Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the outbreak of war , and being an Austrian national , Raoul Hafner was interned on the Isle of Man . |
| 2 | Well-known Austrian designer Raoul Hafner was lured to Britain to a privately-financed venture by Jack Coates , of the well-known cotton manufacturing company , to produce autogyros . |
| 3 | Kang Bo Seong was replaced as Minister of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries by Cho Kyung Shik , formerly the Director of the Environment Agency . |
| 4 | The theatre of La Scala was completed by 1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini following the decision by City Governor Ferdinand Hapsburg not to rebuild the theatre in the Palazzo Reale which had just burned down for the third time . |
| 5 | Murray Stewart was jailed in the summer for attempting a £40m computer fraud . |
| 6 | Murray Stewart was tracked to a house in a London suburb where a man and wife were arrested on suspicion of hiding him . |
| 7 | Colin Blakemore was pilloried in 1987 and 1988 not just because his work was considered ( wrongly ) to be excessively cruel but also because it was thought to be useless . |
| 8 | ESSEX police dog handler Pc Colin Elsegood was punched in the face during a confrontation with another motorist , a jury heard yesterday . |
| 9 | Cooke was a happier man when greeting the news that full-back Jon Webb is assured of completing the season . |
| 10 | Having his Phil TEMPORARILY forsaking the canned Purcell , Home Secretary Kenneth Baker was greeted at a public meeting in Skelton on Monday evening by a couple of snatches of rock superstar Phil Collins . |
| 11 | Andrew O'Brien equalised Jamie Cassidy 's opening goal just after the break and Chris Pollock scored the winner from the penalty spot after Ian Harty was fouled with 11 minutes left . |
| 12 | The body of thirty nine year old father of three Bernard Dean was found in a gymnasium at Horfield Prison in Bristol . |
| 13 | The invaluable John Bellany produces a Still Life with Lovebird that does much to substantiate his already considerable reputation , and Sylvia von Hartmann is represented by a very beautiful mixed-media creation that fully justifies the remit . |
| 14 | Lord Justice Murray was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1953 , became a QC in 1964 and was elected a Bencher of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland in 1971 . |
| 15 | The violin-leader La Houssaye was admired in 1777 as a premier violon mostly worthy to direct ( conduire ) his orchestra in a concert . |
| 16 | Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in an apparently motiveless attack . |
| 17 | They continued to lay flowers and momentoes today on the spot where Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in Cheltenham High Street . |
| 18 | Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in Cheltenham just over a week ago . |
| 19 | Murray Pugh was described by his best friend as universally popular , both with fellow students and with the children he taught.A man has already been charged with his murder . |
| 20 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 21 | Such likely opponents of the economic strategy as Lord Carrington and Sir Ian Gilmour were banished to the Foreign Office while Francis Pym went to Defence . |
| 22 | William Somerville was purchased by a US firm which had previously bought Colter Guardbridge . |
| 23 | JOHN Patrick Crowley was born on 23rd July , 1941 in Newbury . |
| 24 | Pierre Gassendi was born at Champtercier , in the south of France , in 1592 . |
| 25 | Where Cannon & Ball have made ‘ Rock on , Tommy ’ their trademark , and Jim Davidson is known as ‘ Nick Nick ’ , there is a comic on the ‘ alternative ’ circuit known simply as ‘ Two Fingers ’ Soan , and another , Malcolm Hardee , who goes by the catchphrase ‘ F**k it ’ . |
| 26 | Gary Kelly was arrested by PC Tim Brown who thought he was fighting with a group of girls , the court was told . |
| 27 | Colonel Stewart was re-united with his wife and family when the regiment returned to its base in Fallingbostel , Germany , only 11 days ago . |
| 28 | Herr Nordern was quizzed by the entire staff but stoically maintained that he knew no more than anyone else . |
| 29 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 30 | He spoke out yesterday after Brentford striker Gary Blissett was cleared of a charge of causing grievous bodily harm . |