Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in 1983 , a consensus seemed to be emerging among theorists using computer models of the atmosphere that this material , now spreading across the northern hemisphere , would lead to a cooling of perhaps half a degree Centigrade , with the peak effect occurring in the late summer of 1983 or the winter of 1983–84 . |
| 2 | The Commission 's role was understood to include supervising implementation of the peace accord , and organizing national legislative and presidential elections to be held in 1992 . |
| 3 | In consequence only 17 paired measurements were used in some cases for the comparison between placebo and loperamide oxide phases of the study . |
| 4 | Table III summarises the results during the placebo and loperamide oxide phases of the study . |
| 5 | Back in England , BA union officials who tried to get more information about who was on board found computer records of the passenger list had disappeared . |
| 6 | I was voted Club Athlete of the Year . |
| 7 | People read , knit , iron , drink , talk , play cards , make love , build matchstick models of the Queen Mary … all in front of Coronation Street or News at Ten . |
| 8 | In the second most reported rape trial of the year , six youths were accused of the gang rape of two schoolgirls . |
| 9 | Mr Graham is to provide committee members of the Police Committee with a breakdown of how Cheshire 's officers are deployed . |
| 10 | Part of the evidence at the inquest will include video footage of the streets of Gornji Vakuf , where the young soldier lost his life . |
| 11 | A jury will be assembled for L/Cpl Edwards ' inquest and part of the evidence will include video footage of the streets of Gornji Vakuf , where the young soldier died . |
| 12 | It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair . |
| 13 | The case of Malcolm Fairley , known as ‘ The Fox ’ , was the most widely reported court case of the year where the offence of rape was the main charge . |
| 14 | When the Haldanes challenged the Campbell influence in Stirling , they promised Deacon Ellise of the hammermen that he should be made smith of the Castle and that a member of the tailor 's trade should replace the castle storeman . |
| 15 | It was agreed that this might best be achieved by a series of dinners to launch development projects of the University . |
| 16 | Before becoming deputy chairman of the Defence Council under Gorbachev , Baklanov had been in the CPSU secretariat [ see p. 38131 ] , and had worked for the military-industrial complex . |
| 17 | On becoming locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway in 1878 Adams rapidly introduced urgently needed , more powerful , and reliable locomotives for passenger , suburban , and freight traffic , which were robust in construction and elegant in outline , especially the outside-cylindered 4–4–0 express type . |
| 18 | In 1542 , when Rutland was nominated lord warden of the marches , Markham was appointed to his inner council . |
| 19 | Despite the confusion , there were opportunities for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to meet founder members of the RAF and veterans . |
| 20 | The accounts , accompanied by scrupulously clear distribution maps , provide eyewitness descriptions of the ecology and behaviour of cotingas , based chiefly on 20 years of fieldwork conducted by the author and his wife . |
| 21 | He sponsored documentary films of the Boer War and also travel and scientific films , and distributed the films of Williamson and others . |
| 22 | Galileo 's view contradicted Church doctrine of the time that the earth was in a fixed position . |
| 23 | A further decree in 1982 , this time initiated by a civilian government , reinforced state control of the banking and finance sectors and went a little way to encourage Nigerian capital to invest more in the manufacturing sector . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , ’ say City fans of the way it quietly concentrates on its local patch and gets on with the job . |
| 25 | In this context it seeks to inform public opinion of the importance of protecting the traditional character of the Welsh rural environment , and to persuade decision-makers at every level to have due regard for this objective in carrying out their responsibilities . |
| 26 | This anomaly can be explained by a strong but short telemagmatic heating event , with coalification having preceded porosity loss of the reservoir rocks , and/or by fracture porosity gained through tectonic disturbance of the rocks . |
| 27 | A Forum for Security and Co-operation , whose creation was endorsed by leaders representing member states of the Conference for Security and Co-Operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in July [ see pp. 39030-31 ] , was formally inaugurated in Vienna on Sept. 22 . |
| 28 | The project faces up to eight months of discussions between Boeing and its customers to finalise design details of the plane . |
| 29 | ‘ Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods , he may exercise his lien or right of retention on the remainder , unless such part delivery has been made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to waive the lien or right of retention . ’ |
| 30 | He completed the revision of his Bengali translation of the Scriptures and received progress reports of the mission 's activities . |