Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gesta describes in some detail the journey of Peter to Rome to receive the belt , the symbol of the Christian warrior , and the diadem or crown , the symbol of kingship . |
| 2 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 3 | First mention of the Manor occurs in the Domesday Survey of 1086 ; it later belonged to the Priory of St Andrew , Northampton . |
| 4 | They 'll be able to fish for carp in the estate lake ; view the famous hall with its unique flying staircase … so-called because it has no visible means of support or wander throught the wood that the Lonsdales planted in memory of their son . |
| 5 | The CGT failed in its attempt to separate worker and student contingents . |
| 6 | At a conference of the Foreign Ministers of the EEC states in Rome the following month Carrington made a general proposal for the conclusion of an international treaty guaranteeing Afghanistan 's status as a ‘ neutral ’ state , which in his view would provide the Soviet Union the possibility of withdrawing its troops on a legal basis in light of the United Nations ' resolution on this issue . |
| 7 | The Orient redisplayed in a great , gilded gallery |
| 8 | Even after two Jacobite invasions had failed the Highlands remained in a more or less permanent state of lawlessness . |
| 9 | The IPCC reported in June 1990 . |
| 10 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 11 | He says the council wants the RAF to join in discussions to find a solution . |
| 12 | I have served for over 20 years now in the RAF specialising in the field of aircraft maintenance . |
| 13 | It was to be a five day test of military skill and endurance hosted by the RAF conducted in a spirit of international co-operation . |
| 14 | Talks between Rwandan government delegates and the FPR opened in Gbadolite on Sept. 17 , with Mobutu as mediator . |
| 15 | As usually happens , the ‘ sponsorship role ’ of the Electricity Division led to Murray becoming not so much a controller of the industry as an honest broker between the BEA and the Whitehall machine in general . |
| 16 | The prominence of the Nevilles ended in disaster and the influence of the Percies was at best intermittent . |
| 17 | With this new-found relaxation in official attitudes and an encouragingly open-hearted welcome from Russian climbers extending to visitors from the West , I travelled to the USSR on behalf of Sherpa Expeditions to see just what the Caucasus held in store . |
| 18 | In 1910 the first James Wyllie moved the business from The Haugh to a factory called the Victoria Works in Mauchline and the firm still operates from these premises . |
| 19 | It was this example that the AfDB had in mind when , in 1990 , it turned down the Cameroon road project . |
| 20 | And the massive investment by car giant General Motors in the new V6 engine plant at the Vauxhall works in Ellesmere Port is a vindication , say bosses , of the efforts of a dedicated workforce . |
| 21 | Stephen Emerson , the new Maxol Northern Ireland rally champion , was still slightly bemused today in the aftermath of the celebrations which followed his second place finish on the Lakelands Rally in Fermanagh . |
| 22 | No farther into France than 30 miles from the German border is the directive and , luckily for us , this law permits the Riesling to flourish in Alsace . |
| 23 | At brisk cornering speeds the Calibra behaves in typical front-drive fashion . |
| 24 | The ACPS saw in this a double deterrent : the deterrent element of actual custody , and a postponed deterrence during the suspension period . |
| 25 | " Not " , The Seaman added in mitigation , " that such punishment would be justifiable now " ! |
| 26 | In March 1991 the MSI-DN deputy Massimo Abbatangelo was sentenced by a Florence court to life imprisonment in connection with the bombing of the Naples-Milan express in December 1984 [ see p. 33792 ] . |
| 27 | The Wickhams live in the clockhouse which was the old brewery and laundry for the big house opposite . |
| 28 | Accordingly , " with the praiseworthy assistance of Miss Irwin , Secretary of the Women 's Federal Council " , and with financial help both from the ETS and the STA , a " Female Compositors Society " was set up as the STC reported in July and August 1898 . |
| 29 | They were all rugby fans , on their way back to Biggin Hill after watching the England-Ireland match in Dublin the day before . |
| 30 | They were all rugby fans , on their way back to Biggin Hill after watching the England-Ireland match in Dublin the day before . |