Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Although born in South Africa , Holmes à Court became one of several Australian multi-million dollar entrepreneurs who profited from stock market dealing under the climate of laissez faire capitalism created during the 1980s by the successive governments of the Australian Labor Party . |
2 | Part B approved just over US$987,317,000 for 1990 ( half the biennium total less a US$16,432,600 revision made in the 1988-89 appropriations by Resolution 44/193 ) . |
3 | Grouped by region , date and school , the casts were displayed in the palais du Trocadero built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle and expanded in the 1930s as part of a constantly evolving display . |
4 | But Whitaker 's luck changed in the four rider Horsemaster final when he again looked likely to finish as a runner-up . |
5 | The Halifax 's surge contrasts with the 9 per cent profits setback to £564 million at its rival , Abbey National . |
6 | However , as has already been pointed out , Thorndyke 's study differed from the two earlier ones in that he used passages which maintained clear temporal sequencing , and clear clausal connections in both narrative conditions . |
7 | Sprawling in the sun in her one-piece suit , a little overweight , watching Dan 's eyes straying over the two slim French girls in bikinis diving in the pool . |
8 | Whitlock 's eyes flickered to the two sombre-suited men standing apart from the others , Paul Brett and Jack Rogers . |
9 | The Fraternity was disbanded , but many of its ideas and methods have been taken up by the new women 's organizations formed in the 1970s . |
10 | Tom Bull-Dwyer , his unhappy skipper and six-beige faced middle managers watched as Vita 's Girl ploughed into the three other boats . |
11 | ‘ During the whole of her illness , prayer was made without ceasing by the whole Church on her behalf , and I felt persuaded that the Lord would yet hear us and for His name 's sake appear as the one prayer-hearing God — for the heathen around knew what was done , and would say , ‘ Where is now your God ? '' ’ |
12 | Darwin 's reluctance to publish in the 1840s can easily be understood in terms of the still active controversy over Lamarckism and Chambers ' Vestiges . |
13 | England 's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals saw Moore 's departure from the national scene . |
14 | Coach quits AMERICAN Kevin Cadle has resigned as England men 's basketball coach following the team 's failure to qualify for the 1993 European Championship finals . |
15 | I commented to Ladislav on the coincidence of eights in Czech history : 1618 when Ferdinand 's deposition led to the Thirty Years War ; 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded ; 1938 and Munich ; 1968 and Dubček . |
16 | Surrey 's problems started during the 1990 drawn game at Cheltenham when umpires Chris Balderstone and Barrie Leadbeater changed the ball because it had been tampered with . |
17 | Any spreadsheet can include more than one page and you can use commands and formula between and across pages — for example you can write a sum that adds the contents of the same cell in a number of pages as in the example shown here where the fourth page of the spreadsheet summarises three month 's sales collected on the three previous pages . |
18 | Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited in the 1970s was watched across the face of the globe on television screens , like Galsworthy 's Forsyte Saga before it . |
19 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
20 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
21 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
22 | Brabham 's first Grand Prix success came in the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix , followed by another win in the British Grand Prix at Aintree . |
23 | Though the easy life of acting as Britain 's larder ended in the 1970s , they have been slow to add value to produce before exporting it — oven-ready lamb rather than frozen carcasses , fancy cheeses rather than plain cheddar . |
24 | This arrangement means there is no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a State of Emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
25 | This discreet arrangement means , among other things , that there was no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a state of emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
26 | Alexander 's resolution led on the one hand to the arrest of liberally orientated nobles in Tver " and on the other to the last of his propaganda campaigns in the countryside . |
27 | My hon. Friend makes the point : it is his local authority 's duty to comply with the 1968 Act and not for the chief constable to bend section 39 of the 1986 Act . |
28 | The Christie 's sale began with the 125 lot , separate catalogue collection of the late attorney James II Halpin , and was followed by a mixed owner sale of 217 lots , included in the Americana sale . |
29 | Nearly all the extant printed proclamations of Queen Elizabeth I 's reign belong to the seven sets , each of which he collected together , bound , and provided with its own specially printed title-page ( 1618 ) . |
30 | Robinson 's gardening began in the 1850s at Curraghmore , before several years at the National Botanic Garden in Glasnevin , Dublin , under David Moore [ q.v. ] , continued his education . |