Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British used the four ‘ freedoms ’ agreed at the Commonwealth meeting in October 1943 as the basis for discussion , but refused to consider a US proposal for a fifth freedom : the right to pick up passengers , mail , and freight at intermediate stops not in the country of origin of the airline or its ultimate destination . |
| 2 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 3 | A final dividend of 7.1 pence per share , up 0.45 pence , is being proposed to shareholders as Resolution No. 2 at the Annual General Meeting , making a total for the year of 10.3 pence , an increase of 6.7% over last year . |
| 4 | The company is recommending a final dividend of 4.1p per share , making a total for the year of 5.8p , up 14pc on last year 's payout of 5.1p . |
| 5 | The board has recommended a final dividend of 3.95p per share , making a total for the year of 5.4p , a 10pc improvement on 1991 . |
| 6 | Shareholders will receive a final dividend of 14.9p a share , making a total for the year of 21p per share , up by 15pc . |
| 7 | The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him . |
| 8 | Palatinate of Durham Within the Department of Palaeography of the University of Durham , established in 1948 for the promotion of the study of manuscript material mainly from the northern counties , there are major collections dating from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries . |
| 9 | Despite US-European commercial rivalry , the American hopes of 1948 for the creation of a stable , thriving , anti-communist Europe had arguably been fulfilled . |
| 10 | Not only tragedy would feel the ban , but comedy , too , since all drama begins with human frailty , and none so universal and absurd as the propensity of mankind to behave badly . |
| 11 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 12 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 13 | If , following the issue of the reminder , the charging authority still does not receive payment , the right to pay by instalments is lost and the charge payer becomes liable to pay the authority the full amount of community charge outstanding for the remainder of the year . |
| 14 | Back was outstanding for the Midlands against South West two weeks ago and tore into the Barbarians like a wolf at a flock of sheep . |
| 15 | Yolanda was a spotty , bespectacled girl from Barcelona who spent her time translating every word I said into Spanish for the benefit of Garcia , a missing-link anthropoid from one of your immediate neighbours . |
| 16 | One major consequence of Communist International neglect of Latin America during the 1920s was that inadequate literature was made available in Spanish for the dissemination of Communist ideas ( this was pointed out by a Mexican delegate at the Sixth Congress ) . |
| 17 | In addition , another working party examining China 's status as a contracting party gave further consideration to this issue during 1989 , although the shootings in Tiananmen Square on June 4 ( see pp. 36720-22 ) led to a postponement until December of talks due during the middle of the year . |
| 18 | Well , I keep my fingers crossed and plan to do my best to make sure that I 'll be prang-free for the rest of my flying career . |
| 19 | He subsequently took out a number of patents in these two fields , the most valuable being in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing . |
| 20 | Canada 's Ray Stewart was alone in second place on 136 while the defending champion , Tom Watson , was eight off the pace after a second-round 68 . |
| 21 | Track throughout is very weedy and the annual weed control train with the privately operated Class 20 's is due for the middle of the second week in August . |
| 22 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 23 | In the following year these became even tougher : he demanded the crown of France ; then he reduced this to the territories of Angevin days , Normandy , Maine , Anjou , Touraine , Aquitaine ( to include Poitou , part of the concession made by the princes at Bourges in 1412 ) , together with the substantial arrears still due for the ransom of John II and , following the now well-established pattern , the hand of a daughter of the French king , this time Catherine , sister to Isabella whom Richard II had married in 1396 , together with a dowry . |
| 24 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 25 | The blood is contained in three cylinders ( each about the size of a panatella cigar ) which run the length of it . |
| 26 | To make the arms , roll several small balls of icing , each about the size of an olive , and flatten them to 5mm ( ¼inch ) thickness . |
| 27 | Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . |
| 28 | It began trading in 1971 as the subsidiary of a Germany company before being bought over by its management team in 1987 . |
| 29 | The Republic of Zaïre ( known until 1971 as the Republic of the Congo ) , became independent from Belgium in June 1960 . |
| 30 | The Republic of Zaïre ( known until 1971 as the Republic of the Congo ) became independent from Belgium in June 1960 . |