Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun pl] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are continuing tests on the undergravel plates which we thought may be slightly brittle , utilising a 30″ plate in one of our office tanks . |
| 2 | Sheene , who now lives in Australia , was opening a watersports resort in the Cotswolds . |
| 3 | On the technical side , the project will include a comparative assessment of two different strategies : adding statistical capability to a commercially available GIS , and writing a GIS module within a general statistical computing environment . |
| 4 | There 's a choice of 32 family hotels , many of which will be operating a Kids Club for youngsters aged between four and 11 . |
| 5 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 6 | TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m . |
| 7 | The commitment of Vine-Lott and BSL to Glasgow has resulted in his recent election as chairman of the Scottish Stock Exchange , the first non-Scot and first non-career stockbroker is a reflection of BSL 's commitment to building a securities industry in Scotland . |
| 8 | Four hundred artists represented in the museum 's collection have responded to the idea of producing a greetings image on an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper . |
| 9 | me , my mate and paul had a terrible night out after the spurs game : first we were supposed to meet two fellow norw. at a pub ( the black lion ? ) and they never showed up — then we went downtown to the marquee which was empty ( 8 quid out of the window ) and a not the place to go at a saturday nite ( no live music , just house — which i quite like — but there has to be some people around ) — then standing in queue at ‘ the borderline ’ for a couple of hours not getting in … and it was bloody cold ( hi paul ) — the wind just froze my balls of ( well nearly ) … the meet-up was cozy though — no problems finding the guys ( or rather : just look for mr cantona ) and time for a couple of pints before and after the game and no problem wearing a leeds outfit at the pub … i was not sporting my leeds away scarf when among the newcastle crowd though ; - ) |
| 10 | You stand nearly three times as much chance of getting a police caution in Kent as you do in South Wales . |
| 11 | , because , though he is in the army , he 's doing a masters degree in Brussels as well , at night , so it can be done . |
| 12 | Next day , as soon as I 'd finished giving a police statement about a drug addict who had threatened me and attempted to steal syringes and prescriptions , I went to see her in hospital . |
| 13 | The ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No. 4422 , on loan from the North Staffs Railway at Cheddleton , was hauling a goods shuttle between this temporary railhead and a NORWEB cable-laying site under the M66 viaduct . |
| 14 | Yesterday , Chief Insp Fordy said Mr Jackson was accused of not having a firearms certificate for a shotgun and a rifle . |
| 15 | Wilkins also pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty , and Parratt to obstructing the police . |
| 16 | An enlarged trade deficit was more than offset by remittances , capital inflows and invisible earnings in 1989 creating a balance-of-payments surplus of Bel$22,700,000 . |
| 17 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S controversial review of public spending risks creating a jobs crisis in Scotland . |
| 18 | Truman played for time by appointing a brains trust of three to advise him . |
| 19 | The 28-year-old champion was booed after taking a points decision over Hitchin 's Danny Porter at the Scottish Exhibition Centre but he said : ‘ They are the mugs , not me . ’ |
| 20 | British broadcasters fighting a ratings battle at home want shows guaranteed to appeal to British audiences . |
| 21 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 22 | Damages of £20,000 were awarded against Granada Television in 1983 for unintentionally defaming a police officer in a " World in Action " programme about police corruption . |
| 23 | The Peat Producers ' Association is discussing a peatlands strategy with English Nature , the government advisory body for England . |
| 24 | Archbishop Silvestre Scandian said : ‘ The state police should be taken off the case , because Father Gabriel made a statement to the Justice and Peace Commission mentioning a police officer as one of those who had made death threats against him . ’ |
| 25 | A TOP Catholic public school was yesterday accused of hindering a police investigation into a pervert priest . |
| 26 | Yes , we 're planning a pokes section on the Megatape . |
| 27 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 28 | The organization carried out a bank robbery in Castellón on July 12 which was thought to have provided it with the means to launch a new offensive , and was held responsible for wounding two Army officers in Madrid on Dec. 13 and Valencia on Dec. 15 , for killing a police officer in Barcelona on Dec. 18 and for killing two Civil Guards in Gijón , northern Spain , on Dec. 28 . |
| 29 | Terry Roach , 41 , convicted of killing a police officer by running him over in a truck , serving life in the Phillips Correctional Institution , Georgia and Michael Hamilton , aged 40 , convicted of the contract killing of his wife , sentenced to death in the gas chamber at San Quentin . |
| 30 | On Feb. 20 Nepali Radio reported that three people died when attacking a police station in the village of Jaddukuha in south-eastern Janakpur . |