Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offer was conditional on the disarmament of the NPFL and on its assembly at specified camps as outlined in the Yammoussoukro agreement of October 1991 [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 2 | He had moved from Camberwell to Central with William Johnstone and at his request . |
| 3 | The narrow valley was overhung on its eastern flank by the immense precipices of Chamlang and on its western side by those of peak 41 . |
| 4 | He will be searching for the Volvo and with his kind of luck he will no doubt find it . |
| 5 | Both from Scott and from her lifestyle . |
| 6 | However , even here a discrepancy arises as Mercier shows the keyfronts to be black ( just as we see them on the William Smith ) , whereas in all of the spinets by Hitchcock and in his sole surviving harpsichord at the Victoria and Albert Museum , London , the colour of the keyfronts matches the natural key plates ( i.e. ivory keys always have ivory arcades ) . |
| 7 | The formulation and implementation of a national energy policy was the first priority of the new president in domestic politics , and , as he saw it , some sort of test both of the governability of the United States and of his exercise of leadership , ‘ Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this nation . ’ |
| 8 | Senior Police Officers from the United States and from our partners in Europe believe that we have succeeded in creating a police service that is politically independent , unlike those in their own countries where all powerful politicians , be they ministers of the interior or mayors , have imposed their will upon the police and often with the most damaging consequences . |
| 9 | Over-stocked in the United States and in its sports wholesaling division , the company was forced to make ‘ ruthless ’ write-downs to clear the stock . |
| 10 | Operatic hero : although Gian Carlo Menotti is not the flavour of the decade in Britain , in the United States and in his native Italy his name is legend . |
| 11 | But if Eisenhower and Dulles were frustrated and disappointed , they were also impressed by the divisions of opinion within the United States and among their allies on the subject of Indo-China . |
| 12 | I discussed the matter with John Montgomerie and on my own responsibility decided to telephone Harold Wilson to seek his advice . |
| 13 | The Great Sancy takes it name from a French ambassador to Turkey who acquired it in Constantinople and on his return to France in 1593 lent it to Henry IV as a pledge for money to pay his troops . |
| 14 | It was a terrible ordeal for my hon. and learned Friend and for his family . |
| 15 | George Chase of Ripon , good as gold and wise as Solomon , but even shyer than Ramsey and without his intellectual bite ? |
| 16 | The US National Security Council in March 1956 , though not mentioning the British by name , clearly numbered them among those allies who were allergic to high-risk Western policies , and who were all too eager to listen to the sirens in the Kremlin and to their " soft " initiatives . |
| 17 | According to press reports Karami believed that his government had been penalized by the West for its close links with Syria and for its strong commitment at the Middle East peace talks to an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon . |
| 18 | It needed to be bigger , for it was widely used as a plough ox on the very heavy , stiff clays of the Sussex Weald and in its more distant past it played a valuable role in the Sussex iron industry by hauling hefty loads of timber and metal . |
| 19 | Wife of Philip IV , she was also his niece ; she had been betrothed to his son Baltasar Carlos but on his death at seventeen the King ( her uncle ) married her himself , and the only surviving son of this union was the cretinous Charles II , last of the Habsburg line . |
| 20 | Newry defender Errol Lutton , called into the 20-strong Irish training panel earlier this week , has a chance to impress coach Cees Koppelaar , but it 's not clear yet whether he will line out for Ireland or for his club ! |
| 21 | Without a record or any other reason to be in print , Morrissey was to be heard advocating the necessary use of political violence in support of CND and in his approval of the Animal Liberation Front 's great Mars Bar hoax . |
| 22 | Another interrupter , especially at this time , was of course Vivien herself , who , despite the legal separation , would continue to pester him , causing great embarrassment to Miss Swan and to his secretary . |
| 23 | The Teesside events were crucially important at this stage of the development both of the CNAA and of its associated institutions , but the outcomes were ambiguous . |
| 24 | It did not require much effort on Gehlen 's part to convince the Americans that the real enemy was Russia and with his help they could have a ready-made intelligence organisation . |
| 25 | The momentous events themselves and the amount of journalistic coverage and academic analysis they have received have understandably reinforced the tendency in most western historical literature specializing in Russia and the Soviet Union to devote the greater share of its attention to political , social and economic developments in the central , ‘ European ’ heartland of Russia and on its western and south-western rim . |
| 26 | At the time of the Han dynasty , when jade was still the only material fit to accompany the emperor , it was accompanied in the case of feudal lords and officials of grades 1–3 by pearls and in that of officials of grade 4 by gold.47 One indication of the status of pearls in Christendom is their use in iconography as symbols of regeneration , and the way they have long been used to enrich the crowns of sovereigns from the sacred crown of Hungary to the mitre crown of Catherine II of Russia and in our own day the State Crown of Queen Elizabeth II ( Frontispiece ; figs. 35 and 37 ) . |
| 27 | the best way forward for our customers , for AEA and for our Government owners is either a public flotation or a private placement combined with a measure of employee ownership ( open to all employees at the time of flotation ) . |
| 28 | The Tan Hill Inn is the highest public house in England and for my money just about the loneliest . |
| 29 | I said to the NFU and in my press statement that I reserved the right to take emergency action if , for instance , people in this country started to use coloured lenses for chickens , which would be outrageous — I would stop it before it started . |
| 30 | Advisory staff were tireless in their advocacy of PNP and in their efforts to secure its effective implementation . |