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 . |