Example sentences of "[noun] [num] [subord] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | His predecessor , Diego Tamariz , who had held the post since 1988 , was dismissed on March 12 after a National Congress hearing had found him responsible for the " incorrect and illegal " handling of the country 's oil and electrification affairs . |
2 | Also important is the limited availability of alternative sources for retailer 2 once the first agreement is signed . |
3 | For the reasons above , Order 5 , rule 5 provided no alternative basis of claim . |
4 | But for me it 's the smaller scale works that really succeed : Harle 's enjoyable arrangement of Ellington/Mills 's Caravan for example is more like an Intercity 125 than a rolling camel train , while the exoticism of Isfahan ( from the ‘ Far East Suite ’ — available on RCA Bluebird , by the way ) is all but drowned in the sweet smell of strings ; compare to Ellington 's original spicy reeds ! |
5 | Emergency services were called to the M four when a fifty kilogram container of calcium hypochloride split open during peak hour traffic . |
6 | Nevertheless , the discussions broke down in acrimony on May 22 after the Japanese delegation raised the issue of a Japanese woman allegedly abducted by North Korean agents 13 years earlier . |
7 | One thing I do remember was an occasion when the occupants of Hut 4 provided the whole camp , unwittingly , with a topic of conversation which went the rounds for at least a week . |
8 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
9 | Joshua ( nicknamed ‘ Joe ’ by the Palace fans ) Johnson was our club 's goalkeeper from early December 1907 until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football in 1915 . |
10 | A gradual decline is evident until the records cease in November 1872 although the last entry was " to take immediate steps to prepare for the Soiree . " |
11 | The closed conformation of the active centre ( 10Å in the longest dimension ) would be easily accommodated by the hydrophobic doughnut ( 18Å diameter ) of enzyme III whereas the open conformation ( 18Å in the longest dimension ) could not be accommodated . |
12 | Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet . |
13 | An unfortunate misprint in Hansard says that the value of the ships on order is £4.6 million whereas the correct answer should have been £4.6 billion . |
14 | The withdrawal had been temporarily suspended on Oct. 21 after the Russian Defence Ministry warned that there were no facilities to rehouse the soldiers in Russia . |
15 | The government of Quebec had refused to participate in further negotiations following the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , but was planning to hold a referendum on the issue of secession in October 1992 unless a satisfactory package of constitutional reforms had been agreed [ see pp. 38281-82 ] . |
16 | Indian border guards again opened fire on Pakistani civilians on Feb. 11 after a small group had crossed the line of control at Chakhoti , in the Uri sector . |
17 | An attempt by 54 National Assembly deputies to prevent the registration of the MRF , on the grounds that it was a political party founded on ethnic allegiance , failed on Oct. 1 when the Supreme Court upheld the CEC 's decision to register the MRF . |
18 | The details of these became apparent in October 1989 after the new Act became law . |
19 | It was also , one must remember , a situation of continuing revolution which had no more ended in August 1945 than the French revolution had in July 1789 . |
20 | The national conference , suspended since September , resumed on Dec. 11 after the Sacred Union threatened to call a strike if debate did not start . |
21 | According to these data , for instance , from the aspect of the viability of the fetus , it is better to have a second child at ages 30–34 than a first child at this age or even at age 24–29 years . |
22 | However , if within 6 weeks of departure you change your booking to a later date , the cancellation charges will apply as shown in paragraph 4 unless the new holiday departs on or before the original departure date , when the normal fee of £12 per person will be charged . |
23 | He was first choice at number two until the 2nd World War called a halt to fully competitive soccer — and well beyond . |
24 | It will decide on April 29 whether the Daily Express and the Independent invaded family privacy by naming her as the girl in the broadcast . |
25 | Other non-Russian parts of the empire posed fewer problems in the reign of Nicholas I than the Polish west , the Ukrainian and Caucasian south , and the Turkic south-east . |
26 | In Australasia as a whole , gas is the fuel of the future , its contribution to energy demand rising from 15% to 33% by the year 2000 while the main challenge is to reduce the need for imported oil by increased exploration and by the substitution of more abundant fuels . |
27 | The same two children with an expected FEV 1 for height and age of 2.25 l would have an expected difference of 0.039 l in FEV 1 if the expected birth weight were 3300 g and 0.047 l if the expected birth weight were 2700 g . |
28 | The first questionnaire was completed in February to March 1988 before the smoking education projects were started . |
29 | Repeat step 2 until the desired number of realizations of the system has been attained . |
30 | Perkin sat in angry confusion at table six while the racing crowd , entertaining skirmish over , drifted away and got the band re-started . |