Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is odd about the fact that admiral Horley ruled Hungary between the two War World Wars ? |
| 2 | Some tried specific local remedies ; the Earl of Chichester reformed Falmer in the 1820s , denying relief to all but the infirm and forcing the labourers to work or leave . |
| 3 | Mr Al-Kaisy left Iraq in the Sixties , but kept in close contact with his brother Ma'an , and his wife Zhara , now critically ill in hospital . |
| 4 | Twelve months later he was full back on the Cork minor side beaten by Galway in the All Ireland decider , but three seasons later revenge was sweet when Cork overcame Galway in the U-21 decider . |
| 5 | Famine hit Ireland in the 1840s because of the genetic sameness in the Irish potato . |
| 6 | Mr J.W. Brooke bought Sibton in the 1850s . |
| 7 | Though it has been suggested that Cynddylan may have been among Penda 's British allies at the Winwaed , there is no direct evidence for this , but when Penda attacked Oswiu in the mid-650s he is said to have been supported by British kings ( HB ch. 64 ) , principal among whom was Cadafael ap Cynfedw , king of Gwynedd ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'll never forget his face when I collected a winners ’ medal after West Ham beat Arsenal in the 1980 Cup final ! ’ |
| 9 | The Poles beat Russia in the 1920s . ’ |
| 10 | Fellow midfielder Lawrie Sanchez , whose goal beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , added : ‘ Every time we play them , they want to beat us to try to make up for the 1988 defeat . |
| 11 | The company developed HFCS in the 1970s ; now soft drinks giants such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi use it instead of sugar to sweeten almost all their non-diet brands and it has 30 per cent of the North American sweetener market . |
| 12 | Terry left England in the 1950s to study grizzly bears in Canada . |
| 13 | Mr Major 's visit to Barcelona for the last two days of the Games will mean he has spent an astonishing 80 days out of recession gripped Britain in the 20 months since he came to power . |
| 14 | The brilliant incandescence of heated lime led Welsbach in the 1880s to experiment with fabrics impregnated with nitrates of the lanthanides and actinides ; on ignition a fragile skeleton of oxides was left . |
| 15 | The Shirleys built Wiston in the 1570s , worked effectively in raising money to support the Armada and then went broke , as did one branch of the Pelhams at Buckstepe . |
| 16 | By a slim margin Ford defeated Reagan in the 1976 Convention , but the former governor had run surprisingly well and the conservative wing of the Republican party had substantially strengthened its position . |
| 17 | Young Irish star Adrian Maguire joined Scudamore on the 32 winner mark yesterday with Richard Dunwoody just one behind . |
| 18 | Born in Whitby 's cobbled Church St , where her father was a saddler , Mabel left Whitby in the 1930s to pursue her teaching career on Teesside . |