Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the death of his wife Lambarde feared he might lose the right to stay at Halling and petitioned a request to Lord Burghley through his friend Lord Cobham , to ask for custody of Maximilian and a lease to the Palace , which was granted a few days later . |
| 2 | The programme continued on 5 January 1990 , when Mr G Vincent ( Society Member ) of Wolverhampton and a former Chairman of the Tal-y-Llyn Railway , gave a talk and slide show dealing with the minor railways of Shropshire , of which there were quite a number in the heyday of steam . |
| 3 | About ten minutes after take off Deacon had reached a position eight miles East of Filfla and a height of 10,000 feet . |
| 4 | By the end of the month the Nikkei Average index , the most important indicator on the Tokyo exchange , had fallen to 17,500 , compared with 22,000 at the start of March and a peak of 40,000 in the autumn of 1989 . |
| 5 | goddess of Sais and a divinity of warfare , with her early symbols of a bow and arrows and shield . |
| 6 | ‘ Why , that 's no great problem while we remain at the abbot 's lodging , since half of Shrewsbury and a good part of the shire goes in and out freely at the abbey , and you may ask an audience whenever you will , and always find yourself one of three or four , various enough to keep any man in countenance . |
| 7 | Maksud Ikramov , chair of the executive committee ( mayor ) of Dushanbe and a member of the Tajik Supreme Soviet , was arrested on March 6 , accused of misusing his authority and of bribe-taking . |
| 8 | In 1870 he went to Rome , where the pianist Sgambati , a pupil of Liszt and a leading figure in the musical life of Rome , recognized his talent and encouraged him . |
| 9 | For safety reasons it is forbidden to leave the bus , and ‘ considering special conditions ’ the lunch menu includes one aperitif , soldier 's beans and bread , a litre of Riesling and a doughnut . |
| 10 | The second prize of £1,500 , a case of Laurent-Perrier and a diploma was awarded to Mr James Ogilvie and his staff at the Forestry Commission 's 125,000 acres at Kielder in Northumberland . |
| 11 | She packed Rolling Stones and Ray Charles into a leather case , along with a tiny bottle of Chanel and a selected volume of Beat poetry , and she came to us . |
| 12 | Anker Simmons , the Mayor of Henley and a member of the Bolney Syndicate , presided over a large gathering of men interested in the formation of a golf club . |
| 13 | They include : a late nineteenth-century Italian Travertine marble fountain with sea horses , putti and masks estimated at £150,000–250,000 ( $260–435,000 ) ; a stone jetty with landing stage ; a terrace decorated with bronze dolphin masks , limestone urns and bronze landing rings estimated at £50,000–100,000 ( $87–174,000 ) ; four Italian white marble seats circa 1870 estimated at £20–40,000 ( $34–70,000 ) ; two pairs of Italian white marble herm figures of Pan and a Bacchante circa 1870 , estimate £15–20,000 ( $26–34,000 ) . |
| 14 | Offering the meagre purse of local gossip , news from Buttermere , Nicholson spoke about Mr Skelton 's plans for building a large stone manor house in the area ; dwelt longingly on the prospect of Miss Skelton and said something about the wrestling which included a mention of Mary of Buttermere and a young man from the north of the county walking thirty or forty miles just to see her and make his feelings known to her . |
| 15 | But I was n't thinking of hiring the Earl of Lichfield and a lot of London models . |
| 16 | By 1257 he was a canon of Lichfield and a papal chaplain . |
| 17 | Some of them , like Sir Robert Birley , the headmaster of Eton and a member of the Fleming Committee , disliked the social selectiveness of the schools and the dependence of admission upon the ability to pay fees , and hoped to see the schools brought fully into the mainstream of national life . |
| 18 | It became clear to Truman as the months passed that the Soviet government was taking little heed of these threats and that differences over the composition of the Polish and other East European governments , over the fate of Germany and a host of other issues , remained as wide as ever . |
| 19 | Using the incidence curve previously published , at risk patients with no retinal features of FAP and a negative sigmoidoscopy screen at 34 years would be considered at no risk of having FAP and developing multiple polyps . |
| 20 | From the hold , where everything had its proper place , he fetched a bottle of TCP and a pair of half-wellingtons . |
| 21 | The Medau Society has opened a fund in memory of Beryl and a donation will be made every year to Macmillan Cancer Relief . |
| 22 | We do n't know if any in England that survive although they are described as a folding table of Flanders or a tab tabula plicata which means a a table that folds . |
| 23 | ABF has 20% of Berisford and a tiny 8m shares in Hillsdown . |
| 24 | These include the famous letter " Solite " to the Eastern Emperor Alexis of Constantinople and a letter of 1200 addressed to the archbishop of Canterbury and concerning Bishop Mauger , which we shall have occasion to discuss later . |
| 25 | Passenger ferry to Craignure on the Isle of Mull for a tour not only of Mull but a visit to Iona . |
| 26 | Mr Hunt told a news conference after meeting union leaders in Flint on October 23 : ‘ A moratorium has been placed on the closure of Point of Ayr and a direction has been given by the Government to British Coal that development work must continue at Point of Ayr . ’ |
| 27 | He mapped the Isle of Sheppey and a proposed fort at Swaleness , Kent , in 1574 . |
| 28 | Depending on who you talk to , she 's either Hollywood 's answer to Joan of Arc or a direct descendant of Lucretia Borgia . |
| 29 | David Jenkins , a brother of Richard and a police officer , undertook to secure this and did so with no difficulty . |
| 30 | It displayed particular concern over a possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a determination to take action to avoid this . |