Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] in the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kankoila was one of the founder members of FLING , helping to establish it in the early 1950s . |
| 2 | Thomson 's son poured so much money into The Times in the vain effort to modernize it in the late 1970s that no one could blame him for wanting to sell it . |
| 3 | The average thermal efficiency of French steam power stations , which had been well below that in Britain initially , was to overtake it in the later 1950s , as the more advanced French sets were commissioned ; and France caught up with American levels of thermal efficiency , while Britain remained behind . |
| 4 | Every time I 've asked him to do anything in the last three days , I ca n't , working out the quiz . |
| 5 | Now that the election has been announced , will the Minister take the opportunity to apologise to the industry 's workers and employers for failing to do anything to protect them in the past 13 years ? |
| 6 | In response , the largest bird importer in the US , A.A. Pare , has argued that " What we 're doing is salvaging the birds … if they stay in the jungle , they 're not going to have it in the next five years … |
| 7 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |