Example sentences of "an [noun sg] by [noun] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 16 , as the government denounced the postponement as an attempt by rebel groups to " buy time to intensify the war " , the EPRDF launched a fresh offensive against the Ethiopian army in southern Wollo and northern Shoa regions , north-east of Addis Ababa . |
| 2 | On May 6 an attempt by opposition deputies in the People 's Assembly to remove Gramoz Rucaj from the post of caretaker Interior Minister because of the Shkodër events had been defeated , but a majority had voted in favour of dismissing Procurator General Rrapo Mino and head of the Investigator-General 's Office Qemal Lane . |
| 3 | The only heroes he had much time for were Bravd and the Weasel , who were out of town at the moment , and Hrun the Barbarian , who was practically an academic by Hub standards in that he could think without moving his lips . |
| 4 | Churchill commented that the " British people would not easily be influenced by what happened in the distant jungles of South-East Asia ; but they did know that there was a powerful American base in East Anglia and that war with China , who would invoke the Sino-Russian Pact , might mean an assault by hydrogen bombs on these islands " . |
| 5 | According to The Times of April 12 , the DPK claimed that 50 people had been killed during an attack by government troops on a refugee centre near Halabja on the Iranian border . |
| 6 | These include multidisciplinary practices in Scotland , an application by patent agents for litigation rights in the higher courts , an application by the Institute of Licensed Debt Practitioners for recognition as an authorised body under the Courts and Legal Services Act , the proposal issued by EC Commissioner for a new legal entity for the association of liberal professions and the long term selection procedure on entry to the Bar . |