Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 There was a small silence ; then Jennifer asked a question about one of the meetings listed for next week in the area .
3 The world 's population tops five billion.The prices of the commodities exported by Third World countries , which have declined throughout the 1980s , reach their lowest level of the decade , at around 65 per cent of their average value in the 1970s .
4 TEN loss adjusters are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by last week 's 1,000lb blast .
5 Vamplew has worked out that almost half of the players registered with First Division clubs in 1910 never played a League match .
6 Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land …
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 Davy 's experiments are often cited as a classic example of the methods used in 19th century physics and chemistry research .
12 The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved .
13 The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved .
14 The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 30th April , having been circulated , were approved .
15 The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 27th April , 1992 having been circulated , were approved .
16 The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 27th April , 1992 having been circulated , were approved .
17 It is not known how many of the people arrested in last Saturday 's protests on the night of East Germany 's 40th anniversary have been freed .
18 The occupation of the West Bank was a result of a war launched by third parties .
19 In a bar deep in the Commons , two Tory backbenchers debate the future of a party rocked by last week 's dreadful election results
20 The Chicago Police Department used Sunday 's US Cup game between USA and Germany as a trial run for next year 's games .
21 But , as with the examples given in last month 's article , the solution has two stages .
22 A decision over retirement has been postponed for the 12-year-old gelding , who resumed road-work last week at trainer John Bridger 's Hampshire yard , with a reappearance set for next month .
23 Whyte has recovered from the ankle twisted in last week 's 4–0 defeat at Manchester City .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 In a judgement given on 14th May 1992 , the House of Lords allowed Johnson Matthey 's appeal that the £50 million payment in 1984 to its former subsidiary , Johnson Matthey Bankers Limited , was a revenue payment and eligible for tax relief .
30 This was in a signal sent to 15th Army Group and Eighth Army at 1234 hrs the following day , 15 May [ KP 116 ] , correcting an error in the reference in para 2 of Robertson 's signal to a directive issued in respect of arrestable categories0 Such a directive , it was pointed out , had not " yet been issued " .
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