Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chicago Police Department used Sunday 's US Cup game between USA and Germany as a trial run for next year 's games . |
| 2 | In a judgement given on 14th May 1992 , the House of Lords allowed Johnson Matthey 's appeal that the £50 million payment in 1984 to its former subsidiary , Johnson Matthey Bankers Limited , was a revenue payment and eligible for tax relief . |
| 3 | This fool butterfly must have been a chrysallis — there are a million tortoiseshells pirouetting on the purple flowers all the warm months — a chrysallis left from last August . |
| 4 | Out of his advanced lectures emerged a powerful refutation of the entire Gnostic world-view and principles of biblical interpretation , a work entitled On First Principles . |
| 5 | A point missed in last week 's story on DEC 's effort to design a single 1GHz chip is that the cooling agent is a mixture of water and alcohol ( UX No 394 ) . |
| 6 | The occupation of the West Bank was a result of a war launched by third parties . |
| 7 | They suggested that any objections should be sent to our County Councillor immediately as there is a meeting arranged for next Tuesday to decide whether or not to close the court . |
| 8 | She 'd had a colour put in last autumn which was growing out , so Chris decided to enhance the natural warmth of the hair and add additional shine using a non-commitment colour , Natural Dark Blonde , mixed with persimmon from the Colour Touch range . |
| 9 | Someone hands out a flyer for Digital Bubblebath , a rave set for next weekend . |
| 10 | This was in a signal sent to 15th Army Group and Eighth Army at 1234 hrs the following day , 15 May [ KP 116 ] , correcting an error in the reference in para 2 of Robertson 's signal to a directive issued in respect of arrestable categories0 Such a directive , it was pointed out , had not " yet been issued " . |
| 11 | In a bar deep in the Commons , two Tory backbenchers debate the future of a party rocked by last week 's dreadful election results |
| 12 | A decision over retirement has been postponed for the 12-year-old gelding , who resumed road-work last week at trainer John Bridger 's Hampshire yard , with a reappearance set for next month . |
| 13 | As respects England and Wales or Northern Ireland , any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court , or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court , shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus . |
| 14 | SOTHEBY 'S is to auction an icon used in 18th century Russia to assist women in childbirth . |
| 15 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |