Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1987 Iran/Contra hearings in Washington the most frightening witness was Colonel Oliver North , who , though not a direct employee of the CIA , had been inextricably associated with it in this sordid affair . |
| 2 | Ma'am , may I have er pleasure to second the adoption of the accounts ? |
| 3 | I see , so coming back to er making the pills and silver on it and gold , was this er sort of foe the aristocracy more ? |
| 4 | I can now ask er Geoffrey to second the motion , please . |
| 5 | The judge awarded Hoelzer $577,000 for his labours , based on Hoelzer 's calculations of a per diem rate of $1,600 a day . |
| 6 | And that 's what you get with the Grange du Pin for £3.55 a bottle . |
| 7 | Yesterday the Rev John Wilson , minister at Corporation Road , said he was encouraged by local people 's response to efforts the church is making to provide a focus for a range of activities . |
| 8 | Following Jacques 's discussions with LEAs the financial position gradually improved and is summarised below : |
| 9 | In replying to the accusations , Mr Toshack pointed out that Bilbao 's attempts to culture a romantic image as the sole defenders of Basque traditions were at odds with £3.75 million invested in signings and more managers in 12 months than Real Sociedad have had in the last eight years . |
| 10 | Any grant of papal support or protection , as Alexander II 's support of William the Conqueror 's invasion of England in 1066 , was likely to lead to a request for a quid pro quo or a reminder of a payment due . |
| 11 | On the probable site of Wallace 's birthplace at Elderslie a modern memorial bears inscriptions in Gaelic ( Bas agus Buaiad — Death and Victory ) , English , and Latin , a translation of which reads I tell you the truth . |
| 12 | Milan : In position squaring ahead of today 's expiry of options the MIB slipped three points to 1,166 . |
| 13 | In 1592 a grandiose proposal received consideration : an unnamed individual offered to farm all the queen 's woods for £20,000 a year . |
| 14 | Among the children >=12; months of age a respiratory rate >=70/min; had a specificity of 90% , a sensitivity of only 32% , and an accuracy of 61% , but a rate of >=60/min; had an accuracy of 70% . |
| 15 | The smaller one 's units of analysis the more of them are needed to cover the spectrum of interest . |
| 16 | Until recently , government sales accounted for roughly 90% of O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt 's turnover of $10m a year . |
| 17 | Similarly prolific and passionate in their dedication were Canon Roger Lloyd , author of , among other works , The Fascination of Railways , Canon Reginald Fellows , researcher into the history of Bradshaw , Canon Victor Whitechurch , creator of the fictional railway detective Thorpe Hazell , and Revd Wilbert Awdrey , author of the much-loved children 's books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends . |
| 18 | Obviously I strongly believe that industry has to be modernised — none of us is against that — but during the Government 's term of office the restructuring in many of our industries has been far too savage . |
| 19 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 20 | Is the Minister aware that Sheffield is plunging into its deepest recession since the war , that according to new research by the city council 's department of employment the true figure for unemployment is 17 per cent . |
| 21 | Despite Costa Rica 's recognition of Taiwan the government remained unenthusiastic . |
| 22 | At this point all three friends felt an unruly wave of amusement sweeping over them , and the rest of the fire-drill was spent desperately avoiding each other 's eyes in case a fit of the giggles should descend , and they were all agreed ( especially Mildred ) that this would definitely not be the thing to do . |
| 23 | The Fellows of Magdalen College , Oxford , refused James 's attempt to foist a Catholic President on them in March 1687 ( electing one of their own fellows instead , whom James immediately deposed ) , and when they subsequently refused to accept James 's nomination of Samuel Parker , Bishop of Oxford , the Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes was used to deprive twenty-five of them of their fellowships . |
| 24 | At Hill 's auction in Ballyclare a Victorian inlaid games table sold for £550 ; a pine-cased grandfather clock , went at £500 and a Corinthian pillar oil lamp , £310 . |
| 25 | Afterwards they had a wedding breakfast in the Escargot restaurant in Greek Street nearby whose proprietor was an unofficial father figure to my mother so far away from home , and then they sent my mother 's parents in Brittany a coded message via the free French radio : Marie is still eating snails and all is well . |
| 26 | National Grid 's proposal to route a 400kv power line through part of the constituency is another issue which has sparked controversy . |
| 27 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 28 | Rejecting Tomlinson 's proposal to resite the Royal Brompton and Royal Marsden hospitals at the Charing Cross Hospital in west London . |
| 29 | Of course , when we test Hartley 's philosophy against experience an immediate problem comes to mind : why is it that we are so often unable to link a face with a name or remember the title of a book we were reading only last week ? |
| 30 | In the View from the Hotel Mistral , executed on Braque 's return to Paris a few months later , the influence of Cézanne is even more marked . |