Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [Wh adv] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leases that were granted in the heady days of 1989/90 when the brewery company landlords invited rental bids from tenants , saw them hungrily bidding up to 12 per cent to 15 per cent of the anticipated turnover . |
| 2 | A pioneer attempt to overcome the problems of political remoteness was made in Lewis in 1943 when the Lewis Association was set up ‘ to survey and study the social and economic needs of the Island and to draw up progressive plans of development ’ . |
| 3 | It is relevant that these districts are large , in some cases similar to old counties , and that rural areas contained negligible numbers of oil workers in 1971 when the energy industry was not a census category . |
| 4 | Production is due to begin in 1986 when the Farringdon bus plant will start to churn out the 830 mm long and 330 kg ‘ gearboxes ’ at a cost ‘ comparable with existing transmissions ’ . |
| 5 | Although discussions took place about a possible return to the former scale of activity , Newlove 's health did not improve and he was physically limited to Wells where either One-Year or Terminal courses continued until 1934 when the WEA branch became inactive . |
| 6 | It 's the same late '60s Jag and the same Twin that he had in 1980 when The Birthday Party first broke . |
| 7 | At Rosario the role of the station in civic pride was confirmed in 1925 when the foundation stone for a new station was laid to commemorate the bicentennial of the founding of the city . |
| 8 | For example this happened in 1972 when the Westminster Parliament reimposed direct rule in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | What they are doing is boosting their 1992 earnings at the expense of their income in 1993 when the Clinton government will be in power and hitting them with hugely increased tax bills . |
| 10 | The police investigation was sparked off in 1991 when a Sheffield woman made a detailed statement to police alleging abuse by the Hanbys while she was in their care as a child . |
| 11 | The story behind this unique commercial starts in 1991 when the Guinness licensee — brewers Bintang — began a series of commercials on Indonesian television . |
| 12 | FoE has published analysis which shows that government data show a total of 177 " incidents " in 1991 when the World Health Organization ( WHO ) guidelines on ozone levels were exceeded . |
| 13 | The tradition ended in 1828 when the bull woman apparently burnt her clothes of office and joined the Methodist church . |
| 14 | It drove a scoop wheel of 28 foot diameter which could raise 25 tons of water a minute , and was used until 1940 when a diesel engine and centrifugal pump replaced it , until the station was closed in 1980 . |
| 15 | But Herks are not the best for VIP passengers and a handful of Daks remained with the unit until 1969 when the VIP element became independent as 21 Squadron . |
| 16 | The arrangement formalized a change made in 1975 when the ALP government of Gough Whitlam established the Order of Australia as an alternative award to those honours bestowed by the British monarch . |
| 17 | The Corps originated in 1859 when the Volunteer Movement was formed as a result of the panic over the threat of a French invasion . |
| 18 | The ancient and beautiful church of All Saints is the oldest building in the village , newly built in 1318 , although an unendowed building probably stood on the same site from 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled . |
| 19 | In 1898 , the Anglo-Boer War resulted in the transfer of the offices to Cape Town and the closing down of virtually all the mines until 1902 when the gold mining companies of the group resumed operations . |
| 20 | According to the official hagiography , Lei Feng was a soldier in Shenyang , the capital of Liaoning province , who died at his post in 1962 when a washing pole fell on his head . |
| 21 | Then in 1976 when the sterling bubble burst the constraint took another twist , with a falling exchange rate helping to boost the inflation rate and depress real wages . |
| 22 | A further example is contained in an edition of the Evening Standard in 1976 where a news item reported ‘ at least 20 people were killed and many more feared dead or severely injured ’ in a train crash in Holland . |
| 23 | After serving as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and Paris , he took up a new job in Berlin on the very day in 1930 when the Reichstag election heralded unprecedented barbarism in Europe . |
| 24 | This badge continued to be worn until 1958 when The Yorkshire Brigade was formed and the brigade badge adopted . |
| 25 | This had begun in 1958 when a Boundary Commission had been appointed to consider piecemeal structural reform in various parts of the country . |
| 26 | The service ended in 1958 when a sea plane crashed into the sea between Lisbon and Madeira . |
| 27 | The sinking was forgotten until 1977 when a M. Pearn sent a press-cutting recording the event to the Gosport Museum . |
| 28 | Lancaster Hole was found in 1949 when a caver sitting having his lunch on a still sunny day noticed the grass nearby waving and stirring as though a wind were moving it . |
| 29 | Where there was a powerful figure , this could have important political consequences , particularly in times of civil war , as in 1471 when the Hastings connection provided important support for the newly returned Edward IV . |
| 30 | From an aerial view one can still trace the travellers ' ways it had in 1245 when a market grant was made . |