Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hahnemann and his homoeopathy had already gained considerable prestige from his success in treating the typhus epidemic which swept into Europe in the wake of Napoleon 's retreat from Moscow in 1813 . |
| 2 | Peter Mansfield , a distinguished British commentator on the Middle East , sketches its history from the Sumerians to Napoleon 's invasion of Egypt in 1798 and takes a more detailed look at events thereafter , right up to the Gulf War . |
| 3 | The lieutenant had then flown the banners of the king of France and the church of Le Puy over the barbican at Vic-de-Bigorre , and had refused to countenance Roger-Bernard 's protest on behalf of his sister-in-law . |
| 4 | He would rather list the EPA 's concerns in order of priority , so that the agency can ‘ take aim before we open fire ’ . |
| 5 | Nursery owner Paul Hutchinson has been able to keep track of Wally 's progress through reports to police from startled motorists who spotted him hopping along roads in the area . |
| 6 | Addressing the 12 heads of government at the start of the Strasbourg summit , Mr Enrique Baron , the Spanish Socialist who is Lord Henry Plumb 's successor as president of the parliament , urged the leaders to go all the way towards full European union provided it is ‘ based on the characteristics which we share in common — those of parliamentary democracy ’ . |
| 7 | He attributed the Association 's lack of appeal to its domination by Church of England clergy and lay churchmen , leaving no room for either non-conformists or uncommitted lay people . |
| 8 | In addition , this company also contributed to the Association 's efforts on behalf of the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal by helping to arrange a Royal Film Gala night at their Shaftsbury Avenue cinema . |
| 9 | Given the Association 's fall in membership since the late 1940s , and given the views canvassed by some who worked in the field , exemplified by Bruce in The Highway , there were real fears that the WEA would lose its status as a Responsible Body . |
| 10 | Her visit to the Association 's headquarters in Carlisle in November 1983 was the first of many engagements she has undertaken on behalf of the BDA in later years . |
| 11 | They were much impressed by Mr. Spencer 's success with trolleybuses in the Kingston area of the ex-London United Tramways . |
| 12 | Some could even accept Spencer 's philosophy of progress through struggle , because it seemed to offer an updated version of the Protestant work ethic in which thrift and industry were rewarded in this world as well as the next . |
| 13 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 14 | As a member of the Scottish side that qualified for the 1986 World Cup , he would also have been aware that it was a heart attack that claimed Jock Stein 's life at Cardiff in September 1985 . |
| 15 | Eliot , who was interested in mana and orenda , worried that Durkheim 's theory of totemism in terms of religious force might prove only ‘ an admission of the inexplicable ’ . |
| 16 | Some years ago there was a vet , who besides always smelling of methylated spirits , would always conscientiously swab a horse 's neck with meths before giving an injection . |
| 17 | You might as well hope to get manure from a rockin' horse 's backside as help from Him . ’ |
| 18 | Gibraltar was discussed in talks between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd and the Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez in London on Feb. 12 , 1991 , and again during Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez 's visit to London in May 1991 [ see p. 38201 ] . |
| 19 | James Jonah 's visit on behalf of the secretary-general looks like producing some suggestions , but we shall continue to fund British non-governmental organisations that are providing relief in Somalia in the form of both food and medicines . |
| 20 | The contractor 's provision of float within the programme is there to cover items that are at the contractor 's own risk and in general should not be used to abate any extension of time to which the contractor may be entitled . |
| 21 | When Elizabeth visited Burghley 's house at Theobalds in 1572 , he had this courtly pattern superimposed upon his normal arrangement of rooms : the Hall was converted into the Great Chamber , the Parlour into the Presence Chamber , the Dining Chamber into the Privy Chamber , and the Vine Chamber into the Bedchamber . |
| 22 | The captain , Phil Carrick , last month put the cat among the pigeons , or his head upon the block ( depending upon each Yorkshireman 's point of view on his county 's cricket , without which no Tyke is properly dressed ) by writing a letter , with his players ' support , in which he advocated the abandonment of the holy writ , the birth qualification . |
| 23 | When Labour faced the polls in October 1990 , it was reduced to a 29-seat rump in the 99-seat parliament , caused , analysts agreed , by the electorate 's lack of confidence in the reforms and distaste for the social cost . |
| 24 | They included the Young Conservatives Ball , Tim Janman 's Conservative Political Centre lecture entitled ‘ Some of my best friends … ‘ , and Andrew Neil 's party on behalf of The Sunday Times . |
| 25 | Tapie , 49 , was appointed at Mitterrand 's instigation in recognition of his strong performance in the regional elections [ see p. 38820 ] . |
| 26 | Your reviewer recommends Gombrich 's Story of Art as a viable alternative . |
| 27 | Inevitably breathless , it offer clichés instead of analysis ( unlike Gombrich 's Story of Art for example ) . |
| 28 | But this spring 's burst of blossom on older trees in the garden has had me thumbing through the catalogues again . |
| 29 | Searching for fossils on Fitzwilliam 's estates at Castor in 1821 , he discovered a large tessellated Roman pavement ; this encouraged him to conduct a series of excavations , unusually systematic for their time , which continued until 1827 . |
| 30 | Red-faced officials ordered an investigation after Tuesday 's break-out at Nevsehir in central Turkey . |