Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun prp] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Syrians were involved again in fighting with Hezbollah on March 27 when troops at a checkpoint in the southern Beirut suburbs opened fire on a car carrying a Shia leader , Sheikh Sobhi Tofeili , who escaped unharmed . |
| 2 | Hundreds of fun lovers made a splash today in the annual Merseyside Police Speke to New Brighton raft race and raised money for charity . |
| 3 | Temperatures in the upper Tay valleys rose to an unseasonal 12C and in the high glens , millions of tonnes of fresh snow began to melt . |
| 4 | JIM COURIER and Pete Sampras ( top ) lost their opening round-robin match against Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzman in the eight-team Nabisco Masters doubles championship at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday , but they are tipped to make an impact on the doubles game , writes Martin James . |
| 5 | Many 's the night I 've walked back late from town and stopped off in the New Earswick hedgerows to supply them some used beer … |
| 6 | THE daughter of the first British soldier killed in the present Ulster troubles celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday as the scarred province marked its grimmest milestone . |
| 7 | SOME 180 jobs were saved yesterday when receivers Price Waterhouse disposed of two further stores in the collapsed McMaster Stores chain , writes John Hatfield . |
| 8 | Such conduct would clearly be a form of ‘ delivery ’ rather than the formal service effected by the authorities of the state of destination , but there seems to be nothing in the various Hague Conventions to suggest that the postal channel was any less valid than any other permitted mode . |
| 9 | Second , the area was not fortunate enough to have been chosen for a government-supported demonstration project , despite the key issues of homelessness and health in the inner London areas served . |
| 10 | His wanderings in the nearby Derbyshire dales laid the foundations for his lifelong love of landscape . |