Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be more accurate , I had gained dispensation from the CAA to carry out test-flights for the renewal of a C of A and from the PFA for the test-flight programme of a new homebuilt aircraft . |
| 2 | In her book , The Limits of Sex , Celia Haddon describes how claims for the value and importance of physical sex became ever more extravagant . |
| 3 | In Uzbekistan , President Islam Karimov stepped up pressure on the democratic and Islamic opposition and tightened border controls with Tajikistan . |
| 4 | NWD snaps up 15% of the market , Hewlett-Packard and DEC have 17% apiece , IBM lags behind at 14% , while Network Computing Devices Inc leads the field with 25% . |
| 5 | Both Hanger and Leeman broke up heads with the Stanley skip being obliged to do so more often — largely due to the continuing accuracy of Harrington , the Brackley No 2 . |
| 6 | The next day Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) guerrillas loyal to Chairman Yassir Arafat took up positions in the hills , ostensibly to act as a " buffer force " . |
| 7 | Young John Lucas , who lived hard by and sat on Professor Ramsey 's head to recite Greek verbs , heard stories from his father of Ramsey taking on atheists in the university in public debate and wiping the floor with them . |
| 8 | They were the first national employees to receive service awards in Colombia , as it is five years since LASMO set up business in the country . |
| 9 | However Mr Stevens ' visit to Belfast and his trip to see Nelson has prompted speculation that he was asked by Sir Hugh to go over details of the Finucane murder again with Nelson in case something was overlooked in the original investigation . |
| 10 | Powered by six NK11As of 2,500hp each this strategic bomber was intended to be based in Hokkaido to carry out attacks on the Continental USA , using radar to ensure target identification at night or in bad weather . |
| 11 | The Burtons let off part of the house and lived in the rest . |
| 12 | Of particular interest will be the information that : 1 ) Michael Smurfit subscribed for £500,000 ( and not £100,000 as reported elsewhere ) shares in UPH , the company that first acquired the site from the liquidator ; 2 ) Larry Goodman is also a shareholder in UPH through Paribas ; 3 ) John Finnegan , the principal in Finnegan Menton , was an advisory in the original sale to UPH ( at £4.4m ) and to Telecom ( at £9.4m ) only 17 months later ; 4 ) The site had been offered to other property developers by Finnegan Menton at £2.7m in 1988 ; 5 ) The sale to the so-called European consortium , i.e. Noel Smyth 's friends , ( at £6.75m ) was only fully concluded days before Telecom paid over £9.4m for the same site ; 6 ) The bank behind the Smyth/Doherty consortium in Ansbacher Bank . |
| 13 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |
| 14 | On balance he 'd have preferred to have seen them take on a top world fast bowler to ease the new-ball burden on him — as indeed they intended before negotiations with Australia 's Craig McDermott broke down months before the start of the season — but sees at least one advantage in having a star batsman rather than bowler . |
| 15 | But we must now return to England to consider briefly part of the lively contribution to the developments we are discussing made by Sir Edward Tylor ( 1832–1917 ) . |
| 16 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 17 | JFK BLEW OUT CANDLE IN THE WIND |
| 18 | Alexander took only part of the advice . |
| 19 | It is against that background that the DES approach to the CNAA to take over responsibility for the DMS has to be seen . |
| 20 | Creaney , brought up on legends of the Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup before he was born , is due to play his first full match in Europe when Celtic take on Cologne in the UEFA Cup first round first leg in Germany this week . |
| 21 | Brenda washed up mugs at the sink . |
| 22 | Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business . |
| 23 | Rosine Greenfield handed over £395 for the black Austin A35 at Lincoln . |
| 24 | His poster for this film shows Googie Withers gazing over fields at the distant figure of the neighbouring farmer she loves . |
| 25 | Four Hartlepool men alleged to have travelled to North Yorkshire to carry out burglaries at the Malt Shovel pub at Hovingham and the Castle Howard Caravan Park were remanded in custody by Scarborough magistrates yesterday . |
| 26 | Former GB tourist Des Foy and fellow centre John Henderson are also on their way to Fartown , with Oldham picking up £10,000 for the pair . |
| 27 | The final breaking point between Khomeini and the Shah came over relations with the United States , In July 1964 the government introduced a bill that allowed American military advisers and their families to be subject to American , no Iranian , courts . |
| 28 | First it 'll stop off at Brize Norton to pick up supplies for the Tornadoes operating the air exclusion zone . |
| 29 | NatWest paid around £355,000 for the freehold to Pearl Assurance , and for its money it has a building with a ground floor of 1,952 sq ft plus first floor offices of 1,749 sq ft . |
| 30 | Liverpool Lord Mayor Coun Michael Black sees off children from the Alice Elliott School , Childwall Picture : EDDIE BARFORD |