Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for The Sun later confirmed : ‘ We wish to make it absolutely clear that the tape of the Queen 's message was obtained through a BBC employee . ’ |
| 2 | The Lateran decree had an immediate and lasting effect on the English Common Law for the king soon ordered his travelling justices to suspend the practice in trials and to use other methods of proof . |
| 3 | Early PC-based software was both expensive and fairly awful ; Studio Software , who produced the first desktop publishing program for the PC recently went to the wall as a direct result of being unable to keep up with the new leaders . |
| 4 | A spokesman for the suspect later blasted the swoop as ‘ outrageous . ’ |
| 5 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 6 | Yes did n't buy any new ornaments when I was up in Liverpool cos I did n't see anything that I particularly liked but what Carla has done gives me an idea for making some extra bits for the tree Where did you get that from ? |
| 7 | A better piece of news for the Government yesterday came from Brussels , where there were indications that German and Spanish EC finance ministers were gradually swinging round to the Government 's view that the social chapter would lose jobs rather than protect them . |
| 8 | The charge for the year also benefited from the absence of contributions of £0.3m for past service . |
| 9 | In 1989–90 it took in £5 billion and paid out £9 billion , the following year 's net outflow was £1 billion but for the year just ended there was a £1 billion inflow and now that the government really needs cash , it is probably looking for about £5 billion this year . |
| 10 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association at 31st December 1990 and of its result and source and application of funds for the year then ended . |
| 11 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the company 's affairs at 31 December 19 .. and of its profit ( loss ) , total recognised gains ( losses ) and cash flows for the year then ended , and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 12 | the accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Corporation at March 30 , 1991 and , in respect of the Corporation and their subsidiary undertakings regarded as a single entity , of the state of affairs at March 30 , 1991 , and the results and statement of cash flows for the year then ended , and have been properly prepared in accordance with the direction of the Secretary of State for Energy … , and |
| 13 | She had awakened early , busied herself with her bags and , while she had waited for the taxi repeatedly told herself that men were a species that she would avoid at all costs from here on in . |
| 14 | The reason for the change soon became apparent . |
| 15 | Moreover , the economic outlook for the company hardly warranted no dividend payments , as Sir Humphrey made clear in his chairman 's statement last November : ‘ There is a degree of optimism for the 1991 year in the expectation that the negative effects of the economy may be offset and minimised by the advancements being implemented in many areas of our business ’ . |
| 16 | His ministerial diary for the day often consisted of a lunch at a club and little else . |
| 17 | Their lack of enthusiasm for the venture obviously disgusted him . |
| 18 | Given the essentially privatised nature of the American health care , a vast consumer/patient demand for the product soon led to its widespread prescription as an excellent anti-ageing treatment . |
| 19 | Although not every member of the Essex Federation Executive shared these views , Brown 's successors as tutor-organiser for the county understandably found the context a difficult one to work in . |
| 20 | His qualifications for the commission far outstripped those of the other prize-winners in the competition . |
| 21 | THE financier who made a billion when Chancellor Lamont lost the battle for the pound yesterday gave £32 million to charity . |
| 22 | Counsel for the prosecution then stated that he would offer no further evidence . |
| 23 | The struggle for the succession now lay more narrowly between Kikuyu claimants and Vice-president Moi . |
| 24 | Brutal repression broke the strike , and mobilization for the war initially subdued the labour movement . |
| 25 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 26 | Thought for the community never entered into it . |
| 27 | However , under U.S. GAAP unrealized gains and losses on contracts yet to expire are measured at each balance sheet date and included in the results of operations for the period then ended . |
| 28 | ‘ During the whole of her illness , prayer was made without ceasing by the whole Church on her behalf , and I felt persuaded that the Lord would yet hear us and for His name 's sake appear as the one prayer-hearing God — for the heathen around knew what was done , and would say , ‘ Where is now your God ? '' ’ |
| 29 | But the circumstances of its failure , and the manoeuvrings of politicians and judges which accompanied that failure , combined to produce a calamity which went far beyond the collapse of a doomed policy , for the failure directly resulted in a deep distrust of the judicial system . |
| 30 | Perhaps Philippa or the femininity of her chamber had reminded Cranston of Maude for the coroner suddenly became bellicose with the girl . |