Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun] of [noun] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The World Bank-backed drive — which incidentally violates United Nations recognition of East Timor as an independent country — tells newlyweds that birth control ( or better still , sterilization ) is the key to health . |
2 | I am pleased that through the good settlement that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain for the year ahead and , through it , the Welsh Arts Council , the Welsh National Opera 's overall income from the two arts councils will rise by about 7 per cent . |
3 | The Coverdale Hotel in the Yorkshire Dales village of West Scarfton near Leyburn has been put on the market at £275,000 . |
4 | After the Khmers Rouges announced their boycott , ceasefire violations were said to have worsened , with outbreaks of fierce fighting between their guerrillas and government troops north of Phnom Penh during July and August . |
5 | A couple of sets of Scalar strings courtesy of Clive Norris at Selectron are winging their way to him as we speak . |
6 | Many thanks for suggesting this solo go to Mr S. Adams from Plaistow , London — a couple of sets of Scalar strings courtesy of Clive Norris at Selectron will be on their way to you soon … |
7 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
8 | North Rona is one of Scotland 's most remote islands , lying 30 miles north of the Butt of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and 30 miles northwest of Cape Wrath in Sutherland . |
9 | In the Afon Argoed Country Park , five miles north-east of Port Talbot on the A4107 , is a Miners ' Museum , set up by the South Wales Miners Museum Committee , and a fine exhibition of the conditions and equipment of coal mining in the area . |
10 | It was converted from a nobleman 's residence situated about two and a half miles north-east of San Gimignano on the way to Certaldo , is surrounded by its own gardens and is tastefully appointed in every aspect . |
11 | The six received their awards from the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain at London 's Royal Garden Hotel . |
12 | Rampur was created in the late 18th century and encompassed an area of about 890 square miles , 150 miles north of New Delhi in the United Provinces ( now Uttar Pradesh ) . |
13 | He was going back to La Jolla , the small town in California about ten miles north of San Diego on the Pacific coast . |