Example sentences of "[num] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | When Mr Ramsay died in 1943 the Leaders paid tribute to one who was greatly loved : ‘ Testimony was given to his worth and zeal in the work and all that pertained to the welfare of the church , and particularly to his services in the choir and his love for the weekly prayer meeting . ’ |
2 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
3 | The British Journal of Educational Psychology published an article on the negative correlation between fertility and intelligence by Gerald O'Hanlon in 1940 and an attack by Charlotte Fleming on the assumption that socio-economic level and intelligence were highly related in 1943 The Times Educational Supplement reviewed Maguiness 's book Environment and Heredity without querying the causal assumption that intelligence was mainly inherited . |
4 | In 1943 the pollsters began to ask people how they would vote ‘ if a general election were held tomorrow ’ . |
5 | Throughout the thirties the Germans had been eager to displace the British . |
6 | We have already seen ( on pp. 33–4 , above ) that in 1948 the conventions of historic-cost , straight-line depreciation of capital led ( if the Boards broke-even on book costs ) to artificially low prices . |
7 | In 1799 the shearmen of Wiltshire threatened those who were introducing dressing machinery : " if you follow this practice any longer … we will keep som people to watch you about with loaded Blunderbuss or Pistols And will certainly blow your Brains out it is no use to destroy the Factorys But put you Damn 'd Villions to death " . |
8 | Though since the judicature Act came into force in 1875 the rules of Common Law and Equity are recognized and administered in the same court , yet they still remain distinct bodies of law , governed largely by different principles . |
9 | In 1872 , the CWS agreed to do so ; but in 1875 the employees ' right to a bonus was abrogated when delegates to a quarterly meeting of consumers ' societies ‘ swept away the entire bonus system after less than three years ’ trial , and at the same time abolished the United Employees ' Association and the privileges ' — that is , on the purchases of goods — ‘ attached to it , decreeing that employees should share and share alike with other members both as purchasers and as recipients of dividends on their purchases . ’ |
10 | 10.1 The Premises shall be demised subject to all ( if any ) Restrictions affecting the Premises ( whether in existence at the date of this agreement or arising at any later date ) |
11 | During 1934 the tensions within the Danzig NSDAP were most evident in the hostility between Gauleiter Forster and Senate President Hermann Rauschning . |
12 | Since 1934 the elections of the presidents of Czechoslovakia have taken place here . |
13 | Between 1987/88 and 1989/90 the numbers of teachers taking early retirement rose from 7,574 to 12,343 . |
14 | Until the 1640s the colonies had taken it for granted that they would trade only with England , partly because Charles 's government gave orders that they should , partly because the hostile Spanish colonies offered them no real alternative . |
15 | In a petition of 1756 the weavers of the West Country pointed out the consequences of wage reductions being imposed by their employers : " insomuch that weavers can not get above fourpence for sixteen hours labour … whereby their families are thrown upon and become burthensome to the parishes " . |
16 | Sparta did not abandon her aims in Thessaly ; in 426 the Spartans founded a colony at Herakleia in Trachis , which commanded the Thessalian border ( p. 131 ) ; and later in this book we shall follow this thread of Spartan policy further still ( see p. 153 and chapter 14 , p. 186 ) . |
17 | Edward still prevaricated , but at the Parliament of March 1299 the magnates extorted further concessions by the threat of armed force . |
18 | At the Rutland Forest Eyre in 1269 the verderers , regarders and other jurors presented a long list of indictments of this kind . |
19 | But selling more slaves would have done it little good if it could not get paid for them , and in the 1680s the planters owed the company money for two full years supply of slaves . |
20 | 9.2 The Premises shall be demised subject to the matters set out or referred to in clause … of the draft lease annexed and the Tenant or the Tenant 's solicitors having been supplied with such information as the Landlord has concerning the same the Tenant has entered into this agreement with notice of and shall raise no objection requisition or inquiry in respect of such matters |
21 | 9.2 The Premises shall be demised subject to the matters set out in clause … of the draft lease annexed |
22 | 9.2 The Personnel Committee will then determine , in the light of all the circumstances , whether or not to approve an extension of sickness allowance and whether any such extension shall be on the basis of full or half pay . |
23 | 9.2 The prospects |
24 | Talks sponsored by Djibouti President Hassan Gouled Aptidon brought together in Djibouti on June 5-15 the leaders of four Somali groups — the United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which had formed an interim administration in Mogadishu in January [ see pp. 37946-47 ] ; the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) ; the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) : and the Somali Democratic Movement ( SDM ) . |
25 | Nithard 's main focus was on Charles ; but in July 840 the eyes of most of the elite were on Lothar . |
26 | For when Chapman arrived in 1925 the Gunners were finding First Division survival a hard struggle . |
27 | If in Figure 17.2 the authorities wished to reduce the demand for money to Q 2 , they would raise interest rates to r 2 . |
28 | By the early 19305 the terms " modernism " and " modernist " had begun to appear occasionally in the review pages , signalling an at least minimal engagement with contemporary literature , particularly poetry . |
29 | ( No. 2 ) [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 109 the courts at all levels had regard to the provisions of article 10 in considering the extent of the duty of confidence . |
30 | WC apps : 12 Winners : 1954 , 1974 Runners-up : 1966 , 1982 , 1986 The Germans ran Argentina close in the 1986 final with a team past its prime . |