Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | United 's defeat of Coventry City on Monday has sparked one of the biggest betting surges on the Championship for years . |
| 2 | Reid was found to have made ‘ foul comments ’ to the referee , George Tyson , at the end of QPR 's match against Manchester City on 9 September , while Caesar 's punishment follows his sending-off during Arsenal 's pre-season friendly against Independiente in the United States . |
| 3 | Boaden 's examination of L.A. expenditure on education reached the conclusion that ‘ it is the poor authorities who spend most , despite their relative poverty , ’ because they are run by Labour councils which are more favourably disposed towards high expenditure on education than Conservative councils . |
| 4 | , Walter ( fl. 1476–1499 ) , church musician and composer , Nothing is known for certain of his family , birth , and education ; there is no compelling reason to concur with speculation that the composer may be identifiable with the boy of this name who , having been born in Salisbury around 15 August 1451 or 1452 , was elected a King 's scholar of Eton College on 8 July 1467 . |
| 5 | Police intercepted the exchange of the goods near to the Sainsbury 's store in Ellesmere Port on December 18 , 1990 , the day the burglary had taken place . |
| 6 | The Private Greens have finally laid their bogey team — the Provincials — and now aim to set up a final decider for this year 's championship at Ulster Transport on Thursday , May 27 when the defending champions NIBA provide the opposition . |
| 7 | Halling has its fair share of chalk pits , from Bore 's Hole to Houlder Pit on the border with Snodland , these pits splitting the village in two with two passes , one the road from Halling Bottom to the Robin Hood and the other the footpath from the Black Boy to the Plough , Lower Halling . |
| 8 | Allon , a life-long United fan , spearheads Brentford 's attack at Roker Park on Saturday . |
| 9 | Implicit confirmation of government successes came with Savimbi 's statement on UNITA radio on March 5 that he was ready to accept an immediate ceasefire , under the mediation of Zaïre 's President Mobutu Sese Seko , provided the government abandoned its military gains of the past two months . |
| 10 | He led to Chelsea 's downfall at Selhurst Park on 30 January 1926 in the cup-tie which set up our attendance record of 41,000 and stood for nearly 40 years , and he took part in the 7–0 annihilation of Luton Town in a replay on 16 January 1929 in what was Palace 's equal best-ever Cup win . |
| 11 | The issue will come under the spotlight when the clubs assemble for the league 's AGM at Cemaes Bay on Saturday . |
| 12 | Jim received a first and thoroughly well-merited Testimonial in November 1980 , cruised past Terry Long 's previous club record of 442 League appearances in April 1985 and proceeded to notch up his 500th League game for us at Birmingham on 18 October 1986 , his 550th League match at Hull City on 19 December 1987 and his 650th overall ( ie : including major Cup ties ) upon the occasion of Oldham Athletic 's visit to Selhurst Park on 5 March 1988 . |
| 13 | As part of the same appeal , Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Bishops ' Conferences of Europe call on every Catholic Church in Europe to set aside New Year 's Day as a ‘ special day of prayer for peace in Europe , and in particular in the Balkans ’ . |