Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NUCPS , which together with the Civil and Public Servants Association , represents the 180 staff at Chester , has sent its response to the Government . |
| 2 | Hobbes first describes this , in the introductory part of De Corpore , as a part of ‘ indefinite ’ science , the working out of a theoretical structure in terms of which particular ‘ limited ’ questions are answered . |
| 3 | Oblique-slip margins are considered in detail in various papers in Ballance and Reading ( 1980 ) ; the introductory article by Reading ( 1980 ) is particularly useful as it presents a general review of sedimentation patterns in relation to topography . |
| 4 | After entering the introductory corps at Ruffwood Comprehensive School , he joined the regular army at 16 and ‘ lived for being a soldier ’ . |
| 5 | Hitachi released the 2050 series predecessor to the 3050 machines in September 1985 , as Japan 's first Unix office processor . |
| 6 | Helen Cooper notes that the inferrable character of the Nun 's Priest is the same as the inferrable character of Chaucer . |
| 7 | … being the inside story of China 's Cultural Revolution |
| 8 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 9 | Then the horse plunged as Jones shook the reins to get rid of the swaying woman who still hung like a limpet , and Anmer rolled over towards the inside rails with Jones underneath . |
| 10 | Improving village schooling may , however , have done no more than keep the total proportion of Kent 's children receiving schooling constant , for there is also evidence of a deteriorating situation in some of the towns . |
| 11 | Everyone to Oxfam , Christ the total income of Oxfam , Christian Aid , Save the Children , CAFOD , was the same as what we spent on one product . |
| 12 | Several hundred prisoners have been released in Angola , following a peace agreement in May 1991 between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) ( trans : Uniáo Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola ) . |
| 13 | The two countries are fighting against South-African backed rebels : the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) and the Mozambique National Resistance group ( MNR ) . |
| 14 | Uniao Nacional para a Independência total de Angola ( UNITA — Union for the Total Independence of Angola , Jonas Savimbi l. ) , a rebel nationalist group backed , financially and militarily , by South Africa and the United States , which has been fighting the MPLA-PT government since independence ; Movement for Socialist Unity in Angola ( MUSA , formed by leaders from the three mainstream nationalist movements in 1977 ) ; in July 1990 the creation was announced of the Angolan Social Democratic Party ( PSDA , an offshoot of MUSA , Moises André Lima l. ) ; the Frente de Libertaçao do Enclave de Cabinda ( FLEC — The Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave , Francisco Xavier Lubota pres. ) and the National Union for the Liberation of Cabinda ( UNLC ) fight for the secession of Cabinda district . |
| 15 | On Aug. 1 the Joint Political and Military Commission ( CCPM ) overseeing the peace process between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) [ see p. 38180 ] , reported delays in the implementation of the accord . |
| 16 | The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) suspended from Sept. 10 to 17 its participation in the Joint Political and Military Commission ( CCPM ) responsible for the implementation of the peace process agreed between the government and UNITA in May [ see p. 38180 ] . |
| 17 | The United States and the UN began airlifting food and other essential items to Angola in October in an attempt to avert a food crisis among demobilized government soldiers and guerrillas from the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) . |
| 18 | He said that the provisional date was also conditional on the extension of state administration by mid-November 1991 into areas still under the control of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , and on the confinement of all government and UNITA troops to assembly points by mid-December 1991 . |
| 19 | The main opposition group , the Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , however , declined its invitation . |
| 20 | On Feb. 1 the government and the rebel Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) began talks on the recommendations of the multiparty conference held in Luanda on Jan. 14-26 which UNITA had not attended [ see pp. 38705-06 ] . |
| 21 | The Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) confirmed on March 6 that two of its most senior officials had left the organization . |
| 22 | In his April 2 speech dos Santos accused the rebel Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) of violating the May 1991 peace agreement [ see p. 38180 ] , saying that UNITA members had carried out " acts of barbaric and gratuitous violence " , and that UNITA had prevented free political activity in areas still under its control . |
| 23 | Pope John Paul II arrived in Luanda , the capital , on June 4 on a six-day visit , meeting President José Eduardo dos Santos and Jonas Savimbi , leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , and other leading political figures . |
| 24 | Serious clashes in the city of Malanje , 350 km inland from Luanda , the capital , between government forces and members of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) continued throughout the first half of August . |
| 25 | The peace process which began in May 1991 with the signing of the Bicesse Peace Accord by President José Eduardo dos Santos and Jonas Savimbi of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) [ see p. 38180 ] culminated in September with the formation of a new national army and the country 's first multiparty general election . |
| 26 | His nearest rival was Jonas Savimbi of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) with 40.07 per cent of the vote . |
| 27 | Party , Votes , % , Seats , , Votes , Seats , , ∘ Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) , 2,124,126 , 53.74 , 70 , , 2,087,528 , 59 , , 129 National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , 1,347,636 , 34.10 , 44 , , 1,298,538 , 26 , , 70 Angolan National Liberation Front ( FNLA ) , 94,742 , 2.40 , 3 , , 20,053 , 2 , , 5 Liberal Democratic Party ( PLD ) , 94,267 , 2.39 , 3 , , 0 , 0 , , 3 Social Renovated Party ( PRS ) , 89,875 , 2.27 , 3 , , 41,484 , 3 , , 6 Democratic Renewal Party ( PRD ) , 35,293 , 0.89 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Democratic Alliance ( AD ) Coalition , 34,166 , 0.86 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) , 33,088 , 0.84 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angola Youth , , Worker , , Peasant Alliance Party ( PAJOCA ) , 13,924 , 0.35 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angolan Democratic Forum ( FDA ) , 12,038 , 0.30 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Democratic Party for Progress of Angolan National Alliance ( PDP-ANA ) , 10,620 , 0.27 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angolan National Democratic Party ( PNDA ) , 10,281 , 0.26 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Others , 52,219 , 1.33 , 0 , , 0 , 0 , , 0 Total seats , , 130 , , , 90 , , , *220 Turnout : 91.34 per cent . |
| 28 | Following the declaration of the September election results [ see pp. 39128-29 ] , fighting continued between members of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) and supporters of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 29 | However , four smaller parties were also represented , and six posts were allocated to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , including one of Cabinet rank and the post of Deputy Minister of Defence . |
| 30 | A 16-year civil war between Unita ( National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ) and the ruling MPLA ( Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ) flared again last September , shattering a Portuguese-mediated peace accord implemented in 1991 , after Unita rejected its defeat by the MPLA in elections . |