Example sentences of "of the [noun prp] [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The important period of use of the Banbury Lane must have begun therefore in the late twelfth century .
2 Now the sky grew nearly as black as night , and I galloped into the hotel just as the most torrential downpour I have seen in my life cascaded from the sky as the waters of the Red Sea might have descended on Pharaoh .
3 Readers who are interested in a detailed history of the Van Railway should turn to the Oakwood Press Vol No 32 — ‘ The Mawddwy , Van and Kerry Railways ’ .
4 If you find that the results are likely to be disastrous , and that the principles underlying it , which we detect not only from the official utterances of members of the Government but also from the more indiscreet explanations of so-called supporters of the government are pernicious and that the whole matter is one that has never been duly referred to the people of this country , then I venture to say that your Lordships have a clear duty before you — not to decree the final extinction of the Bill — because that is not what we propose , but to insist that before it becomes law an authoritative expression of the opinion of the electors of the United Kingdom shall have reached us with regard to it .
5 However , the outcome of the talks will depend on securing agreement , and all concerned accept the principle that any change to Northern Ireland 's status as part of the United Kingdom would come about only with the consent of a majority of the people who live there .
6 Application of these results throughout the whole of the United Kingdom would reduce referrals by at least 0.6 million and produce potential savings of £5.4 million .
7 Current forecasts predict that the population of the United Kingdom will increase to Approximately 61 million by the year 2025 ( CSO 1990 ) .
8 ‘ Although this is not binding upon your Lordships , the United Kingdom is , of course , a party to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and it is urged that it is at least desirable that the domestic law of the United Kingdom should accord with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights under the Convention .
9 The courts having bankruptcy jurisdiction in any part of the United Kingdom must assist the courts having corresponding jurisdiction in any other part of the United Kingdom or any other relevant territory ( defined as the Channel Islands , Isle of Man and any other country designated for this purpose by the Secretary of State ) ( s 426(10) and ( 11 ) ) .
10 It nevertheless remains the view today that the Parliament of the United Kingdom can make and unmake any law whatever and can not be controlled in seeking to do so .
11 A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner .
12 The side 's shaming defeat by the no-hopers of the United States will increase the calls for the manager to quit .
13 A number of premier families of the United States can trace their roots back to the County :
14 From the Communist point of view the witch-hunts and loyalty tests of the United States must have looked like the little puffs of smoke and flame of a stage dragon which fooled nobody .
15 It seemed unlikely , however , that the committees of provincial gentry which sprang up in the wake of the Nazimov Rescript would welcome any form of emancipation , let alone emancipation with land .
16 Since that time I have come to know him and his wife and I can vouch that together they will be first class first citizens of and the office of the Lord Mayorality will continue to be respected and dignified and enhanced by their terms of office .
17 Capture of the Mort Homme would eliminate the most injurious of the French field gun batteries that were crouched behind it , and would effectively dominate the next ridge towards Verdun , the vital Bois Bourrus where the French heavies were concentrated .
18 DAVID INSHAW 'S painting of ‘ The Cricket Game ’ in the lazy valley of the River Bride might make the fat green chalk hills around look too good to be true .
19 OPTIONS : The Knights of the White Wolf may carry a Magic Standard .
20 Eventually the High Masters of the Ordo Hydra would activate those psychic spores .
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