Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governors of Teesside Poly have agreed to redesignate the Middlesbrough seat of learning as the University of Teesside . |
| 2 | After three years of property slump in the home counties it has never been easier to leap over the Watford Gap by moving from the north to the south . |
| 3 | Accounting and Business Research is edited by Bob Parker , Professor of Accountancy at the University of Exeter and Chris Nobes , Coopers & Lybrand Professor of Accounting at the University of Reading . |
| 4 | A SPRAINED ankle will prevent Wallaby hero David Campese from playing before the November 21 Test against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 5 | A French judge on Jan. 12 , 1990 , ordered the arrest of ETA leaders Francisco Múgika Garmendía , José Javier Zabaleta Elósegui , José Arcos and José Arregui Erostarbe for questioning about an arsenal discovered in Anglet in December 1989 . |
| 6 | The committee approved the application for the estate off Dinsdale Close without commenting on the request . |
| 7 | The pink-coloured building that overlooks a municipal car park rode out glorious days under the renowned Alexandre Dumaine before crumbling into a state of tatty neglect . |
| 8 | Turning inland again , we paused at Nadur church before returning to the sea at Hondoq . |
| 9 | However , like the paternalistic approach to the working class of the Peabody Trust and the Octavia Hill system of housing in the nineteenth century , which attempted to train tenants in the virtues of punctual payment and thrift by enforcing a ban on arrears , the housing benefit simply seeks to make people pay their rent by paying if for them . |
| 10 | On every floor the two ex-public schoolboys are helped into Armani suits , Ralph Lauren sweaters and Pierre Cardin shirts before leaving without a purchase . |
| 11 | Lining up tonight in the 450 metres event are the highly-rated Belle Vue racer No Joe Soap , Powderhall 's Rhincrew Legend , Dawn Milligan 's Smashiton , Sheffield-based Ragus and Gordon Rooks ' Movealong Sharp , which won three on the trot at the East Boldon circuit before losing on the run-in last week . |
| 12 | Mrs Austin accused Middlesbrough Council of behaving in an ‘ underhand ’ manner and said residents should have been consulted . |
| 13 | On a TV Wogan show , Ken would pay tribute to Marty Feldman for writing Round The Horne . |
| 14 | Scarborough Group enticed internationally renowned playwright Alan Ayckbourn into posing for a press photograph while signing appeal letters . |
| 15 | The sensational events connected with the unfortunate Griffin overshadowed a fine performance by the England side in winning by an innings and also by Brian Statham , who had his best-ever Test figures of 11 for 97 . |
| 16 | The House summoned him to attend in August , and in October Rushbrooke was searched for arms ; in mid-November he was again summoned , accused of sending the king money and discouraging the Bury townsmen from contributing on the Propositions . |
| 17 | This track offers a splendid high-level walk free of traffic ; it finally descends to Dent by way of Flinter Gill after passing below a hilltop crowned by a group of old cairns known as Megger Stones . |
| 18 | I thought their finest moment was when , having lost the semi-final to England in a match controversially shortened by rain , they sportingly accepted what they regarded as a ludicrous interpretation of a ludicrous set of rules and publicly shook hands with the England team before starting on a lap of farewell of the stadium . |
| 19 | De Klerk stressed the need for " built-in guarantees and mechanisms which would prevent South Africa from falling into a one-party state or being delivered into the hands of an irrational dictator " . |
| 20 | But it seems that neither had any connection with a much more notable and wholly bona fide development , the National Union of Ships ' Stewards , Cooks , Butchers and Bakers which appeared in Liverpool in 1909 under the charismatic leadership of Joe Cotter , known as " Explosive Joe " , who , it has been claimed , had been fired by the Cunard Line for agitating against the influx of continental cooks and stewards on to British ships . |
| 21 | CAROL McDONALD After working for the Company as a Temporary Secretary for four months , Carol McDonald was appointed to the position of Clerkess in the Axminster and Wilton Yarn Preparation Office . |
| 22 | Vertical equity is the Robin Hood principle of taking from the rich to give to the poor . |
| 23 | Lest there be any doubts about this , consider the Maastricht Declaration on Voting in the Field of the Common Foreign and Security Policy : ‘ The Conference agrees that , with regard to Council decisions requiring unanimity , Member States will , to the extent possible , avoid preventing a unanimous decision where a qualified majority exists in favour of that decision . ’ |
| 24 | Nos. 41 and 57 which must have had some defects , were sold to T. W. Ward for scrapping at the same time . |
| 25 | Proponents argue it would stabilise the pound and save Mr Lawson from resorting to the conventional answer to a currency crisis : a big emergency increase in interest rates . |
| 26 | Maybe Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise , Julia Roberts in Sleeping With The Enemy or Jodie Foster in Silence Of The Lambs . |
| 27 | Pressure to move to a policy of electoral reform is certain to grow , and the Left is expected to line up behind Mr Gould by calling for a radical rethink of economic policy . |
| 28 | Mr Mann accused Mr Sugar of behaving in a ‘ reprehensible ’ manner , which was unfair and prejudicial to Mr Venables and his company . |
| 29 | In order to forestall third-party Pentium development from screeching to a halt , Intel is prepared to supply a relative handful of parts to support on-going projects . |
| 30 | The rules covering inquests on deaths abroad were changed following the death of Helen Smith , the British nurse who died in Saudi Arabia after falling from a balcony . |