Example sentences of "[letter] [noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons , I B M's Edinburgh office won the award , was the enthusiasm of the employees . |
| 2 | FRESH southerly winds and s Deben Bar reduced the number of Felixstowe Ferry competitors in Sunday 's Points races . |
| 3 | A CHELMSFORD student spent a month in eastern Europe helping a former Iron Curtain country develop into a tourist 's mecca . |
| 4 | A Norfolk man answered an advertisement for a horse-leader in Essex . |
| 5 | Above : A Jaffna schoolboy shows a drawing he made of helicopters strafing his home town . |
| 6 | A DoE spokeswoman said the land had been acquired to improve sight distance on the road , which was due to be widened in the near future . |
| 7 | A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence . |
| 8 | A DoH spokesman said the new guidance will clarify where inspectors can play a legitimate role . |
| 9 | A GRE spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the losses incurred over the past three years , as the life business had remained profitable . |
| 10 | A Brixham coastguard said the vessel was likely to break up further . |
| 11 | A Mounties spokesman said the death blast 600ft down in the Yellowknife mine in the Northwest Territories was being treated as ‘ multiple homicide ’ . |
| 12 | A STRABANE mum organising a parents ' boycott of the new 11-plus exam has been threatened with legal action by the Department of Education . |
| 13 | A Strathclyde spokesman said the region now believed the matter was closed , and saw no reason for any disciplinary action . |
| 14 | A YORKSHIRE terrier saved a dying pensioner after police tracker dogs had been searching all night . |
| 15 | A RNLI spokesman said a feasibility study has concluded that the resort has the potential to be chosen for the prestigious tourist attraction . |
| 16 | A Herefordshire farmer risks a prison term for contempt of the High Court if he fails to remove gypsy caravans from his land . |
| 17 | A Land-Rover Discovery followed an American Ford pick-up across the bridge . |
| 18 | A Thames barge has no keel and is afloat in the first few inches of shoal water . |
| 19 | A NatWest spokesman said the jobs would be lost through natural wastage . |
| 20 | A UK company installed an electronic ‘ torture chamber ’ inside the headquarters of the Special Branch in Dubai , reported The Observer in January 1991 . |
| 21 | A UK company has a US parent , which often instructs it to look at possible acquisitions around the world . |
| 22 | As a result of these anti-avoidance provisions , the foreign business carve-out is excluded , and the general COB Rules apply in relation to the customer concerned , where : ( 1 ) A UK office executes a transaction with or for a UK private customer on the instructions of a non-UK office ; or ( 2 ) A UK office gives investment advice in relation to any transaction to a non-UK office , which the non-UK office passes on to ( or uses for the benefit of ) a UK private customer if ( in either case ) : ( a ) the UK office itself transmitted the order to a non-UK office of the firm ( even if a different one from that instructing it ) ; ( b ) the UK office has itself advised the customer in relation to the transaction concerned ( and the customer has then directly or indirectly given the order to the non-UK office which deals through the UK office ) ; or ( c ) the UK office has advised the customer to deal through or seek advice from a non-UK office of the firm ( even if the relevant prescribed disclosure was made ) . |
| 23 | A DHSS report highlighted the dangers facing runaways and homeless youngsters ( DHSS , 1976 ) . |
| 24 | A BBC spokesman said the BSkyB deal will not prevent them continuing their live coverage of the final two days of both the US Open and US PGA would continue . |
| 25 | A BBC spokesman insisted the pair had not asked for the changes and promised : ‘ They 'll be available for anyone needing them . ’ |
| 26 | A CASTLEREAGH councillor believes the Fair Employment Commission pursued a case against the council because it had disputed figures . |
| 27 | A GREENPEACE crew tracking a freighter with the biggest ever cargo of plutonium said their boat was rammed by a Japanese warship yesterday . |
| 28 | A BR spokeswoman said the fencing would be repaired as quickly as possible . |
| 29 | A BR spokesman said the service was a measure of commitment to rail travel in Cleveland . |
| 30 | A Downpatrick jury acquitted the trainee officer of murder , believing she was out of her mind when she attacked love rival Penny with a razor-sharp blade at Drumkeeragh Forest , outside Ballynahinch in March 1991 . |