Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun prp] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not noted for his ability in the air , Gascoigne sensed the kill and found it in himself to jump high , evade the challenge of tall defender Silvano Bendetti and meet the ball with power and precision , guiding it emphatically past goalkeeper Giuseppe Zinetti . |
| 2 | By careful husbandry , Venables rebuilt the side with signings such as solid defender Neil Ruddock and promising forward Darren Anderton . |
| 3 | SUNDERLAND caretaker boss Malcolm Crosby has hit out at transfer-listed striker Thomas Hauser and told the towering target man to get his act together . |
| 4 | Numbers had swelled to eighty by the time the group reached the old Tartar Frigate Inn and poured onto the pier . |
| 5 | SyQuest Technology Inc , Fremont , California has had enough of French start-up Nomai SA and has started legal proceedings in Paris to stop the sale of what it claims are illegal copies of SyQuest removable Winchester disk cartridges and to obtain other legal relief : the complaint was filed before the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ; it already has an injunction against the company in the US , but Nomai has continued to ship its cartridges outside the US , which SyQuest believes is in violation of both the original temporary restraining and subsequent stipulated order . |
| 6 | This was briefly halted after it was designated a Grade I listed building by the Scottish secretary Ian Lang but recommenced after the local council declared much of the structure dangerous . |
| 7 | Crippled by gunshot wounds they were rescued by British doctor Pauline Cutting and taken for treatment to Stoke Mandeville and the National Spinal Injuries Unit . |
| 8 | The hut was situated in a cutting on the track-bed of the old East Lincolnshire line that ran between Grimsby and Peterborough via Boston ; we are talking about the southern section of this once busy line . |
| 9 | Foreign Affairs Minister A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman visited the Soviet Union on July 9-12 , holding talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Aleksandr Bessmertnykh and signing a consular convention . |
| 10 | April : April 1 : Bessmertnykh discussed in Beijing measures to resolve Soviet-Chinese border disputes , and the reduction of troops on both sides of the border ; April 4 : Polish Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki held talks with Gorbachev in Moscow on the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland , the internal situation in both countries , and prospects for co-operation ; April 4 : Romanian President Iliescu arrived in Moscow to sign the Soviet-Romanian Treaty ; April 8-9 : Bessmertnykh , visiting Belgrade , supported the preservation of Yugoslavia 's territorial integrity ; April 8 : Viktor Komplektov named as new Soviet ambassador to the USA ; April 9-10 : Bessmertnykh had talks in Athens with Greek President Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and signed a treaty of friendship and co-operation ; April 16-19 : President Gorbachev visited Japan , the first visit by a Soviet leader , and had a number of ( inconclusive ) discussions with Japanese officials about the fate of the disputed Kurile Islands — the main obstacle to a significant increase in the amount of Japanese aid and credits to the USSR ; April 17 : as part of a $3,000 million aid package agreed earlier in the year , the South Korean Export-Import bank signed an agreement giving the Soviet Union $800 million worth of credits to purchase South Korean raw materials and consumer goods . |
| 11 | The vote was made at the request of Mitsotakis after he dismissed Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and assumed the post himself on April 13 . |
| 12 | Relations had already become seriously strained following the mid-March execution in Baghdad of the United Kingdom-based journalist Farzad Bazoft and had worsened towards the end of the month when the UK and the United States claimed to have foiled an Iraqi plot to import nuclear detonators [ see p. 37322 ] . |
| 13 | Having failed to reach a cross about five yards over his head in training yesterday the irrepressible Rangers marksman clambered on the shoulders of towering team-mate Dave McPherson and chirped : ‘ I 'll get the next one ! ’ |
| 14 | Mr Neilsen appeared under his real name Gary Neilsen and admitted one charge of assault , the other 2 were dismissed . |
| 15 | Besiktas are coached by ex-Liverpool midfielder Gordon Milne and have qualified for the European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 16 | THERE was something particularly touching about the picture of murdered teenager Johanna Young that dominated newspaper front pages this week . |
| 17 | In anticipation of the move , Mr Whitbread has already handed effective control of the company to his chief executive Peter Jarvis and has been made non-executive chairman . |
| 18 | InformationWeek quotes Taligent Inc chief executive Joe Guglielmi as saying his folks have a version of its object-oriented operating system up and running on an Apple Computer Inc Macintosh Quadra : Taligent , which intends publishing specifications this year followed by a developer 's kit , has also written some low-level applications for the system along the lines of Apple 's MacDraw — but the final system is not due until 1995 . |
| 19 | It quoted chief executive John Holloran as saying that the process of seeking a listing had begun . |
| 20 | They had lunch with Edinburgh-born presenter John Leslie and spent the afternoon watching rehearsals for the live show . |
| 21 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 22 | Among the peers identified by the parliamentary writer Andrew Roth as voting in favour of a measure which would oblige a labourer to pay the same amount of tax as a millionaire were the Duke of Buccleuch , the biggest landowner in Europe , the beef magnate Lord Vestey , another of the richest men in Britain , and the eighty-three-year-old Marquis of Bath , of the Longleat Estate . |
| 23 | Already a qualified pilot , he may follow in the flightpath of former West Indies fast bowler Colin Croft and pursue a flying career in America in conjunction with a two-year degree course . |
| 24 | Mr Wrigglesworth is deputy chairman of Middlesbrough-based engineer Livingstone Group that includes Northern Machine Tools , and Darlington engineer DFN within its operations . |
| 25 | Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year . |
| 26 | Piontek may sell danish international striker Frank Pingel and buy Strandli to Bursaspor , Turkey where he is manager . |
| 27 | FORMER England boss Bobby Robson yesterday spoke of his sympathy for beleaguered successor Graham Taylor and told the critics : ‘ Let's get round and support him . ’ |
| 28 | This could be the year Nigel Mansell finally overcomes his great rival Ayrton Senna and clinches the world motor racing championship which has so far eluded him . |
| 29 | Despite the absence of injured quarterback Neil O'Donnell and suspended tight end Eric Green , it was business as usual for Pittsburgh as Foster ran for 168 yards and two touchdowns . |
| 30 | An eighteenth-century Sussex ox outweighed the famous touring Durham Ox and stood 168cm tall . |