Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun prp] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress position may vary for one of two reasons : either as a result of the stress on other words occurring next to the word in question , or because not all speakers of RP agree on the placement of stress in some words . |
| 2 | Adkin Financial Services offers comprehensive financial advice and support to clients of Adkin based on the extensive experience and know-how of its professional staff . |
| 3 | Generations of Morgans sat on the boards of General Motors , U.S. Steel , General Electric . |
| 4 | It was this success that made the merchants of England reflect on the desirability of destroying ‘ despotism ’ in Spanish America in order to establish direct trade in a market that British goods and British credit terms would dominate . |
| 5 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 6 | The gaolers of Holovich reneged on the agreement , the exchange will not take place . |
| 7 | Yet a crucial side-effect of the UDC programme has been to push hard-pressed local authorities into the arms of the private sector without the problems and costs of UDCs rebounding on the government . |
| 8 | The lights of Stornoway floated on a soft haze as we passed Arnish Lighthouse and almost regretfully we tied up at Cromwell Quay . |
| 9 | While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The citizens of Darlington reflect on the old buildings and wish today that they remained . ’ |