Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I think my race across the car park and the force of gravity just made the baby slip out !
2 Following this confrontation , a succession of crises seriously undermined the Mercian position further .
3 The upswing of accumulation partially absorbed the huge pool of labour in backward sectors ( including ex-agricultural workers drawn into service industries in the early fifties ) .
4 The Mayor of Hackney officially opened the show and over 800 people attended .
5 Fortunately this confusion of ranks also foxed the Germans , for ‘ Lieutenant Smith ’ was a nom de guerre .
6 Therefore , luminal infusion of bile significantly increased the release of PYY but not of enteroglucagon or VIP .
7 The review of RAWP also examined the use of census based socioeconomic variables ( so called ‘ social deprivation ’ factors ) to explain variation in health service use over and above that associated with the standardised mortality ratio .
8 The Department of Health also said the 88 new Aids cases reported last month was the highest increase for some time .
9 The New Zealand Government 's Department of Conservation therefore proposed the introduction of restrictions on the use of set-nets around Banks Peninsula , through the use of an Act of Parliament which most New Zealanders had probably never heard of .
10 The Department of Justice also published the names of 787 people granted indemnity for leaving the country without authority , although it was not clear how many of them could still be liable for prosecution for other offences .
11 The Department of Trade yesterday ordered the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to investigate Bupa 's proposed purchase of 10 British hospitals and seven nursing homes from the American-based HCA .
12 Three years ago a study by officials at the Department of Industry apparently backed the idea .
13 During Lloyd George 's premiership , the counterpoint of coalition almost drowned the theme of party , and many Unionists feared for the survival of politics as they knew it .
14 The institution of monarchy thus dominated the political horizon , whether it was thought of in terms of Divine Right or merely as a secular institution guaranteeing civil peace and security .
15 The Duchess of Kent today opened a centre in Oxford which could ease these difficulties .
16 BUCKINGHAM PALACE 4 October : The Duchess of York today opened the new terminal at Kent International Airport and later , as Patron of Museums Year 1989 , visited the Minster Agricultural and Rural Life Museum , Thanet , Kent .
17 The precise extent of those powers was the subject of constant dispute , and at this stage in constitutional development the play of politics still had a direct influence upon the definition of the king 's rights , especially his rights of justice .
18 ‘ A Dickensian mint julep , sire , ’ explained Sir Thomas , as the Prince of Wales apprehensively eyed the contents of his glass .
19 A SOMBRE Prince of Wales yesterday laid a wreath and saluted the Cenotaph at a Remembrance Sunday service in Hong Kong .
20 THE Queen Mother and the Prince of Wales yesterday missed the traditional Garter ceremony at Windsor .
21 Upon mobilisation , the Duke of Wurtemberg and the Crown Prince of Bavaria promptly received the command of an army each .
22 The manuscript of Taskopruzade omits the as , in effect , does Sa'deddin , who generally follows Taskopruzade very closely , the result of which omission is to say simply that he became at the Darulhadis. el-Kefevi 's text of Taskopruzade clearly included the however , since he states unequivocally that Molla Arab became Hizir Bey 's muid at the Darulhadis ; and there is thus a good case that , despite the doubts introduced by the manuscript of Taskopruzade and Sa'deddin , Taskopruzade intended the lahu .
23 A fact that becomes clear , however , was that the addition of heparin undoubtedly raised the incidence of bleeding ; those on no heparin had no severe bleeding , those who had subcutaneous heparin bled in about 0.5% of cases and those who received full heparin therapy bled in about 1% of cases .
24 A bit of fat never did a boy any harm , but we 're not going to pay for it as if it was lean .
25 The long hearing of the case before a board of inquiry finally confirmed the ban on the revered ‘ Oppy ’ in June 1954 .
26 The Board of Trade repeatedly advocated the use of ‘ lock and block ’ in its accident reports .
27 Do you know , I went in there right and the majority of people never took no blind bit of notice then suddenly one person walked through the door , you know , he 's always playing next to me and he sits down , puts his trumpet there , gets his trumpet on ya , sits there , turns round and the next thing he were laying on the floor going
28 The ancient Universities and the capital were the centres of education — the famous school of St. Paul 's was founded in 1509 — but the north west of England too felt the impetus of new ideas .
29 That there would be little support for the self-appraisal in terms of any provision of time perhaps emphasized the low priority accorded to it .
30 Incompetence at the Ministry of Education certainly lit the touch-paper .
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