Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the Conservatives had made no mention of tax increases in last year 's election manifesto and accused Mr Lamont of having a ‘ selective memory ’ . |
| 2 | After months of turning deaf ears to warnings by the City and industry , the Department of Energy has at last conceded that nuclear plant can not be included in the share float without state support . |
| 3 | The sudden collapse in sterling came despite last week 's 1-point rise in base rates to 15 per cent , intended to defuse the selling pressure and reinforce the Government 's battle against inflation . |
| 4 | Unlike HARPY , all the strategies fall into the category of algorithm known as best-first . |
| 5 | Instead , he had a blue card telling him to be at the hospital for his first appointment with a National Health psychotherapist , a photograph of a fair-haired woman with green eyes , a driving licence , a library ticket , a yellowed old newspaper cutting about a forgotten murder , and a much fresher , more succinct bit of print torn from last Sunday 's newspaper . |
| 6 | In respect of the Cossacks , Robertson was simply giving authorization to Eighth Army to carry out a course of action suggested by Eighth Army and " recommended by Macmillan " . |
| 7 | In the individual years 1980 to 1984 , the proportion of investment going to Third World countries , as derived from a survey of the leading 40 UK manufacturing corporations , varied between 10 and 26 per cent . |
| 8 | A new range of stationery linked to 20th century popular culture launched with the publication of 1994 Marvel Calendar ( £6.99 inc VAT ) , a spin-off from Marvel : Five Fabulous Decades of the World 's Greatest Comics |
| 9 | Though each of the others vanished and reappeared like fragments floating round a pool , Pipkin never left him ; and his need for encouragement became at last Hazel 's only support against his own weariness . |
| 10 | The text of the Convention drew no distinction between evidence obtained from third parties and that obtained from litigants themselves . |
| 11 | A number of measures were agreed a meeting of Council held on 14th March 1992 as a comprehensive strategy to increase CPRW 's overall membership to 4,000 ( 0.14% of the population of Wales ) . |
| 12 | A number of measures were agreed a meeting of Council held on 14th March 1992 as a comprehensive strategy to increase CPRW 's overall membership to 4,000 ( 0.14% of the population of Wales ) . |
| 13 | Why was this allowed to happen ; or to put it another way , why were issues of distribution within society put into second place ? |
| 14 | We are pleased to state that since the appearance of the first edition of this book the Court of Appeal has at last seen sense in its approach to construction in cases involving general medical practitioners : see Clarke v Newland [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 397 . |
| 15 | Is adverse change in profit measured against last year or last few months ? |
| 16 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
| 17 | THE PROSPECT of tax increases in next month 's Budget appeared to recede yesterday as the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , received the first good news in a year on Britain 's public spending . |
| 18 | The quality and relevance of pupil work experience , curriculum development , careers education and guidance and other key partnership areas will be dependent on a teaching profession with a positive attitude to the role of business based on first hand experience . |
| 19 | The majority of EC governments support Mr Delors in using the impulse of the moves to democracy in Eastern Europe , and the overwhelming backing for EMU shown at last weekend 's Strasbourg summit , to secure a bigger role for the parliament . |
| 20 | The centre of gravity had at last moved away from Berwick . |
| 21 | A meeting in Geneva of officials and environmentalists from over 130 nations has discussed the implementation of the international treaty on biodiversity arising from last year 's UNCED summit in Rio . |
| 22 | I 've got a lot of preparation to do before first period . ’ |
| 23 | Report of conference held on 16th February in Balerno High School . |
| 24 | OMEGA products have performed well in the first half of the year achieving significant growth in volume compared with last year . |
| 25 | Gray , who wrote in Saturday 's match programme that morale at the club was good , thought a lack of confidence contributed to last Saturday 's dismal performance . |
| 26 | For a start , the so-called leaked document in question dates from last July . |
| 27 | The bill is the first of its kind introduced by any government , and reflects the recommendations of the convention on biodiversity signed at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 28 | While some publishers have attempted to counter the decline in print runs for first time publications by pushing titles into paperback others have been looking for ways to revitalise their hardback sales . |