Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motion made , and Question proposed , That a further sum not exceeding £1,680,076,000 be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Social Security on non-contributory retirement pensions , Christmas bonus payments to pensioners , pensions etc. , for disablement or death arising out of war or service in the armed forces after 2nd September 1939 and on sundry other services , on attendance allowances , invalid care allowance , severe disablement allowance , mobility allowance ; on pensions gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes ; on income support , transitional payment , child benefit , one parent benefit , family credit , and on the vaccine damage payment scheme . |
| 2 | The House should ask what we are doing taking a decision on class V , vote 9 , which will give the Government an extra £4 million from the Consolidated Fund ’ to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Energy in connection with the privatisation of the coal industry . ’ |
| 3 | Hogan , above , is writing and starring in To Be An Outlaw , a bank robber who finds his profession under threat as the West bows to 20th Century technology . |
| 4 | Other ideas such as the problem posed by third world economic development and Douglas 's fears of new technology destroying rather than creating employment were used to justify such policies . |
| 5 | Approval of the treaty had at first been opposed by West Germany 's Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) on the grounds that it offered inadequate protection for East German industry , and that environmental guarantees were insufficient . |
| 6 | TEN loss adjusters are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by last week 's 1,000lb blast . |
| 7 | The steady increase in the number of complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's report has continued ; 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 8 | The steady increase in complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's Report has continued , 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 9 | The remedy of purchase from a third party , with the consequent obligation on the seller to pay the increase in the purchase price , is broadly similar to that available at common law , but , again , the express clause imports a certain amount of flexibility in the area of the price paid for third party goods ( for instance a premium might have to be paid for quick delivery to meet the buyer 's original timescales ) , and as to how closely their specification need resemble the original goods . |
| 10 | to offer to the holders of ordinary shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company ( ‘ Ordinary Shares ’ ) the right to elect to receive an allotment of new Ordinary Shares , credited as fully paid , in lieu of all or part of the final cash dividend in respect of the financial year of the Company ended on 31st March 1993 in all respects in such manner as may be determined by the directors on the basis and subject to the conditions of the circular dated 21st June 1993 sent to the members of the Company by the Company and , in particular , such that the aggregate nominal value of the new Ordinary Shares which such holders may elect to receive may exceed the aggregate cash dividend which they would otherwise be entitled to receive ; and |
| 11 | I edged along the curtain in the upstream direction of the shut door and by hauling my way up the links at the side managed to scramble round the boathouse wall and up out of the water to roll at last onto the grassy bank . |
| 12 | The central part of the island seemed at first to belong to another and less dramatic world . |
| 13 | Before I left Britain one of the best-kept secrets of the war had at last been revealed — the breaking by the Bletchley Park mathematicians of the ciphers encoded by the German Enigma machine : this priceless intelligence had enabled us to sink all the Bismarck 's supply ships , monitor the movements of Tirpitz so that attacks could be launched on her ( see page 144 ) and destroy many U-boats at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 14 | They will prepare for the United Kingdom 's Presidency of the Community beginning on 1st July 1992 . |
| 15 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved . |
| 16 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved . |
| 17 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 30th April , having been circulated , were approved . |
| 18 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 27th April , 1992 having been circulated , were approved . |
| 19 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 27th April , 1992 having been circulated , were approved . |
| 20 | The muffled voice behind the door sank at last into hopeless silence . |
| 21 | Whyte has recovered from the ankle twisted in last week 's 4–0 defeat at Manchester City . |
| 22 | Indeed I have my breakfast at dinner-time , somewhere around 11.30 a.m. that 's the time for the main meal of the day in farming circles since it is normal for those who live from the land to rise at first light . |
| 23 | received a thirty two point seven million pound increase from the Government compared to last years ' i revenue support grant and this does n't include the additional money given for the Community Charge . |
| 24 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 25 | The win takes Scotland above Portugal and into joint second place with Italy in the battle to qualify for next year 's finals in the US . |
| 26 | Cold wind that stirs up bitter memories Peter Hetherington reports on ambivalent feelings created by a memorial service in the town scarred by last year 's crash . |
| 27 | In the judgment delivered on 7th May the court found that Section 79 had been correctly interpreted by the Law Society and that the Assistant Director 's decision could not be faulted in terms of rationality or fairness . |
| 28 | For the losers it 's back to the mirror to prepare for next year . |
| 29 | Entry to the competition closes on 31st March 1990 and the winner will be notified by post by 30 April 1990 . |
| 30 | Contrary to the impression given in last week 's report on the restructuring at Random House , Frances Coady remains Vintage 's publisher in addition to her new job as publisher of the group of companies that includes Cape , Chatto , Vintage and Pimlico . |