Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people think of hot-rods as modified production cars . |
| 2 | Darren Wigg ( Newcastle ) won the award for 11–12-year-old boys with four first places , and Mark Bewick ( Sunderland ) topped the 13–14 group with a hat-trick of wins . |
| 3 | Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him . |
| 4 | It is the same Brian Thomas Jackson who in 1982 was refused a credit broker 's licence because of previous convictions for dishonest dealing . |
| 5 | Prayer , whether dramatised in a church or not , usually goes through futile-seeming passages . |
| 6 | Honey face saver : legendary as a treatment for ailments such as sore throats and hayfever , honey has also been shown to heal burns and can sort out dry and spotty skin problems , so get stuck in ! |
| 7 | They say that by following basic advice illnesses , such as sore throats and diarrhoea , can be avoided . |
| 8 | 5 ) The main priority was to develop databases which could be shared between members of the group and used as introductory material for school librarians who had newly acquired microcomputers . |
| 9 | Francis and Wollen have also contributed articles ( one each ) both of which appear in both books as introductory statements on the Situationist International . |
| 10 | Although the available evidence argues against a role in germinal vesicle breakdown , these calcium spikes might control associated events such as cytoplasmic maturation . |
| 11 | Once again the Party was preparing for armed struggle and the stunning German victory of 1940 would have appeared to many Vietnamese to be ‘ the moment of great opportunity ’ . |
| 12 | In 1967 , a progressive candidate , backed by the Communist Party , won the elections , but again the military fraudulently imposed their own candidate , The PCS split , with Salvador Cayetano Carpio opting for armed struggle . |
| 13 | What is often overlooked because of Cuba 's active ( although never particularly substantial ) support for armed struggle in Latin America later in the 1960s is that , initially , the Castro regime made consistent attempts to build diplomatic relations with its hemispheric neighbours . |
| 14 | At the end of the Jan. 21 ANC meeting Nzo issued a statement reflecting no change in the organization 's stance on conditions for entering negotiations , and again reaffirming the need for armed struggle . |
| 15 | On April 20 two leading opposition groups — the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania ( FLAM ) and the United Front for Armed Resistance ( FURAM ) — said in a joint statement that without Taya 's resignation and a general amnesty there could be no genuine democracy . |
| 16 | Amateur Rugby League : Uphill battle for armed forces |
| 17 | Extra funds were given to agricultural production , food subsidies , and housing for armed forces personnel . |
| 18 | All the mobile guns working for Armed Response are white . |
| 19 | NATO will now plan opening up a land corridor to the beleaguered city of Sarajevo for armed relief convoys . |
| 20 | Employers refused to recognize their right to negotiate and called freely upon the State for armed support against worker protest , as in the case of the Lena goldfields strike in 1912 . |
| 21 | He stopped , waiting for armed Twenty-fourthers to swarm out of every window , demanding to know why Robert was proposing to barge in on their most secret and important ceremony . |
| 22 | Surely , it is time that some form of flexibility was introduced into the compensation legislation for armed services personnel who are severely injured in the course of their duties . |
| 23 | I considered keeping observation actually on the flat but because of its its location , did not feel that it would be possible for armed officers or for that matter , any officer , to maintain observation for any period of time without being seen . |
| 24 | Intruder jets from the aircraft carrier Ranger , and Cobra attack helicopters scoured the area for armed men . |
| 25 | The police also found Mr Mandela 's diary , documenting his travels to raise support for armed rebellion , and hundreds of documents which betrayed the plans of Umkhonto . |
| 26 | Police warned against approaching Richard Sean Hyland , 26 , from Kentish Town , London , who was serving four years for armed robbery . |
| 27 | The Court therefore excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police and went on to quash Samuel 's conviction for armed robbery . |
| 28 | Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore , who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery . |
| 29 | This time , the Daily Mail was reporting his conviction for armed robbery . |
| 30 | Robinson was in for ten years for armed robbery , while his companion was half-way through a twelve-year stretch for a similar crime . |