Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Plato in a marvellous metaphor ( Republic 488 ) Demos was a huge , deaf old sea-captain , drugged and overpowered by ignorant riff-raff who take over the wheel themselves — true , except for the word ‘ ignorant ’ . |
| 2 | More than 70 people died during March in a fresh wave of violence in parts of Punjab . |
| 3 | He went for Ward in a crouching run , and Ward just stood there , as though transfixed . |
| 4 | Former Argentine captain Diego Maradona scored his second goal for Sevilla with a 20th-minute penalty in a 32 home win over Rayo Vallecano . |
| 5 | 26027 runs through Victoria with a down mineral train in 1965 . |
| 6 | They had been made for Maria by a Polish émigré , Floryan Wyspianski , a man in his early thirties , who had settled in Budapest after the war . |
| 7 | The Swiss Alps are now our destination where we head for Lucerne for a one night stop . |
| 8 | In the west from off the east coast of the United States at depths of 2452–3659 m ; in the east from the Rockall Trough , the Porcupine Sea Bight , the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal with a bathymetric range of 1560–3548 m . |
| 9 | They are asked to develop the double glazing for Mercedes on a non-exclusive basis and they offer it to us , ’ says Reitzle . |
| 10 | PAUL GASCOIGNE saved the day for Lazio with a late equaliser against rivals Roma on Sunday . |
| 11 | On Page 3 , Chris Greentree describes his goal for LASMO in a special message to all employees . |
| 12 | It had seemed a good idea , but how could she ask for Dana in a strange shop ? |
| 13 | His task in Caerphilly is the political equivalent of storming the moated thirteenth century castle Britain 's second biggest , after Windsor with a single mortar chisel . |
| 14 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |
| 15 | Octreotide was given five minutes before ERCP as an intravenous bolus injectio of 100 µg and immediately after ERCP as a subcutaneous injection of 100 µg . |
| 16 | Lunch was served in the Cathedral Hall after Mass in a relaxed atmosphere ; followed by the Centenary annual meeting . |
| 17 | Ray Stephen scored for Nancy in a 5–2 defeat in Marseille 's Velodrome Stadium last season . |
| 18 | In addition to the securities scandal , the Japanese financial establishment was embarrassed during July by a separate scandal involving the Marubeni Corporation , and bank scandals including a huge illegal loans scheme at the Fuji bank . |
| 19 | Honours Degree in Zoology , Gavin Hanna joined Douglas Reyburn during May as a Technical Manager Graduate Trainee . |
| 20 | Dave Gynnne replied for Wickham with a fine header . |
| 21 | Given that it would remove the functions of the Secretary of State for Scotland to a Scottish Parliament , the hon. and learned Gentleman would presumably accept that there is no role for a Scottish Secretary of State , or Scottish Prime Minister to use his terminology , within the United Kingdom Cabinet . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Souness , who won more than 50 caps for Scotland in a playing career that saw him become the driving force in Liverpool 's domination of Europe , was fined £100 by the Scottish FA in January 1989 for comments to a referee after a Premier Division game at Aberdeen . |
| 24 | He climbed rapidly to 45,000 feet , called up his tanker and ‘ topped off ’ his fuel-tanks to begin the run for England with a full load . |
| 25 | John Ainsworth and Barry Moore each netted twice for Octel in a 5-2 win over Wirral Athletic and a Carl Walker hat-trick gained Vauxhalls a 5-0 second division success over AES Sutton Way . |
| 26 | The last leg took me down through the fringes of the Forest of Dean along a narrowing spur . |
| 27 | In addition to their port duties , Lerwick staff had to cover controls at Sumburgh Airport which was thirty miles south of Lerwick over a bumpy switchback road . |
| 28 | During his reign he added vast territories to the Frankish kingdom that he had inherited ; Lombardy ( the traditional enemy of both Franks and papacy ) , parts of Spain , all of Saxony over a prolonged period of campaigning , and Slavonic regions of the Drave and Elbe . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal reserved judgment on the challenge by auctioneers Messenger May Baverstock of Guildford to a High Court ruling that they had been negligent in selling for £840 two oil paintings that soon fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's as works of George Stubbs . |
| 30 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |