Example sentences of "[v-ing] the river " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some years , the Purnells had been using the River Frome , the lower stretch of which had previously been dredged and cleared by Richard Owen Cambridge of Whitminster , to move coal and iron to and from the Severn to their mills at Framilode and Fromebridge . |
| 2 | There is evidence of Roman traders setting up a depot near Braughing , using the River Lea as the transport link with the Thames . |
| 3 | Oil giant Shell UK appeared in court at Birkenhead , Merseyside yesterday charged with polluting the River Mersey in the first major case brought by the new pollution watchdog , the National Rivers Authority . |
| 4 | Shell is charged with polluting the River Mersey by allowing crude oil to enter the river at Bromborough , Wirral , on 19 August — contrary to the Control of Pollution Act of 1974 — from a fractured pipeline from Birkenhead 's Tranmere Oil Terminal to Shell 's Stanlow refinery at Ellesmere Port . |
| 5 | Graham Feakins , from Gloucester , is charged with polluting the River Lyd in the Forest of Dean last year . |
| 6 | As reported ( Echo , Feb 12 ) the solicitor defending British Steel against a charge of polluting the River Tees said : ‘ The company is extremely environmentally conscious . ’ |
| 7 | An Oxfordshire construction company has been fined more than one and a half thousand pounds for polluting the River Wray . |
| 8 | ‘ When I was in London I paid people to ascertain if the Templar church near Fleet Street contained anything resembling the River Jordan or the Ark of Moses . ’ |
| 9 | The author has encountered a covenant on a site bounding the River Test in Hampshire , where from the back of the house to the boundary no construction of any sort was permitted above ground level and trees and vegetation could not exceed 6 feet in height . |
| 10 | They plan to continue searching the River Severn and the Gloucester to Sharpness canal tomorrow morning . |
| 11 | There is a long running case before the House of Lords concerning the River Derwent at present about whether rights of way can be established on waterways in the same way as on land . |
| 12 | I spent an exhilarating day cruising the River Ord , speeding through spectacular scenery in a high-powered boat . |
| 13 | Yet another tributary of the Leadon is the Glynch Brook , joining the River Leadon near Upleadon . |
| 14 | Naked limestone is a feature of the river bed and there are caves in the bank below Danny Bridge in its lower reaches before joining the River Rawthey just before Sedbergh . |
| 15 | Father had booked accommodation with Mrs Mackay , at Skail ; a lady of rigid Presbyterian principals , but also , it was alleged , not above netting the River Naver , which flowed conveniently past her back door . |
| 16 | Tanya Probyn 's car had been driven along a lane at Stonebench in Gloucestershire before reaching the River Severn . |
| 17 | In the early hours of 9th January , 1969 , Vigilant sighted the suspect vessel entering the River Swale near the Isle of Sheppey and followed her in at a safe distance . |
| 18 | And frogmen have been dragging the River Severn near Hardwicke looking for clues . |
| 19 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |
| 20 | The two-bedroom cottage needs refurbishment but it is in a superb location , in the middle of woodland owned by the National Trust and overlooking the River Yealm . |
| 21 | Right at the top of the scale must be Waddeton Court , near Stoke Gabriel , overlooking the River Dart . |
| 22 | It also carries with it an impressive ‘ grace and favour ’ set of apartments in the Palace of Westminster overlooking the River Thames . |
| 23 | In the violent argument which followed , Coleridge was prevented from running at his brother with a knife by the return of their mother , and then fled from the house , still in an ‘ agony of passion ’ , stopping only when he reached a hill overlooking the River Otter a mile from the town . |
| 24 | Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Water sports are particularly well catered for with the advantageous siting of the University overlooking the River Bann . |
| 26 | Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | Water sports are particularly well catered for with the advantageous siting of the University overlooking the River Bann . |
| 28 | The Faculty accommodation at Magee College is situated on the top floor of a new , purpose-designed building overlooking the River Foyle . |
| 29 | One of the best preserved parts is Chesters Roman Fort , set among the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland , overlooking the River North Tyne . |
| 30 | THE ATTENTION of the world 's drug companies will next week be focused on a conference room overlooking the River Thames in London . |