Example sentences of "[noun prp] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Twain , for example , who went to see the Great Exhibition of 1867 , wrote : ‘ ( I saw ) Napoleon in military uniform — long-bodied , short-legged man , fiercely moustached , old , wrinkled , with eyes half-closed and such a deep crafty scheming expression about them . ’ |
| 2 | Yahaya , who was among 160 people arrested after riots in Katsina in northern Nigeria [ see p. 38135-36 ] , received an 18-month prison term , while his followers received terms of between six and nine months . |
| 3 | They are much less happy about the emergence of an independent Kurdistan in northern Iraq , which might then become an inspiration for Iran 's own Kurdish separatists . |
| 4 | Knut Hamsun in Old Age |
| 5 | Wonder if Henry was Herod in previous existence . |
| 6 | The NORTH U21s , managed by Dave Parker , enjoyed their biennial pre-season tour to Marvejols in Central France where they were hosted for their week long visit by French families as the result of town twinning with Cockermouth , and the fantastic hospitality and often adventurous leisure activities were enjoyed not only by the players but also by referee Fred Howard , who officiated in the first two matches . |
| 7 | One recent example is the research on the bronzes excavated in the 1950s at Igbo-Ukwu in south-eastern Nigeria and dated around the tenth century AD ( fig. 6.9 ) . |
| 8 | Boro 's magnificent performance , and the backing of their fans , made it a memorable night , on which they were also denied by the fingertips of Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel , who made a superb save from Willie Falconer in extra time . |
| 9 | CTL recognizing the conserved ls6 epitope of LSA-1 are restricted through HLA-B53 and , although further work is required to demonstrate CTL in young children and to show that , as in rodent models , human CTL can kill intra-hepatic parasites , the findings support our proposal that the association of this HLA class I antigen with resistance to severe malaria may be mediated by CTL . |
| 10 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 11 | Some US$30,000,000 held by Gen. Aoun in European bank accounts would be frozen pending a negotiated settlement . |
| 12 | AUSTRALIAN QUARTET The Baby Animals opened for Bryan Adams in stylish fashion . |
| 13 | Izvestiya of Oct. 19 reported that prompt action by the town Soviet in Ust-Kamenogorsk in eastern Kazakhstan had prevented an escalation into large-scale violence following an incident on Oct. 14-15 , when visiting Chechens were suspected of murdering four Kazakhs . |
| 14 | This magazine , the readers of the Guardian will have been appalled to discover , is plagued by ‘ young men from Coopers & Lybrand in striped shirts looking suspiciously at cartoons for excess intelligence . ’ |
| 15 | And for many visitors to Switzerland the fast through journey via Langnau may be the only experience they have of the Fmmental ( literally the valley of the river Emme ) , a district which illustrates the charm of the Berner Mittelland in high degree . |
| 16 | Saul Weinberg 's exploration at Tel Anafa in Upper Galilee is now beginning to give us an idea of a small Hellenistic centre of the second century B.C. in its intercourse with Phoenician towns and with the Greek world of the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 17 | While Schimer/Mosel continues to concentrate on its good list of German editions of international books on photography , one German original is Museumsbilder , the first complete publication of a series of fifteen large colour photographs taken by Thomas Struth in leading museums of the world ( DM58 ) . |
| 18 | Here around Alto Foresta in recent years , hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forest have been burned and continue to be burned to provide pasture for cattle . |
| 19 | Those more experienced than Marie in practising acts of intimidation and violence could have told her that it is of ten a mistake to delay , to let your victims talk to you . |
| 20 | Narasimha Rao took over from Arjun Singh in early December as leader of the house in the Lok Sabha . |
| 21 | ‘ And I am still your maid , ’ McAllister had said gaily to him , but , of course , she was now less and less of a maid and more a member of the family , working side by side with Matey in cheerful equality , living and playing with them in the evening , and when Dr Neil spoke of the wedding day again she said that she must write to her uncle at least , before anything could be arranged , and let him think that she had done so . |
| 22 | The Independent of Jan. 10 reported that the UN was pressing ahead with plans to hold a peace conference on Afghanistan in late February , despite the continuing refusal of hardline fundamentalist mujaheddin factions to attend . |
| 23 | The man , a middle-aged shift worker , placed his bet with bookmakers William Hill in Kentish Town on his way to work . |
| 24 | An older discovery that has become significant is the taxon ‘ Proconsul ( Xenopithecus ) hamiltoni ’ described for a maxilla fragment from Lothidok Hill in northern Kenya , because the Eragaleit beds from which this fossil came ( together with some additional undescribed specimens ) have recently been dated at between 24.3 and 27.5Myr . |
| 25 | Jimmy 's Hill in excellent form , with 420–440 the best pegs for 15 lb bags . |
| 26 | African National Congress ( ANC ) and government delegations , including respectively Nelson Mandela , the ANC deputy president , and de Klerk , met on Oct. 8 to discuss continuing violence which had particularly affected the Transvaal in recent weeks . |
| 27 | Above : Spencer with his trusty air racing Baron at Abbeville in late June . |
| 28 | Cornish Adventure Sailing will do all this and even take you across the Bay of Biscay to La Coruna in northern Spain . |
| 29 | The paper published by the Commission is to be submitted to EC transport ministers ; it had been in preparation for some time , but work was speeded up following the recent tanker accidents in the Shetlands and at La Coruna in northern Spain [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 30 | Frank Keating finds Eddie Hemmings in optimistic mood |