Example sentences of "[noun sg] of london [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Brut and the Chronicle of London commented on the youth of those who attended , and Gloucester , Arundel , Devon , Warenne and Huntingdon excused themselves on grounds of age and infirmity . |
| 2 | The universities are not formally sub-divided , but informal groupings based on origin and type distinguish between Oxbridge ( Oxford and Cambridge ) , the large federal university of London founded in the early nineteenth century , the larger ‘ civic ’ universities established later in the nineteenth century in provincial cities ( e.g. Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Bristol ) , the smaller civics such as Exeter , Hull or Leicester , the ‘ new ’ universities founded ab initio in the 1960s , such as Lancaster , Essex and Sussex , the ‘ ex-CATS ’ such as Aston , Salford and Bradford , which were upgraded from Colleges of Advanced Technology at around the same time , and the Scottish , Welsh and two Northern Irish universities . |
| 3 | In 1867 a report of a committee of the Harveian Medical Society of London called for the expansion of the 1866 legislation to London and other large towns . |
| 4 | About that time the Tower of London fell to the rebel citizens and Bishop Stapledon of Exeter , whom Edward had left in charge of the city , was lynched : he was dragged from his horse to the great cross in Cheapside , stripped of his armour and beheaded with a bread-knife . |
| 5 | But when the City of London emerged as the last centre of strength for the Whig opponents of royal policy at the beginning of the 1680s , it was asked by a writ of quo warranto to show that it was entitled to all the powers it had been exercising . |