Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the [num] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long ago as 1970 , the Coldstream-Summerson Report reflected the growing concern about vocational courses and suggested they be recognized so that they became design ‘ technician ’ courses along the lines of the definition laid down in the 1969 Haslegrave Report . |
| 2 | Before returning to England he was asked to persuade Gladstone to come over for the 1878 Yale ‘ commencement ’ but he would plead in vain . |
| 3 | Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage . |
| 4 | Equally , seven Yorkshire clubs will line up in the 1992–93 Pilkington Cup competition , two as Yorkshire qualifiers , three as National Division Three qualifiers and two as National Division Two qualifiers not competing in the Yorkshire Cup . |
| 5 | Relaxation came only with the two Geneva conferences of 1954 and 1955 . |
| 6 | Well , I came home for the 1986 Turnberry Open expecting to caddie for Mac O'Grady but that did n't materialize , so Nick and I joined up in July 1986 . |
| 7 | He turned his head , looking back at the six T'ang standing amongst the pillars , watching him . |
| 8 | I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time . |
| 9 | There was no representation for either of the two dominant political groups in the Hong Kong Legislative Council ( Legco ) — the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong and the conservative Co-operative Resource Centre — whereas the pro-Chinese New Hong Kong Alliance and Liberal Democratic Federation , both of which had performed badly in the 1991 Legco elections , enjoyed significant representation . |
| 10 | However , scrutiny of the events leading up to the 9 July announcement suggests that this decision was a result not so much of Soviet ‘ opportunism ’ as of the policies of the Eisenhower administration and the brinkmanship of Fidel Castro . |
| 11 | These were now waiting there with the six Somalls Omar had engaged as our camel men . |
| 12 | We look forward to the 1991 PGA European Tour Season . |
| 13 | However , the precise relationship between the USA and its former colony , which continued to be bound together by the 1951 Philippines-US Mutual Defence Treaty , remained unclear . |
| 14 | Most of the private members ' old age pension bills that had been submitted to Parliament prior to 1908 had contained income-limit clauses ; but by the early 1920s , stimulated partly by the 1919 Ryland Adkins Committee 's publicizing of the problem , increasing concern was being voiced over whether means-testing would discourage saving for old age . |
| 15 | UNEP , it is worth recalling , was born out of the 1972 Stockholm conference ; the 1992 anniversary conference will be the time to consider turning it into a full-blown UN agency with more funds at its disposal . |
| 16 | I know back in the 1930s Bradford City had a full back called McLuggage , but surely not even Reg believes that somewhere out there is a left back called Halfpound O'Liver . |
| 17 | The government 's case for retaining lead in petrol has been based heavily on the 1981 Lawther report . |
| 18 | It goes back to the 1969 Magritte exhibition , also curated by Sylvester , to which the Menil lent a number of works . |
| 19 | Following its accident the QED was repaired but flew little until the 1938 Bendix race , when George Armistead was forced out by an oil-line problem . |
| 20 | Continue on to the Nine Wells valley then head south west to cross Morfa Common again . |
| 21 | For years , sewage solids have been coming ashore between the two Forth bridges . |
| 22 | Scorton is entered both for the 1993 Britain in Bloom and the Best Kept Village competitions . |
| 23 | The tribunal , which had been set up under the 1981 Algiers Accord , had yet to determine the exact sum of compensation to be paid . |
| 24 | His government would be committed " at the first stage " to " autonomy and the five-year interim period " which had been spelled out in the 1978 Camp David accords . |
| 25 | An earlier attempt had been withdrawn immediately after the 19 October 1987 Wall Street crash . |
| 26 | I decided in the circumstances that the 35 US gallon model was hardly adequate for my purposes and traded up to the 55 US gallon model . |
| 27 | So , too , of course , does John Lill , and among his 1991 engagements have been all five Beethoven Concertos — to be followed later by the two Brahms — with the Hong Kong Philharmonic conducted by their Musical Director , David Atherton ! |
| 28 | Emigration , perhaps the best gauge of public unease , has increased sharply since the 4 June massacre , an event that shocked millions of ordinary Hong Kong residents usually uninterested in politics . |
| 29 | Recently 55 more trade unionists have been arrested , yet those who were detained immediately after the 30 June coup have been neither interrogated , charged nor given an explanation of the reason why they are being held . |
| 30 | On Oct. 13 the UN Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 783 which established a deadline of Nov. 15 for the Khmers Rouges to co-operate fully with the 1991 UN peace plan [ see p. 38511 ] . |