Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [that] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study conducted in the early 1970s found that non-manual ethnic minority workers earned 77 per cent of the earnings of their white colleagues , skilled manual 89 per cent , while for semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers the earnings were the same . |
| 2 | Figures released by the State Statistics Committee for the first quarter of 1992 showed that Russian national income fell by 14 per cent as compared with the same period in 1991 , it was reported on April 23 . |
| 3 | The Middle East Economic Digest of March 1 reported that total foreign aid received or pledged to Jordan since the onset of the crisis in August stood at US$1,150 million . |
| 4 | A report in Le Monde of March 31-April 1 said that French Foreign Legion troops , flown in to assist the Rwandan forces when the rebel invasion began the previous October [ see pp. 37765-66 ] , were being withdrawn following the ceasefire . |
| 5 | An economic policy document released in December 1989 estimated that gross national product ( GNP ) fell by 6.3 per cent in 1989 ( compared with a fall of 3.4 per cent in 1988 ) . |