Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] in [noun prp] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SOME of the biggest names in Irish literature are to gather in Londonderry next month for a five-day ‘ Languages of Ireland ’ literary festival . |
| 2 | CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Lancashire last week following the success of the worker-led MBO of Leyland Daf 's heavy truck division which has saved 700 jobs . |
| 3 | An estimated 10,000 penguins were killed in Patagonia last year as a result of oil spills and other pollution . |
| 4 | Although the borders have long since re-opened , Zambia 's relationship with major international bodies like the IMF and the World Bank has ceased : the economic packages prescribed by these organizations were ditched in May last year . |
| 5 | A total of 32,350 tonnes of aluminium were recycled in Europe last year ( an increase from 25,000 tonnes in 1990 ) . |
| 6 | Fujitsu Ltd has come out with a new multimedia multiplexer in its DMIX series , one of a series of multiplexers designed for its Network Solution 2000 network architecture : the new E-2570 DMIX has a capacity of 10 data channels and six speech voice channels , and comes between the large capacity E-2570 DMIX and the compact E-2300 series Compact MUX ; Fujitsu expects to sell 5,000 units over three years , starting in June , at a price of $73,000 ) ; the E-2500 series DMIX and E-2300 series Compact MUX were released in September last year and Fujitsu says by the end of last month , sales to 100 companies had been made . |
| 7 | SEVEN new cases of AIDS were reported in Scotland last month , bringing the total to 371 . |
| 8 | An estimated 5,500 primates were used in Europe last year , according to the report , mostly by the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 9 | MORE than five million adults receiving income support will lose out when the poll tax is introduced in England next April , Labour 's social security spokesman , Mr Michael Meacher , claimed yesterday , writes Alan Travis . |
| 10 | A VITAL battle in the English Civil War was re-enacted in Worcester last month — with help from the city 's Jolly Roger Brewery . |
| 11 | He approached the Broads Authority and the Countryside Commission , who agreed to fund the whole project , and the first showing was held in Norwich last year . |
| 12 | A murder investigation was launched in Lancashire last night after James Parkinson , a retired farmer aged 82 , died after a savage assault at his Staining home , near Blackpool . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Leinster have named a strong panel in their bid for the senior inter-provincials being staged in Dublin next weekend . |
| 14 | SIR Andrew Lloyd Webber 's new musical Sunset Boulevard is to open in London next June , it was revealed last night . |
| 15 | When the last show of the bar room comedy was shown in America last month , 150m people tuned in . |
| 16 | A seminar was held in December last year for 19 representatives from piloting centres . |
| 17 | POEMS on the importance of nursing were read in Iran last week to mark Nursing Day . |
| 18 | The first rules will include a ban on petrol-powered lawn-mowers ( $81 m worth of such mowers were sold in California last year ) . |
| 19 | An export licence was issued in August last year , and this has now been extended until August 31 , 1990 . |
| 20 | Portadown was attacked in January last year when five stores were severely damaged in an IRA firebomb blitz . |
| 21 | The Brook Centre was established in Belfast last year to provide young people with professional advice on all sexual matters . |
| 22 | Judging from the excitement with which its nearest rival , Josef Halda 's Genus Primula was greeted in America last year , Richards will probably prove controversial . |
| 23 | Today it 's been revealed the board were warned in March last year about the state of their finances by officials from West Oxfordshire District council . |
| 24 | Two hundred and forty cyclists were killed in Britain last year . |
| 25 | Fresh controversy was raging in Westminster last night over Mr Major 's exact knowledge of the affair . |
| 26 | Political commentators are pencilling in July 30th , August 6th or August 13th as dates not to be caught out of town . |
| 27 | The band , currently re-equipping after most of their instruments were stolen in Burnley last month , play and London Finsbury Park Cult In The Park Festival ( headlining the second stage ) . |
| 28 | THE Ulster veteran 's ladies chances of recapturing the Interprovincial crown were dashed in Cork last night with a 4–1 defeat against holders Leinster . |
| 29 | MORE than 52 million single records were sold in Britain last year , nearly one for every man , woman and child in the country . |
| 30 | A minority report , signed by the two , will be published as an appendix when the main document is publicised in Braemar next week . |