Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT TOOK an average of 106 months to build the six nuclear power stations that were completed in the US last year . |
| 2 | The cartoons caused outrage when they were leaked to the press last week . |
| 3 | Freezing temperatures were forecast in the area last night which could devastate crops . |
| 4 | The statements of Dr Baltimore 's which the NIH 's Office of Scientific Integrity finds ‘ most deeply troubling ’ were made to the NIH last year . |
| 5 | They were told by the people next door that Mr Brownlow had moved to the West Indies six weeks before . |
| 6 | 14.2 million pigs were slaughtered in the UK last year . |
| 7 | When the results were shown to the press last autumn the reviews varied from ‘ utterly cinematic ’ City Limits , to ‘ utterly unpromising ’ Sunday Telegraph . |
| 8 | Cycling is cheap , it 's green , and it 's healthy … but despite the fact that over two million new bicycles were sold in the UK last year , less than three per cent of journeys are made by bike . |
| 9 | In 1950 the two Third Division sections were increased to twenty-four clubs each and in 1958 were replaced by the present Third and Fourth Divisions . |
| 10 | We stripped and sat on metal stools ; we were told to take everything out of our pockets and wait until our names were called from the room next door . |
| 11 | Later , Mrs Preston told the court how new courses , specifically for auxiliary nurses were introduced at the hospital last year . |
| 12 | On Aug. 14 at least 79 protesters were arrested at the US Eighth Army headquarters in central Seoul , after a car had been rammed through the main gate . |
| 13 | Eight different nations were represented in the points-scoring first 15 compared with nine the previous day . |
| 14 | STEFAN EDBERG 's Wimbledon preparations were shunted off the rails last night as he crashed to a humiliating defeat at the hands of world No 83 Jamie Morgan in the Stella Artois championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 15 | This offers the opportunity to develop a range of practical and social skills , as well as giving some a leg-up into an acting career — five Equity cards were awarded within the company last year . |
| 16 | NEW MODEL ARMY were confirmed for the gig last week and now KILLING JOKE and THE HENRY ROLLINS BAND join the bill , with one more act still to be announced . |
| 17 | According to President Yeltsin 's environmental adviser , a total of one million tonnes of pollutants were released into the air last year — equivalent to 130 kg per person . |
| 18 | The 61 entrants were informed of the limit last week . |
| 19 | RISC processors are needed to support the additional functionality of R5 , it says , which includes additional security , internationalism and localisation , scalable fonts and PEX — the Phigs extensions to X. The company 's first R3000-based products were launched onto the market last summer . |
| 20 | A MAJOR nuclear programme was halted by the Government last night — throwing doubts over Sellafield 2 . |
| 21 | He was banished from the arena last month when his club , Guildford , lost at home to Leicester , for swearing at a referee . |
| 22 | Scott , of Holt Street , Hartlepool , was the youngest person to have the implant when he was treated at the NRI last October . |
| 23 | This news was given to the world last night , at , of all things — a women 's lib meeting ! |
| 24 | Ruthven was placed in the chamber next to ours and came upstairs just after us . |
| 25 | Another former passenger Geoff Lewis , of Milton Keynes , Bucks , said he was sickened by the smell last October . |
| 26 | The removal of the NACF grant was disclosed to The Scotsman last night by a senior source within the university . |
| 27 | Further unrest was expected in the town last night , as evenings have been the peak periods for the protests over the past five days . |
| 28 | She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective . |
| 29 | PREMIER John Major was ambushed by the Germans last night in a move which could force Britain off the road to European unity . |
| 30 | The Irishman also predicts a big future for rising star Brandeston who was injured in the Mackeson last month , and is hoping Cuddy Dale will soon be back in training for next year 's National . |