in Christian Aid Week 1992 , my companion asked me if I knew the answer to number 13 in Duncan Innes ' C.A. Quiz . |
| 28 | The Flame Retardants division of Courtaulds Chemicals had been voted No 1 among ICI Polyurethanes ' top 50 suppliers . |
| 29 | On Monday , 19 February 1990 , Mr. Bell appeared before the justices in court No. 1 at Liverpool Magistrates ' Court . |
| 30 | Between 1984 and 1988 , prices spiralled : Bunnys were fetching up to A$ 1,000,000 ; Glover 's ‘ Bath of Diana ’ fetched A$1,706,000 ( Sotheby 's Melbourne , April 1989 ) and Bond paid A$ 210,000 for Conrad Martens ' ‘ Woolloomooloo Farm ’ ( Sotheby 's Australia , 1986 ) . |