Example sentences of "[noun] [num] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 2 | Surprisingly perhaps , January 1993 was generally a degree or two milder than normal . |
| 3 | This being so , the famous final and belated discussion of the problem at Rockingham in February 1095 was largely a display of shadow-boxing . |
| 4 | The ‘ lights out ’ issue in December 1984 was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 5 | The second reason why two justices were not required was that the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 was neither the trial of an information summarily nor the hearing of a complaint within the meaning of section 121(1) of the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 . |
| 6 | The Education Act 1902 was largely the work of R. L. Morant , the chief civil servant at the Board of Education , one of a number of policy-innovating civil servants in his generation . |
| 7 | May 9 was certainly a day for rallying to the cause . |
| 8 | In support of his argument , Mr. Coghlan relied on Cozens v. Brutus [ 1973 ] A.C. 854 , a case in which it was held in the House of Lords that the meaning of the word ‘ insulting ’ used in section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 was not a matter of law but a matter of fact . |
| 9 | His grandson and successor Louis XVI was not the man to regain either the power or the popularity of the monarchy . |
| 10 | But his appointment as steward of the royal household in November 1318 was both a snub to Lancaster , who claimed the right of appointment , and a mark of his growing association with Hugh le Despenser the younger [ q.v. ] , the chamberlain of the household and the rising star at court . |
| 11 | No. 28 was formerly the wheel turning shop , but it is now used mainly for automatic machines . |
| 12 | One shot near Jury 's Gap on 1 August 1916 was possibly an escape . |
| 13 | Attorney-General v. Wilts United Dairies Ltd. ( 1921 ) 37 T.L.R. 884 was not a case concerned with the recovery of a payment unlawfully demanded . |
| 14 | Thereafter , clause 54 was not the subject of further debate and passed into law as it now stands as section 63 of the Act . |
| 15 | The year 1966 was when the number of people paying a TV licence for the first time exceeded the number paying a radio licence . |