Example sentences of "scotland [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially with the opening of the Channel Tunnel and the drawing of London ever more closely towards the golden triangle of mid-western Europe , the problem for Scotland as a peripheral country will grow more acute . |
| 2 | We do not know at what date Matilda had gone to Wilton , but probably she had come from Scotland as a young girl with her aunt Christina in 1086 to be educated at Wilton . |
| 3 | Neil had taken their advice , and there had been the exchange of missives which , I gathered , served in Scotland as a binding contract . |
| 4 | For children under 5 in Lothian the number of casualties in 1991 was nearly one third greater than the 1981–85 baseline total , whereas for Scotland as a whole casualties in this age group rose by less than 5% . |
| 5 | In addition , the Trade Indemnity survey pinpoints Scotland as an economic laggard with the fall in company failures between the third quarter and fourth quarters of 1992 restricted to 2 per cent . |
| 6 | Without probing too deeply into the reasons for the emergence of that national consensus — and the cogency of the Munn report 's argument and the compactness of Scotland as an educational entity , can not be disregarded in this connection — the existence of that consensus is beyond question and it undoubtedly made the introduction of a national curriculum framework a relatively unproblematic matter . |
| 7 | Magnus Magnusson , TV presenter , president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , chair of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and currently chair of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland , will be taking on the most demanding environmental job in Scotland as the first chair of the new agency . |
| 8 | However , there is still evidence of a lack of deals in Scotland as the standard deals of under £10 million — from family succession , rationalisation , privatisation or insolvency — have virtually dried up in the past two years . |
| 9 | The lifting of customs regulations with the establishment of the single European market had left Scotland as the western frontier of Europe , Mr Matheson continued . |
| 10 | It will be seized upon by a powerful clique of landowners who control vast areas of land in Scotland as the ideal mechanism by which they and their expert advisers can thwart the process of conservation in Scotland . ’ |
| 11 | Is he aware of the concern expressed by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland about the poor food supplied by a private contractor in my constituency ? |
| 12 | Head to the beautiful banks of Loch Tay in Scotland for a non-stop weekend of exciting activities to raise funds for the Telethon Appeal . |
| 13 | After Douglas 's death in battle with the Moors in Spain , the embalmed heart was brought back to Scotland for a final resting-place in Melrose abbey . |
| 14 | A hundred warplanes were scouring the east coast of Scotland for a vanished prototype Vickers Wellesley bomber whose crew of three had ‘ sandwiches and coffee sufficient for a 12-hour flight ’ . |
| 15 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 16 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 17 | Carruthers was appointed as District Geologist in charge and Dinham was also posted there from Scotland for a few years . |
| 18 | In Europe , Proteon 's products are showing good take-up , says Swan , to the extent that the company will start manufacturing in Scotland for the European market . |
| 19 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 20 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 21 | Soon red kites , breeding again in Scotland for the first time in 100 years , may be added to their list . |
| 22 | LAST autumn , the Bank was back on television in most of Scotland for the first time in more than two years with a campaign of three commercials . |
| 23 | Prison officers will be on strike across Scotland for the first time in their history . |
| 24 | He 's missing from the England team tomorrow of course but Gloucester will have a man playing for the Calcutta Cup … as skipper Ian Smith runs out with Scotland for the first time |
| 25 | Also representing Scotland for the first time today will be the Ferguslie all-rounder , Stuart Kennedy , who follows in the footsteps of brother , Iain , who was capped six times . |
| 26 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 27 | Beyond that would be a ferry flight to Leuchars in Scotland for the northern Battle of Britain display before settling upon Finningley the same day ( 19th ) for a display and a nightstop . |
| 28 | Brian Seymour 's crew brought her down from Scotland for the royal occasion and my crew joined at Southampton to put the final touches on the paint and brightwork . |
| 29 | They moved north to Scotland for an intensive period of training , and he found himself in command of a section of young volunteers , many of whom were to serve with him later in the Middle East . |
| 30 | He had addressed such matters in Edinburgh , St Andrews , and would in Glasgow , with an awareness that he was reporting Scotland for an English audience as he might have reported Bavaria or Sweden . |