Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gesta describes in some detail the journey of Peter to Rome to receive the belt , the symbol of the Christian warrior , and the diadem or crown , the symbol of kingship . |
| 2 | The second possibility that Nikolaev committed the murder under the guidance of the NKVD seems to be more likely that the first possibility because so many people seem to have conveniently neglected their duties but I still think that it is not the most likely . |
| 3 | First mention of the Manor occurs in the Domesday Survey of 1086 ; it later belonged to the Priory of St Andrew , Northampton . |
| 4 | Increasingly , membership of the EEC requires of Britain that she accept the imposition of economic regulation . |
| 5 | At a conference of the Foreign Ministers of the EEC states in Rome the following month Carrington made a general proposal for the conclusion of an international treaty guaranteeing Afghanistan 's status as a ‘ neutral ’ state , which in his view would provide the Soviet Union the possibility of withdrawing its troops on a legal basis in light of the United Nations ' resolution on this issue . |
| 6 | A large number of problems has been encountered , one of the most surprising being the fact that no UK Government department had taken responsibility for enforcing the EEC controls on the sale of protected wildlife specimens . |
| 7 | SynOptics Communications Inc has unveiled the first products based on its six-chip Asynchronous Transfer Moder chip set announced last October ( CI No 2,035 ) : the per-port price of the LattisCell switches ranges from under £1,500 to £2,000 , a half to a third of its competitors ' prices , says the company ; the Santa Clara company also has a technology partnership agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc to develop a 155Mbps asynchronous transfer mode SBus adaptor board that will be made and sold by SynOptics , enabling the LattisCell switches to be directly connected to Sparc systems running the Solaris Unix . |
| 8 | As it is , the magnificent nineteenth-century French-style château and its collection of Old Masters and outstanding eighteenth- and nineteenth-century furniture , objects and treasures from Europe and the Orient needs to be better known . |
| 9 | Further , it has been argued that there is no ‘ Asiatic mode of production ’ , so that the distinctive history of the Orient has to be explained in terms of influences other than a specific mode of production ; for instance , by the character and development of political or religious institutions . |
| 10 | A feeble little hatchback in the Highlands deserves to be towed away . |
| 11 | The La lies on the watershed of the main Karakoram and although we were still politically in India , geographically we had reached the valleys of Central Asia . |
| 12 | The LA has to be assured by the applicant that he understands the importance of the rules relating to drivers ' hours , records and tachograph requirements , rules which need careful study . |
| 13 | Obviously , the LA has to be assured by the applicant that his proposed haulage operations are built on a sound financial foundation . |
| 14 | Extra vehicles within the margin allowed by the LA can be operated immediately , but the LA has to be notified and a form ( GV 80 ) completed showing the registration numbers and details of the additional vehicles . |
| 15 | In determining whether a haulier is of good repute , the LA looks at the applicant 's conduct generally , not just at any previous convictions he may have . |
| 16 | In assessing the suitability of the proposed operating centre , the LA looks at two connected aspects . |
| 17 | In 1910 the first James Wyllie moved the business from The Haugh to a factory called the Victoria Works in Mauchline and the firm still operates from these premises . |
| 18 | And the massive investment by car giant General Motors in the new V6 engine plant at the Vauxhall works in Ellesmere Port is a vindication , say bosses , of the efforts of a dedicated workforce . |
| 19 | The CMR applies to every contract for the carriage of goods by road in vehicles for reward , when the place of taking over of the goods and the place of delivery , as specified in the contract , are situated in two different countries , of which at least one is a contracting country , irrespective of the place of residence and the nationality of the parties . |
| 20 | At brisk cornering speeds the Calibra behaves in typical front-drive fashion . |
| 21 | Overall , the Calibra has to be the safer choice , but the more seductive charms of the Corrado G60 will woo the hearts of those who appreciate driving a great-handling car . |
| 22 | The Vatican approves of the death penalty as a ‘ legitimate ’ punishment , according to a leaked report of the new Universal Catechism , the ultimate policy statement of the Catholic Church . |
| 23 | The watershed of the Caribbean extends across a huge area from the industrial cities of the northern US , which discharge waste into the Mississippi , to the Colombian Andes . |
| 24 | The cloud contained particles of hydrochloric acid but initial fears that it contained a chemical used in mustard gas were later denied by bosses at the ICI works in Lostock , Cheshire . |
| 25 | We shall also be introducing later ( Section 19.5 ) the spectrum functions which are the Fourier transforms of correlation functions . |
| 26 | He 's conscious that safety-critical items such as tyres and brakes must n't be skimped on , but he 's not overly concerned about sticking to the recommended 6000-mile service schedule ; so far the Sierra has on average been serviced every 13,500 miles and has never seen the inside of a Ford dealer 's workshop . |
| 27 | Daily scenes of confrontations outside the Grunwick works between the pickets and their supporters ( sometimes not members of unions at all ) and police cordons dominated television news coverage . |
| 28 | He died in tragic circumstances 19 December 1933 , when crossing the railway between his home and the Swindon works in foggy weather . |
| 29 | And Martin Buber ( in that same tradition as Leonard 's ) stated that , ‘ A husband is united with his wife in holiness , and the Shekhina rests over them , ’ — male and female and the glory of God combining at copulation ! |
| 30 | Situated only five minutes from the nearest beach and about the same from the nightlife of the harbour , the Maria proves to be a good value choice for your Cretan holiday . |