Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [noun prp] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a question of whether to turn away with tears in her eyes , admitting failure , or giving Amsterdam a taste of her temper . |
| 2 | THE NEXT Labour government will abandon the ‘ corrupt priorities ’ of the Tories ' education policies and make Britain the brains of Europe , Jack Straw , the party 's education spokesman said yesterday . |
| 3 | He wrote it down and handed Brownlow the slip of paper . |
| 4 | He took early retirement in 1990 after 25 years at IBM and joined Softwright a couple of months later . |
| 5 | Anyway , the Perm leapt up and booted Charlie a couple of times in the ear with those famous feet until the heavies pulled him away . |
| 6 | But neither of them felt particularly inclined to get back and tell Evelyn the results of their investigation . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , yes , ’ Athelstan murmured and gave Parchmeiner the details of Horne 's death . |
| 8 | Despite being rather shocked , they responded extremely well , and gave Joanne a lot of help and support . |
| 9 | Charles resolved to travel to Rome to settle the feud , and gave Leo the protection of Frankish warriors to return home in the meantime . |
| 10 | Mr McQueen joined them at table , and gave Johnson the kind of local knowledge he loved — the economics , way of life , problems of such an existence . |
| 11 | Sam the barman dug out a pint and gave Milland a couple of adding machines in change . |
| 12 | He brushed a few drops of sea water off the top of the carburettor , dabbed the float chamber full and gave Mariana a shrug of apology before kicking the starter . |
| 13 | But he says : ‘ I honestly believe we are on the verge of the big breakthrough , promotion to the First Division and making London the headquarters of rugby league in this country . ’ |
| 14 | Otto was counselled by his supporters to return to Germany to maintain his position and to marry Beatrice the daughter of Philip of Swabia to whom he had been betrothed . |
| 15 | If future arrangements were inadequate , my right Hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State would undoubtedly use those powers . |
| 16 | At that time the Hon. Gentleman expressed the hope that between then and Report his Hon. Friend the Minister would look into the matter , talk to his right Hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State and decide that it was more logical to have one body looking after all transport issues in Scotland . |
| 17 | Can he assure me that , if he has not already done so , he will send a copy of that report to our right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment ? |
| 18 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will take the case to his colleagues in the Council of Ministers and ask them to look again at the proposals , which would be damaging not only to British industry but to industries — including tourism — right across the Community . |
| 19 | I will draw my hon. Friend 's suggestions to the attention of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 20 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport is doing all that he can within Europe to achieve the speedy adoption of a Europewide directive , on which Great Britain has been in the lead , to get our Western European car manufacturing colleagues to do exactly the same . |
| 21 | The figure that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment gave included those who might be affected in other ways by premature closure . |
| 22 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the fears raised in some people 's mind by the White Paper have not been entirely quelled by the reassurances that he and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State have given ? |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend today find time to join my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science in condemning Labour and Liberal Democrat councils , such as Nottingham , Derbyshire and Richmond , which have blocked the distribution of the parents charter ? |
| 24 | The report that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State published yesterday is extremely important . |
| 25 | I am sure that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will be happy to see the hon. Member concerned . |
| 26 | I am especially pleased to hear that he now supports the tests introduced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science . |
| 27 | If my hon. Friend will be patient , I think that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment will shortly have some comments which will please him . |
| 28 | With regard to the example that the hon. Gentleman has given , if there is any question of the law of the land not being obeyed I shall ask my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment to look into it . |
| 29 | I will certainly pass it on to my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 30 | I emphasise that we believe , as my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has said , that top-up fees should be unnecessary because we have planned , and continue to plan , to provide sufficient public funding to support the expansion of high-quality teaching in our universities . |