Example sentences of "[prep] [num] and [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Though this is probably fanciful and certainly without basis in contemporary record , Jaenberht 's alienation from Offa may have been very real , because of the suppression of Kentish independence after 784–5 and now the partition of his province .
2 Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy .
3 Not , however , a balanced diet made up of a bit of one and then a bit of the other , but an integration between the two .
4 This pledge was fulfilled in 1971 and thus the Land Commission went the same way as it predecessor , the Central Land Board .
5 His restless energy , barely concealed by an affable manner , carried him across Chogolisa in 1986 and up the West Face of Menlungtse two years later with Alan Hinkes .
6 The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits .
7 This was abolished in 1972 and consequently the prosecution must now convince a more representative sample of the population that a publisher ought to be punished : a sample , moreover , which has a constitutional right to acquit irrespective of the letter of the law .
8 Among injecting drug users , the peak in HIV incidence took place in 1985 and so the number of AIDS cases is still climbing .
9 First recorded in 1960 and possibly an offshoot of the Fishbourne colony .
10 The buildings of the monastery were demolished in 1897 and only the porch remains of Dientzenhofer 's work .
11 Built in 1811 and now the Borough Council 's Leathercraft Museum .
12 On Aug. 27 Lord Owen ( who as David Owen had been UK Foreign Secretary in the Labour government in 1977-79 and subsequently a founder and then leader of the Social Democratic Party ) was named as Carrington 's successor .
13 Miss Maton died in 1923 and about a year later I remember that my friends and I were playing in the street when there was a sudden shout from a young man .
14 The huge mountain at the far , Pakistani end of the Himalaya saw the tragic massacre of Willy Merkl 's German team in 1936 and eventually a solo first ascent by the legendary Hermann Buhl in 1953 .
15 Cistercian abbey founded in 1143 and traditionally the burial place of Llywelyn the Last .
16 The number of tickets issued will be limited to 600 and unfortunately the venue is unsuitable for children .
17 The ARP warden , out of work since 1930 and now a man of standing with his steel helmet , army-style respirator and dangling whistle , banged on the door of number five pleading through the letterbox with its occupant .
18 The child may automatically gravitate towards one parent , may touch and climb on one and not the other .
19 Commencing with only three Divisions with their own examination structure , the number of Divisions in the RICS increased to seven and periodically the wheel is re-examined to establish whether it should turn full circle to produce a smaller number of specialist groups once again .
20 Q I have two little daughters , aged two and almost a year .
21 , Thomas ( fl. 1589–1638 ) , land surveyor , was certainly practising by 1589 and possibly a year or two earlier .
22 We were taken out one by one and always a soldier stood behind , the barrel of his gun shoved between the prisoner 's shoulder blades .
23 Now they , in this report , point to the main aims of the education as being understanding of the world around one and also the ability to operate independently , or as independently as possible within that world .
24 The envelope was about six inches by four and almost an inch thick .
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