Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As important as the preaching of Moody were the songs of Ira Sankey with their simple words , clear message and catchy tunes . |
| 2 | The whole sequence , therefore , appears to be concerned with rescripts of Marcus Aurelius on the subject of trusts for public building . |
| 3 | Congratulations to the Brothers of St John of God on the completion of their new pastoral centre in Hemlington . |
| 4 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 5 | There were certainly regions where this situation was developing — the new cotton districts of south Lancashire for example , and in the Potteries where females unknown in the industry before 1760 could earn from 12s ( 60p ) to £2 a week by the end of the century . |
| 6 | The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday . |
| 7 | As he walked on down Mouncy Street and into Decimus Street he could almost feel the curious eyes of Phil Jordan on his back . |
| 8 | The worries of Ladybird Johnson about her husband 's health ( he had suffered heart attacks before becoming president ) were a factor in his withdrawal ; but it was the unsolved problem of Vietnam that was decisive in making up the President 's mind . |
| 9 | Francis Pym 's dismissal from the office of Foreign Secretary was widely reported in advance during the 1983 general election ; the dismissals of Patrick Jenkin at Environment and Peter Rees at the Treasury in September 1985 were extensively trailed over the summer ; the same was true of Mr Biffen 's dismissal in June 1987 . |
| 10 | Militarism also infected some sections of the socialist movement , as in the later jingo-outpourings of Robert Blatchford of The Clarion . |
| 11 | One of the major attractions of southeast Antrim as a petroleum prospect lies in its combination of good reservoir rocks with excellent cap rocks provided by the several thick salt units within its Permo-Triassic sequence . |
| 12 | Jonjo O'Neill 's conditional rider Tony Dobbin sent Moment Of Truth on two out and the top-weight saw off the attentions of Buckra Mellisuga by a length and a half . |
| 13 | Longhorns are the world 's oldest ‘ improved ’ breed , having been subject to the attentions of Robert Bakewell of Leicestershire more than 200 years ago , and until recently were listed with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust with only a few hobby farmer enthusiasts . |
| 14 | The murals of Diego Rivera for the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico City are admitted by the critic Antonio Rodriguez not to be all of an equally high standard , ‘ but what poet could keep up the same lyrical flow for a thousand verses ? |
| 15 | WE , the 15 loyal supporters of Cliftonville FC from north and west Belfast , would like to apologise to the directors , staff and players over our recent remarks about the ‘ Joe Kerr incident . ’ |
| 16 | Detective Gideon Eddy laid an arm across the shoulders of Charlie Smith in mock affection . |
| 17 | The Honourable Alexander Augustus had already made a favourable impression by raising an eyebrow at the antics and constructions of Mr Pocklington on the islands of Derwent Water . |
| 18 | I have taken my children to the battlefields of north-east France as a result of which their grandfather died because of the foolishness of politicians . |
| 19 | In the States the classic examples , which you should study , are the books of Ed McBain about the work of the detective of the " 87th Precinct " in an unnamed city . |
| 20 | Dr Groome tapped up the images of Ida Lupino in High Sierra , Shelley Winters in A Double Life and Gloria Grahame in Crossfire . |
| 21 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 22 | My cousin Philip was with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the far east and my cousin Dorothy 's husband was in the swamps of New Guinea with the Australian forces . |
| 23 | But remember the words of Glidwell LJ in Rex Stewart Jeffries Parker Ginsberg Ltd v Parker [ 1988 ] IRLR 483 : " in the end , whether a particular provision is or is not reasonable to protect the employer 's legitimate interest is a matter of impression " . |
| 24 | Mr. Watkinson accepted that the closing words of section 69(1) place a difficulty in his way , but he maintained that this difficulty can not be allowed to outweigh the clear words of Lord Bridge of Harwich . |
| 25 | For a robust rejection of forensic attacks on valuations by experts in rent reviews , see the words of Lord Templeman in Hudson ( A ) Pty Ltd v Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd [ 1986 ] 2 EGLR 130 quoted at 13.5.5 . |
| 26 | In the words of Lord Greene in Davies v Collins [ 1945 ] 1 All ER 247 : Whether or not in any given contract performance can properly be carried out by the employment of a sub-contractor , must depend on the proper inference to be drawn from the contract itself , the subject matter of it and other material surrounding circumstances . |
| 27 | Equally , in the words of Lord Wright in Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills ( 1936 P.C. ) ‘ there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter ; a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description . ’ |
| 28 | A deposit is in the words of Lord Macnaghten in Soper v. Arnold ( 1889 H.L. ) ‘ a guarantee that the purchaser means business . ’ |
| 29 | And , along with their male counterparts , they were ready to carry out the purpose of the meeting which , in the words of Douglas Kinnaird of PA Consulting , brought in as one of the UK 's top headhunters to chair it , was ‘ not to provide answers but raise comments , views — even whether or not it is a concern ? — and pick out perhaps one or two opportunities . ’ |
| 30 | In the words of Stephanie Marshall of the University of York , citizenship had become ‘ Political Education 's longed for ‘ place in the sun ’ . |