Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [v-ing] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lockerbie enquiry 's been suspended for two days after a solicitor representing families of American victims , died in a car crash . |
| 2 | The building — called the Old Manor House — was allegedly the scene of a naked ‘ wedding ceremony ’ and Miss Dale has also been at the centre of a storm surrounding payments of £4,000 made by the Treasury to help fund Chancellor Norman Lamont 's legal expenses to get her out of his London house . |
| 3 | Rule 2 of the No 3 Amendment Rules 1991 inserts Ord 25 , r 5A and provides that : where the judgment creditor claims interest pursuant to the County Court ( Interest on Judgment Debts ) Order 1991 and takes proceedings to enforce payment under the relevant judgment ( within the meaning of Art 4(1) of that Order ) , any request or application for enforcement made in those proceedings shall be accompanied by two copies of a certificate giving details of : ( 1 ) the amount of interest claimed and the sum on which it is claimed , ( 2 ) the dates from and to which interest has accrued , and ( 3 ) the rate of interest which has been applied and , where more than one rate of interest has been applied , the relevant dates and rates . |
| 4 | However , the dissolution of Poland 's parliament in May , on the eve of a bill regulating imports of ozone depleting freons being put before the Senate , the upper house , could hamper progress , according to the spokesman . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the jury 's finding that Poindexter was part of a conspiracy involving members of the Reagan administration amounted to the clearest judicial verdict yet rendered upon the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 6 | This broad definition may ultimately empty the term of meaning ; one is left with a scholar pushing writers of the past through a psycho-sexual hoop . |
| 7 | Lamb alerted the umpires at Lord 's to Pakistan bowling with a ball showing signs of unnatural wear . |
| 8 | In the celebrated case of ( Re : M ) quoted in The Times , 9 May 1985 , the Court of Appeal ruled that an adoption order with a condition giving rights of access to the natural mother would only be made in the most unusual and exceptional circumstances . |
| 9 | Demarcation problems were foreseen if a county court had to deal with a dispute involving men of different counties , or when a " criminal " fled from one county into another . |
| 10 | The seymouriamorphs were a major phylum on the evolutionary ladder with a skeleton featuring characteristics of both reptiles and amphibians , and probably were descendants of a missing link of transitional animals . |
| 11 | ABOVE A conservator reconstructing pieces of painted plaster . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell met I have n't sat here on this bed like a boy in a schoolroom reciting lists of facts for nothing ! ’ |
| 13 | This is a case study of self-evaluation in a school using procedures of its own devising , rather than ones suggested by an LEA . |
| 14 | This row comes several months after the BBC current affairs series Panorama was banned from using extremely sensitive material on the Orkney affair in a programme investigating cases of alleged ritual abuse after an interdict was brought on behalf of the families and RSSPCC . |
| 15 | She accused the President of carrying out a " constitutional coup d'etat " , hinting that he was party to a conspiracy involving sections of the Army , especially military intelligence . |
| 16 | If you had 700 quid in your pocket and you wanted to take a flyer , you would n't spend it on a band comprising ex-members of Clock DVA , would you ? |
| 17 | On March 20 members of the OMON opened fire with automatic weapons on a bus carrying members of the Lithuanian defence force , injuring at least two of the seven men on board . |
| 18 | MUSLIM fundamentalists yesterday fired on a schoolbus carrying children of members of the Algerian security forces , seriously wounding the driver . |
| 19 | MUSLIM fundamentalists yesterday fired on a schoolbus carrying children of members of the Algerian security forces , seriously wounding the driver . |
| 20 | The project will be guided by a board comprising members of Middlesbrough Council , Teesside Training and Enterprise Council , industry and commerce . |