Example sentences of "group of [noun prp] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US aerospace group McDonnell Douglas has agreed to sell its UK-based McDonnell Douglas Information Systems to a group of UK investors for an undisclosed sum ( rumoured to be at least £200m ) . |
| 2 | Much to the disappointment of the Board , surveys conducted in 1940 produced negative results : typical of them was the meticulous investigation , in late 1940 , of a group of 1,119 London County Council children evacuated to rural areas ; comparing them with an equivalent group of London children in 1938 , the study concluded that ‘ a period of evacuation of several months did not cause any significant difference in the rate of growth of evacuated children ’ . |
| 3 | Group of Rio agreements with EC |
| 4 | The Bogotá meeting discussed the possibility of securing flows of fresh investment for Group of Rio countries through the European Investment Bank , as well as possible applications of EC financial instruments in tackling Latin American foreign debt . |
| 5 | A meeting at ministerial level between the European Communities ( EC ) and the Group of Rio countries in Luxembourg on April 26 took place in the framework of an accord on inter-regional co-operation signed in Rome on Dec. 20 , 1990 [ see p. 37915 ] . |
| 6 | THERE WAS a ‘ mini reunion ’ for a group of P&O pensioners in South Africa . |
| 7 | On Sundays she would invite a group of Magdalene undergraduates to lunch and they would stay till tea ; then another group still larger came to tea . |
| 8 | On Dec. 22 a panel of the Supreme Court had overturned one challenge by a group of Bhopal victims by upholding legislation passed in 1985 which had given the central government the sole right to negotiate with UCC . |
| 9 | The reaction of Palestinians to the killing of seven labourers from Gaza by an apparently deranged Israeli civilian gave fresh impetus to the flagging uprising or intifada , itself originally sparked off by the killing of a similar group of Gaza labourers in December 1987 [ see pp. 35856-60 ] . |
| 10 | His company , VPL , is one of a small group of VR innovators in Silicon Valley , California , where advanced technologies appear to sit easily alongside research into human consciousness . |
| 11 | As it happened I had heard a very similar point being put to a group of Belfast managers from top insurance companies a few days previously . |
| 12 | Tin U's remarks , made during a visit by a group of SLORC ministers to the northern city of Mandalay , included a warning of action against people " who attack SLORC and create instability and unrest just for the sake of getting power for their party " , including public servants who were " deceiving " the government by engaging in " political intrigue " . |