Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] yesterday of " in BNC.

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1 SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie .
2 ALTERNATIVE medicine practitioners were accused by the Royal College of Physicians yesterday of making false and misleading claims for their treatments of allergies by unorthodox methods .
3 The attendance against Middlesbrough yesterday of 25,093 was lower than expected and its seems that most supporter with the necessary three vouchers and Gold Cards will qualify for Cup final tickets .
4 A LORRY driver told the High Court in Inverness yesterday of the night he had been masked , bound and abducted by two men who had threatened to shoot him after his load of spirits , tobacco and foodstuffs had been stolen from Inverness .
5 MANUEL NORIEGA , 54 , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes .
6 MANUEL NORIEGA , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes .
7 A MAN told the High Court sitting in Glasgow yesterday of an ordeal at an Argyll quarry during which he had been repeatedly beaten , burnt with a cigarette , had a car driven over his legs and almost hanged .
8 HUNDREDS of mourners attended the funeral in Tandragee yesterday of brothers Winston and William McConville , who drowned on a fishing trip at the weekend .
9 The warning came after a meeting in London yesterday of senior conveners .
10 THE CHIEF executive of National Car Parks was cleared at the Old Bailey in London yesterday of mounting a campaign of industrial espionage against his main rival , Europarks .
11 Following the welcome change in Kenya 's constitution towards a multi-party democracy , and in view of the unhappy news from Kenya yesterday of the repression of demonstrations in Nairobi , will the Minister not only advise that country on the international standards of multi-party democracy , which she has ennunciated from the Dispatch Box before , but suggest that , in order to disarm such demonstrations , it is time that the Government start a dialogue with the Opposition on both the timing and ground rules for an election ?
12 Gordon Waller 46 , of Fowey , Cornwall , singer with the 1960's duo Peter and Gordon who had a hit with World Without Love , was cleared at Bodmin yesterday of sending an indecent fax message .
13 A MEMORABLE Lester Piggott triumph ( on Fylde Flyer in the Abernant Stakes ) and a somewhat controversial Pat Eddery defeat ( on Alhamad in the Constant Security Maiden Stakes ) played crucial parts in the survival at Newmarket yesterday of a £195,497 Tote Jackpot pool .
14 THE Metropolitan Police are launching a recruitment campaign among blacks and Asians next year following criticism by MPs yesterday of low recruitment figures and a disturbingly high wastage rate among the ethnic minorities .
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