Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In Andersen Consulting v CHP Consulting Ltd. ( 1991 ) , a case concerning a dispute about maintenance of computer software by third parties , it was said that confidence is frequently used in connection with copyright material as it is : of course notorious that copyright protects only the expression of ideas and does not protect the idea itself |
| 2 | In Japan Mr Davie wants to boost its weak sales side ; he also wants to get into the highly lucrative business of index arbitrage by next February . |
| 3 | Atkinson is privately seething at the intervention of chairman Ellis in last week 's transfer talks with Liverpool for striker Dean Saunders . |
| 4 | In this case the disapproval has been registered with a $100 billion fall in the stockmarket value of healthcare companies since last summer — even as markets have headed towards new records . |
| 5 | Public opinion long ago condemned and outlawed the exploitation of child labour by nineteenth century industrialists . |
| 6 | Down the Boarman they 've had a three , three offers of Hamper Agency for next year . |
| 7 | EVANDER HOLYFIELD 'S mighty £17.5m asking price for a London defence of his world heavyweight title is virtually certain to knock out Lennox Lewis 's hopes of home advantage in next spring 's challenge . |
| 8 | Cynthia Iliffe shared with the Board a feeling that it could be rather ‘ a hybrid sort of degree course at first ’ , but Pocock and the Board really believed in it , understood that the Crick model of a discipline-based degree had provided it with an academic foundation , but even then ‘ we talked a lot about integration ’ . |
| 9 | Thus the ‘ real ’ drama scene of community theatre at last infiltrated the schools system . |
| 10 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |
| 11 | The headlights of the Fiat swept from one side of the narrow winding road to the other , picking out an area of ploughed field , a thicket of scrub oaks with last year 's brown leaves still clinging to the branches , an ancient wooden cart fitted with modern lorry tyres , an abandoned barn covered with posters for a dance band called ‘ The Lads of the Adriatic ’ , a dirt track leading off into the hills . |
| 12 | The troubles of the nuclear industry in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 are well known : a slowdown or halt to construction of new plants , plus the closedown earlier this year of the nuclear power station near Erevan in Armenia because of safety worries after last December 's earthquake . |
| 13 | BRITISH Midland is to slash the cost of business travel from next month , undercutting rival business class fares by up to 40 per cent . |
| 14 | Thomas Albert Biggs , a born-deaf man employed as a coachman at Bristol , was out on bail on 13 charges of bicycle theft on 3rd June 1905 when he came upon a drama in the River Avon at a point where the river was over twenty feet deep and dangerous . |
| 15 | With the coming into force of Part 1 of the Control of Pollution Act on 14th June 1976 came a further means of controlling odours emanating from premises used for the disposal of ‘ controlled waste ’ , that is household , industrial and commercial waste , or any such waste defined by s.30(1) of that Act , especially where the odour is due to bad housekeeping , bad handling or spillages of waste . |
| 16 | The organisers are planning a ‘ model hot air balloon competition ’ and are asking entrants to get their entries sponsored to raise money for the development of water supplies in Third World villages . |
| 17 | The Schengen agreement provided for the harmonization of visa regulations for third countries , the exchange of information on criminals and the establishment of common criteria for granting political asylum . |
| 18 | Though it takes time and a great deal of adult help at first , young children can take an active role in caring for equipment and tidying it away . |
| 19 | On board , though , a party of bridge players in first class found themselves short of a fourth , and Annesley filled the gap . |
| 20 | Many of these people are already a part of the media structure , yet we piously declare our messages of communication prophecy without first knowing whom we are even speaking to . |
| 21 | ( A 1958 survey of secondary school leavers ranked the occupation of Army officer as 21st in desirability — behind office worker . ) |
| 22 | What a shame that Andy Nicol is not a few years younger , for he too showed himself to be of world class in last year 's celebration of New Zealand 's centenary , when he played for the World XV in Christchurch . |
| 23 | Oh sorry erm we are expect the business this year to break even it broke even last year , erm and the reason for that is that we have expanded business very rapidly , last year we had only thirty five stores this year we 'll have fifty and we will probably have a similar sort of expansion programme for next year . |
| 24 | The logarithm of the number of men having at least s units of solidity will at first fall linearly with s , then more rapidly as it approaches the fixed upper limit of 1000 papers , beyond which no man has achieved . ’ |
| 25 | Despite the happy applause of Speech Day on 20th June , the Governors were perhaps thinking ahead to their next meeting , a fortnight away , " respecting the financial position of the School " . |
| 26 | In the early 1980s the percentage of graduate intake with first or upper second degrees was around 45% . |
| 27 | After Maban Dane had finished 14th ( 91.39 ) , Colchester Walkers ' John Hedgethorne reversed recent form to clock 94.48 in 15th , Glen Robertson came home 17th ( 96.25 ) , ahead of brother Duncan in 19th ( 98.54 ) . |