Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was mainly due to a subtle change in Francis . |
| 2 | The move , which has been presented as a fait accompli , effectively heralds the complete break-up of Deloitte Haskins & Sells International ( DHSI ) , which until the beginning of this week was ostensibly in talks with another Big Eight firm , Touche Ross International . |
| 3 | Where the defendant has innocently made a substantial investment on the basis of information innocently acquired it is most unlikely that an injunction would be granted to restrain him from making use of that information ( although the fact that an injunction might drive the defendant into liquidation is not relevant if the tests in American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon [ 1975 ] AC 396 have been satisfied ; per May LJ in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 ) . |
| 4 | The coming of the railways literally made possible resorts like Skegness and Rhyl ; conversely , the lack of a rail link retarded Eastbourne 's development . |
| 5 | ‘ Labour will introduce a new Railway Act that will lay down in law the broad policy objectives that we expect BR to meet , ’ he told the Centre for Local Economic Strategies in Sheffield . |
| 6 | Cardiff saw the look of glazed horror on Frye 's face , heard him mumbling : ‘ Oh no , no , no , no … ’ |
| 7 | The state of goth — as catch-all historical movement for the too-ugly and the too-grim and as a modern phenom — is given little credence by UK Decay , the ridiculous Virgin Prunes , the talentless and misguided Christian Death , The Neff 's rubbish psychobilly and the new blood 's slavering adherence to the Sisters Of Mercy songbook ( eg Rosetta Stone , James Ray , Nosferatu ) . |
| 8 | At Highbury the trouble stemmed from the Canute-like attempts of Sir Henry Norris to halt the rising tide of transfer fees . |
| 9 | Completed by Nash after the style of Mogul Palaces in India , its magnificent interior reflects the exotic vogue for chinoiserie . |
| 10 | Worst of all , the angriest voters are not the unemployed in Hartlepool , but retired majors in Haslemere . |
| 11 | I was advised by the Greenbelt Local Plan Programme Officer , on fifth March , that counsel for North Yorkshire County Council , with the apparent concurrence of counsel for Ryedale District Council , had delivered an oral submission to the inspector , that at the hearing of the case which was to have taken place on the eleventh of March , certain evidence contained in my proof of evidence issued on twelfth February should be treated as inadmissible . |
| 12 | Antony Gormley 's ‘ Sound II ’ ( 1986 ) in the eleventh-century Norman crypt of Winchester Cathedral . |
| 13 | Peter Bourne recounts how Carlos Rafael Rodriguez , visiting Moscow in December 1962 to negotiate an economic agreement for the following year , had lengthy private meetings with Khrushchev and Mikoian , at which they expressed their surprise at Fidel 's reaction and gave assurance that there had been no intention to offend him . |
| 14 | Party leaders face a dilemma over whether to continue their search , already discussed in private meetings in Washington , for an as yet undeclared candidate in time for their convention in July . |
| 15 | Kenichi Imai , an industrial-policy expert at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo , distinguishes five different types among the newer keiretsu : |
| 16 | This featured support for Gorbachev 's idea of a " common European home " and Mitterrand 's vision of a European confederation [ see p. 37724 ] , and committed France to assisting Soviet economic reform . |
| 17 | We must remember , however , that just as all the alpine chains of Europe are now known to have been still pushing forward over the molasse in late Miocene times , so in places such as the Apennines , movements were still going on as late as Quaternary times . |
| 18 | Of the eight contests against America from then to the end of 1989 , the United States won only two . |
| 19 | However , some last-ditch defence by Karpov enabled him to reach a drawn rook and pawn endgame after 94 moves and a total of nine hours ' and 20 minutes ' play . |
| 20 | Japan was not militarily involved in the conflict between the two Koreas and their backers during 1950–3 , but reaped considerable economic advantage from US military spending . |
| 21 | Citrine was always reluctant to withdraw from a Central Authority position , but the more effective chairmen soon learned that careful preparation on committees beforehand and advance lobbying of Citrine and Self were a surer way of winning their point than the abrasive technique of frontal opposition . |
| 22 | The franchise areas will be decided only after technical discussions with BR . |
| 23 | Police also used teargas in Marseille , Saint-Brieuc and Quimper , where demonstrators tore down barriers , hurled firecrackers and flares and broke windows in government offices . |
| 24 | Self-important democratic politicians who have been themselves well-treated by tyrants of all stripes come dangerously close to the stance of classic fellow-travellers like George Bernard Shaw — in Shaw 's words , as seven million starved to death in Russia in 1932 , ‘ I have never eaten so well . ’ |
| 25 | The route to Dettifoss , the greatest waterfall in Europe ( fifty metres high and enormous in volume ) was still closed , and perhaps will not open this year due to the extraordinarily long and hard winter . |
| 26 | This chapter has suggested that it is common to find exaggerated accounts of Japan 's position as the model of an unusually successful and harmonious capitalist society , in particular that compliance may be involuntary and that social inequalities are not as insignificant as they may appear . |
| 27 | FOUR Durham City players have been selected for the England under 16s trial at Castlecroft , Wolverhampton , this weekend . |
| 28 | In other words , there is extensive support in Britain and many other western states for government welfare and economic programmes which help the ‘ deserving ’ poor , and are also thought to be credible and realistic . |
| 29 | The man had spent about thirty minutes behind the wheel of a Land Rover Discovery like this one … they 'd followed Geoff 's normal route from Banbury to the village of Mollington , onto Cropredy , then back into Banbury . |
| 30 | Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson understandably place strong reliance on E.M.I . Records Ltd. v. Spillane [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 967 , and rightly invite me to pay very careful regard to it . |