Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Forest of Dean covers an area of 27,000 acres . |
| 2 | Tough frontier folk that they were , the Ostlanders fought as hard as they could , and the Count of Ostland gathered an army to fight the green tide . |
| 3 | Members of MoneySavers gain the privileges of * Priority Booking — up to two weeks in advance of public booking * The Playhouse " What 's On " brochure sent direct to you in advance of public distribution * Free membership of The Stage Door Club and most important of all * Two seats for the price of one on most Monday and Tuesday evenings in the Main House and for many first nights in the Studio Theatre . |
| 4 | No doubt but the discharging of all the cannon and musketry at the Field of Waterloo caused an injury to the normal temperament of the sky . ’ |
| 5 | Bishop Forck of Berlin-Brandenburg gave an account of his negotiations with the Mayor of Berlin at the beginning of the week . |
| 6 | Yet in July 1944 the Red Army installed a group of Moscow-trained Communists in the town of Lublin to administer the country . |
| 7 | He was aware of Marcus watching the work of transformation . |
| 8 | The executive board of ICI uses an information base which includes limited operational data and concentrates on strategic information . |
| 9 | ‘ The old Mond Division of ICI did a lot of research-led work . |
| 10 | Amid the celebrations of Sunderland becoming the United Kingdom 's newest city , there was much talk of new investment and jobs following in the wake of the announcement . |
| 11 | The expansion of Brighton provided a number of new churches but they depended for the clergy 's livelihood on rented pews and the poor were virtually excluded . |
| 12 | Molloy and Carroll show that 77.7% of SEs obtained a degree compared to a percentage figure of 74.3% for NSEs . |
| 13 | The ideal management of any case of RSI involves a doctor well acquainted with the subject , and a good physiotherapist . |
| 14 | The Masons failed to stage a revolution in Cadiz where rain and inefficiency kept Quiroga inactive ; Riego took his men on a round tour of Andalusia where only the mountain pueblo of Grazalema welcomed the liberator . |
| 15 | In the valley of Minas Morgul the Ringwraith sends out a command for him to put it on , but Frodo finds no response to it in his own will , feeling only ‘ the beating upon him of a great power from outside ’ . |
| 16 | Outside cowbells can be heard and in the distance a group of Masai enters the landscape driving their animals ; despite the fierce colours of their robes , completely at home in this brown and ochre world . |
| 17 | A point worth noting is that when the State of Tennessee issued the order to revoke the charter of the Highlander Folk School , the entire assets of the school were sold at public auction , including the land , buildings , library , stock etc , and having learned this savage lesson from experience , the land and buildings on which the new Highlander Research and Education Center is now located are owned by a separate Trust which is completely distinct from Highlander , and is now answerable for any of the activities which take place there . |
| 18 | That famous churchman Arnold of Rugby put a stamp upon independent education which helped to produce this consequence . |
| 19 | A house has stood on this site since the year 1216 , when the Bishop of Lincoln ordained a vicarage here , but it has been rebuilt over and over again , and last of all in 1856 . |
| 20 | The Duke of Northumberland purchased the Morning Post and established a new weekly , the Patriot , to popularize the idea of a conspiracy . |
| 21 | None the less , the supporters of the Duke of Northumberland lost no opportunity to represent her as a staunch papist , and attempted to make use of anti-papal fears to win support for their rival candidate for the throne , Jane Grey . |
| 22 | To these ends the Duke of Northumberland financed a publishing house , the Boswell Publishing Company , in 1921 and established a weekly newspaper , The Patriot , in 1922 . |
| 23 | CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 24 | At Norwich , where the local authorities had assessed no one at more than £100 , the Duke of Norfolk asked the King for a letter , ‘ commanding me … to speak roundly to all such as do not honestly … make their said certificates ’ . |
| 25 | The connection received a further boost early in 1478 , when the heiress of the last Mowbray duke of Norfolk married the king 's second son , Richard duke of York . |
| 26 | The connection received a further boost early in 1478 , when the heiress of the last Mowbray duke of Norfolk married the king 's second son , Richard duke of York . |
| 27 | In her first traditional Christmas speech recorded at Sandringham , she said the peace and tranquility of Norfolk brought a sense of continuity to her family life . |
| 28 | The Duke of Norfolk says the Lords should be replaced by an elected chamber , and Earl Spencer — brother of the Princess of Wales — does not attend because he acknowledges that the system is undemocratic . |
| 29 | That threat of invasion was , however , removed , in 1805 , by the great naval victory at Trafalgar , in which Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet at the cost of his own life , This was followed by General Arthur Wellesley — who later became the Duke of Wellington — leading British troops into the Spanish Peninsula against Napoleon , who then began to experience considerable defeats , not the least of which was his retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812 , and the following year saw the Duke of Wellington taking the war into France culminating in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 , which brought about the final defeat of Napoleon . |
| 30 | At ten the Duke of Wellington reached the crossroads and , content that nothing yet threatened the Dutch troops , galloped eastwards to find the Prussians . |