Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The study consisted of an analysis of data on retirement and early retirement from the ‘ After Redundancy ’ project conducted by lain Noble , John Westergaard , and Alan Walker and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) .
2 The fellow looked furtively round , licked his lips , and beckoned Corbett and Ranulf into a shadowy window recess .
3 As they rounded the bend towards Westminster , Ranulf nudged Corbett and pointed to the near bank .
4 Real Madrid never recovered from an own goal by Brazilian defender Rocha and crashed to a 2–0 UEFA Cup defeat against Torino at Turin .
5 The constellation has a distinctive shape , and there are lines of stars extending from Castor and Pollux in the general direction of Betelgeux .
6 Fighting around Monrovia intensified between the NPFL and ECOMOG in the ensuing 48 hours .
7 In discussion which followed ‘ many members remained sceptical as to the feasibility of the Dip.H.E. and commented on the ephemeral interest in existing Dip.H.E.s … enrolment for future courses would depend on the flexibility exercised in allowing entrants with qualifications other than two ‘ A ’ levels to enrol , and members regretted the intransigence of the DES in this matter' .
8 Whereas the Akali Dal had been the dominant force in the previous Assembly , the only Akali Dal faction not supporting the boycott , that led by Capt. Amrinder Singh and known as the Shiromani Akali Dal ( Kabul ) , won only three seats .
9 Jaye Davidson wanders into the Ground Floor Bar in Notting Hill and sniffs at the saloon-in-space restyle job with a languid disdain that is only mildly theatrical .
10 They were already in sight when Thorfinn with Tuathal behind him rounded Moncrieffe Hill and dashed into the flat plain of Rhind , where the Earn joined the Tay .
11 For instance , Jauch and Glueck in the 1985 edition of their widely used text on Strategic management and business policy , include eight pages of finely typed text entitled ‘ Business Facts : Where to Find Them ’ [ Jauch & Glueck ( 1985 ) , pp 143–150 ] .
12 While the Society of Women Market Vendors exposed the corruption of the PDC and objected to the high tariffs in the new markets , it was not sufficiently organized to form a counter-proposal or take action upon it .
13 Inmos Ltd finally launched the long-delayed T9000 Transputer on Friday and hinted at the next generation ‘ Chameleon ’ technology .
14 In the end the plan was repudiated by Mr Gorbachev and rejected by the Soviet parliament .
15 In Structuralist Poetics Culler took an unenthusiastic view of deconstructionism , but he shortly returned to the United States and succumbed to the deconstructive wave that swept through the American academy in the late seventies , and into which I did not feel inclined to plunge .
16 The tour returns to the United States and continues to the thundering Niagara Falls , and then to Buffalo .
17 In 1878 he arrived in the United States and studied for the Unitarian ministry at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania .
18 The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war .
19 There is coal in Kintyre and large pieces are sometimes brought up by fishing boats working locally , so perhaps the old people who say that coal was mined at Daill and used by a local blacksmith in the First World War are correct , although no trace of workings has been found .
20 The last task of the day for the humanitarian branch is to visit the village of Mammari and speak to the local farmers .
21 The Citizens ' Forum on Canada 's Future , a 12-member panel chaired by Keith Spicer and established by the federal government in late 1990 , delivered its findings on June 27 in a 168-page report .
22 In 435 , as we have already mentioned , Nestorius was removed from his position in Constantinople and exiled to the Egyptian desert .
23 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze , meeting US Secretary of State Baker in Moscow on Aug. 3 , issued with him a joint statement condemning the invasion of Kuwait and appealing for a global ban on arms supplies to Iraq .
24 The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces .
25 When I last saw Mailer and talked about the impending book , the atmospherics had turned suddenly propitious .
26 In 1884 , disenchanted with his life at Eton , Salt decided to live at Tilford in Surrey and concentrate on a simple life , following his many interests in the field of humanitarianism .
27 We call upon all Arabs each according to his potentials and capabilities within the teachings of Allah and according to the Moslem Holy War of Jihad to fight this , this U S presence of non-believers .
28 The Duchess of Gloucester , as Patron , visits the offices of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 .
29 11 October : The Duchess of Gloucester , Patron of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , today visited the Counsel 's new offices at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 .
30 Details of provision can be obtained from social services and from organisations such as Counsel and Care for the Elderly and GRACE .
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