Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun prp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few , however , reflect the kind of commitment to effective professional service which inspired McClellan 's system in the borough of Tottenham in the 1950s . |
| 2 | He represented the borough of Northampton in the Parliaments of 1624 , 1625 , 1626 , and 1628–9 . |
| 3 | Lewis and Townsend describe the North-South divide as ‘ one of the distinctive characteristics of Britain in the 1980s ’ . |
| 4 | Eva polished away with a will , thinking of Samuel in the temple who did even the most menial work for God . |
| 5 | He saw a good deal of Eden in the next months , and with a genuine desire to see him Prime Minister gave him a lot of advice . |
| 6 | I have tried to focus such an examination by playing the parlour game of making a list of the 50 Europeans who have most influenced the consciousness of Europe in the last 1,000 years . |
| 7 | The Russian Revolution , and the revolutions in Central Europe at the end of the First World War , took place after military defeats ; and while in China the revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party was finally victorious in a civil war fought after the defeat of Japan in the Second World War , that victory was nevertheless largely due to the earlier defeat and retreat of the Chinese Nationalist armies in the war with Japan , and to the success of the Communist Party in organizing guerrilla warfare in the Japanese-occupied areas . |
| 8 | The defeat of Turkey in the War of 1768–74 , therefore , marked a major step in consolidating Russia 's southern flank . |
| 9 | As it happened , Kalli was soon out for 158 , but his contribution helped West Indies to a decisive first-innings lead of 261 and , ultimately , an easy seven-wicket victory — their first defeat of England in the Caribbean for 20 years . |
| 10 | Support of Amorges and its ultimate consequence , the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War , is however a story we shall resume later . |
| 11 | There has been so much drama , not only over the first two days , when Henri Leconte had made his fairy tale return to Davis Cup play with his stunning defeat of Sampras in the second singles and then his inspirational contribution to France 's doubles success as he and Forget maintained an 8–0 unbeaten record together in the competition , that it was both right and proper that there should have been more to come . |
| 12 | This motion advocated a revival of nationalist Gaullist traditions to distinguish the RPR electorally from other right-wing parties , and called for more party independence , asserting that in its present state , still demoralized by the defeat of Chirac in the 1988 presidential elections , the RPR was incapable of forming an effective opposition . |
| 13 | This time Cameroun only lost one qualifier in the African group and their decisive defeat of Tunisia in the final play-off augured well for Italy . |
| 14 | When it was Meehan 's turn and they asked him what he had been doing that night , he said he had driven to Stranraer ( to case the motor taxation office , he admitted later ) with an Englishman called Jim Griffiths ; and they had come back via the outskirts of Ayr in the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | Sun Microsystems Inc duly unveiled plans for a European software centre located on the outskirts of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland last week ( CI No 2,1180 . |
| 16 | THE HEADING is innocuous enough : Executive Session 3 , Reports of Special Committees , presented by Joe Clarke , the Foreign Minister of Canada , with Kenneth Kaunda , President of Zambia in the chair and Bob Hawke , Prime Minister of Australia , to speak . |
| 17 | Wonderful views of both , and of the Pentlands in the south and of Fife and the Firth of Forth in the north , can be seen from the many hills upon or around which Edinburgh drapes itself . |
| 18 | Like many men of the muirlands and remote districts of Ayrshire in the 17th century , John was a fervent opponent of the imposition of Episcopacy on to the Scottish Kirk . |
| 19 | There is no mention of Knott in the new lease . |
| 20 | There is a mention of Borwick in the Domesday Book , 1086 , and there was an early wooden structure to the East of the present building . |
| 21 | There is no further mention of Ambrosia in the records , and possibly she is to be identified with the ‘ Dame Ambroise de Saint-Joire ’ named in 1288 among the first entrants to the Carthusian nunnery of Melan ( Haute-Savoie ) founded in 1282 by Beatrice de Faucigny . |
| 22 | While there is no mention of Stockport in the Domesday Book , William the Conqueror had granted the County Palatine of Chester to Hugh Lupus , his nephew , and the town became one of his eight baronies , with a castle erected on a sandstone bluff ( now Castle Yard ) commanding the river crossing . |
| 23 | Mouse.com was supplied but not Mouse.sys and there is no mention of Mouse.sys in the manuals . |
| 24 | They found no mention of Pavel in the file , nor any address for Alina . |
| 25 | I can not be absolutely sure that there is no mention of Idso in the book because of its other glaring omission — there is no index . |
| 26 | After the Tories ' loss of Newbury in the by-election on May 6th , and the death of Robert Adley , the MP for Christchurch , on May 13th , is that still true ? |
| 27 | In the past , when warring factions had been rife on the island , families of breeding had automatically sent at least one son to train in the Halls of Valiance in the western region of Gleberune and , as a consequence , generous donations had showered into the Valiance coffers . |
| 28 | The victory follows a 2–0 aggregate defeat of Sahel Club of Niger in the first round . |
| 29 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 30 | Shiona swallowed drily , her fingers clutched tightly around her glass as she continued to stare with unblinking , blurred vision at the photograph of Ryan in the big silver frame . |