Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [noun prp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one-year one-day contract for Chris Cowdrey never worked out satisfactorily . |
| 2 | But Stephens set up a try for Nigel Davies just before half-time , and tries after the break by Boobyer and Evans settled the match . |
| 3 | If there was any popular support for Saddam Hussein anywhere in Iraq after the disasters of the war , I thought I 'd find it in the Sunni Moslem towns on the Tigris north of Baghdad . |
| 4 | Unlike previous years , the ARC yachts will this year plot a course for St Lucia rather then Barbados . |
| 5 | Juliet had given her a few pointers , but indream Susan found her experience as Vanessa Vail somehow more confidence-building . |
| 6 | Although I was sceptical as to the Brighton affair , I could not help seeing that there was rather a look about Mr Wilson sometimes ; for instance when , as occasionally happened , his wife 's leg was too bad for her to go shopping and he went alone . |
| 7 | Reynolds , which has 29% of the domestic market , made its decision after Philip Morris recently cut the price of Marlboro , America 's best-selling brand . |
| 8 | No worries for Brian Horton tomorrow . |
| 9 | We were disappointed when Sheffield Wednesday turned down our bid for David Hirst so we looked at the situation again and decided that Cantona was the best . |
| 10 | She had some words of reproach for Mrs Kinnock too . |
| 11 | THE Poultry Association of Northern Ireland only holds its conference every other year . |
| 12 | POLICE hunting the killer of Rachel Nickell yesterday swooped on a flat above a funeral parlour . |
| 13 | The surprise defeat of Puma Sunderland away to Top Spin Darlington meant that with two games in hand Ilkley need to win only one of their last two matches to be the North-East representatives in the area play-offs . |
| 14 | MORLEY STREET returned ‘ in smashing shape ’ following his impressive defeat of brother Granville Again in the Elite Hurdle at Cheltenham on Sunday . |
| 15 | That cursory mention of St. Columba's-by-the-Castle hardly reflects the incalculable contribution made by Gilbert Clark , ‘ the embodiment of Christian Aid ’ , as he has been most aptly described . |
| 16 | Admittedly , Spurs were handicapped by the loss of Paul Allen early on , but the deployment of defender Jason Cundy in midfield undermined their chances of taking advantage of Forest 's lack of confidence . |
| 17 | • the shock of Buddy Holly 's death in '59 , then the loss of Eddie Cochran less than two years later ? |
| 18 | DESTINATION BRUSSELS FOR EYES OF ALEX RANELEIGH ONLY . |
| 19 | DESTINATION BRUSSELS FOR EYES OF ALEX RANELEIGH ONLY . |
| 20 | DESTINATION BRUSSELS FOR EYES OF ALEX RANELEIGH ONLY . |
| 21 | This takeover by Liber of Esselte Förlag just over two years ago redrew the landscape of Swedish publishing . |
| 22 | The murder of Sgt Newman also bore a striking similarity to the shooting 25 miles away of Pte Robert Davies , 19 , the Army recruit killed at Lichfield City railway station in June 1990 . |
| 23 | On either side of the shiny-faced photograph of Harold Herbert Gaily were four more photographs , two pairs . |
| 24 | The High Altar was carved by M. V. Jäckel and J. K. Liška painted the fine Stigmata of St Francis here , and also the Finding of the True Cross on the altar to the N. The Assumption of the Virgin on the right-hand altar is by Willmann , and it is his Expulsion from the Temple over the W door . |
| 25 | Such was the fear of Thomas Clemens locally that the widow , Jane Glynn , petitioned Parliament that the murderers be tried in London by a Cornish jury . |
| 26 | The conflict over the future of Northern Ireland thus draws our attention to a rather neglected question in discussion of democracy : what is the group that has the right to decide a particular policy or issue , by a majority vote if necessary ? |
| 27 | In April 1940 Colonel Holland put Collin Gubbins in charge of the Independent Companies and he went with them to Norway , where through no fault of Collin Gubbins much — if not all — of his and the ISTDC 's teachings were ignored . |
| 28 | He was at the garden party on Guy Fawkes Night in 1938 when the honourable member for Stockton , Harold Macmillan , burnt Chamberlain in effigy , and he earned the thanks of Bob Boothby later the same evening when he happened upon him making love to Macmillan 's wife against a turkey-oak tree — and went deaf and blind . |
| 29 | And was that sublime trip I made around the celestial skyline embracing the deep recesses of Cwm Llan just a dream ? |
| 30 | But in addition to the political ideal of the rule of law Hayek also recognizes the need for a set of principles of institutional design to ensure that the power of the state could not be exercised in such a way as to compromise individual liberty . |