Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RIO DE JANEIRO ( AP ) — Luis Sales , head of a Brazilian advertising agency , was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months . |
| 2 | The fact that he appeared to revise his views between 1885 and 1914 is not necessarily important . |
| 3 | I worked in the coal mines for three years to obtain my colliery manager 's certificate . |
| 4 | The negligible export of cotton goods in 1770 was transformed into half of all British exports between 1800 and 1850 . |
| 5 | The continued competitiveness of Autocover is clearly demonstrated by the fact that 1,021 members arranged new Autocover policies during 1992 . |
| 6 | Controversial General Manager Barry Cogar , a known critic of the DVR 's previous two-line operation , claimed that the figures were satisfactory in view of the DVR 's investments during 1991 . |
| 7 | I am absolutely confident that Dr. Church and his partners are not unique and that many other doctors are in the same position , in the sense that they made financial investments during 1989-91 and the payments that they received from the fund were limited by the operation of the list size criterion . |
| 8 | I will be launching the birthday year in January when I hope that among other things , we might succeed in gaining recognition for Eglantine Jebb and our many achievements for children and I was delighted to be asked to chair the birthday advisory group and to be closely involved with activities during nineteen ninety four . |
| 9 | Our operating activities during 1992 have achieved a number of successes . |
| 10 | This programme of activities during 1992 included the sponsorship of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith , the Scottish Ballet , and the Wexford Opera Festival in Ireland . |
| 11 | 1.5 per cent on the value of option contracts between 5,001 and 10,000 , |
| 12 | Capital instruments may take the form of contracts between two parties ( for example a borrower and his bank ) as well as an issue of transferable securities . |
| 13 | Expert determination is found in contracts between two parties ; the only occasions when more than two parties are involved are found in the valuation of shares in companies , but there again the parties are bound together by arrangements analogous to contracts . |
| 14 | However , the three would-be collaborators for the grand tour each revived one of their ballets for three performances by the Ballet Club at City Hall , Cape Town , in July and August ; this was when Yvonne Blake danced the Scarlet Woman . |
| 15 | Discussions between two people provide good materials , but will be useless if words are mouthed , since , as ever , you need whole sentences at normal speed with normal rhythm . |
| 16 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
| 17 | These were located mostly in two areas — launcher rockets ( primarily the Ariane programme ) , accounting for 50 per cent of the workforce and satellites for 45 per cent . |
| 18 | COACH Ian McGeechan , whose background includes eight Tests for the Lions between 1974 and 1977 plus being coach of the last Lions in 1989 , rates New Zealand ‘ the ultimate challenge ’ . |
| 19 | You can pull around 3,000 watts off one 13 amp socket . |
| 20 | The justices heard oral evidence , and after a hearing lasting more than six hours they deferred the statement of their decision and reasons for 10 days . |
| 21 | We suggest that this present system which I think many of us have doubts about should continue for practical reasons for nineteen ninety four , ninety five only and for ninety five , ninety six , we will have the benefit of the audit . |
| 22 | There may be a number of complex reasons for one simple fault which need to be fully identified . |
| 23 | The overwhelming case for his inclusion was neither as Archbishop nor as martyr but as author of the magnificent liturgy which held the Church together during the tribulations of the next century , and above all for his Collects , which Anglicans through four centuries would learn by heart as children and recite when they came to die . |
| 24 | Heaton Mersey Village visited Wayfarers and scored 142 all out , a total they successfully defended bowling out Wayfarers for 112 . |
| 25 | With the usual lack of euphemism , the overseers enter the rubric ‘ Dead ’ against her name at the beginning of 1786 ; their accounts for 10 January indicate that it had cost them the grand sum of 3s. 9d. to bury three paupers : ‘ West Wife ; Titford and Robbans ’ . |
| 26 | Journalists focused on a wide range of issues from specific aspects of our accounts for 1992/93 to the forms which privatisation may take and associated timing , to our projected future staffing levels . |
| 27 | Birmingham City Council reported the following in its accounts for 1989/90 : |
| 28 | Although Ultramar is no longer a separate entity and will not be circulating audited accounts for 1991 , the Panel has publicised its view ‘ for the information and guidance of others ’ . |
| 29 | Three editions were produced and mailed to our 3,700 members , plus a full report of our activities and a statement of accounts for 1991 . |
| 30 | These results do not comprise the statutory accounts for 1991 which have been audited without qualification and filed with the Registrar of Companies . |