Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adj] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Treaty of Adrianople of September 1829 went only a little further , transferring the northern shore of the Danube to Russian control from the point where the Pruth flowed into it . |
| 2 | Since the fifth century BC , when Democritus of Abdera first put forward the idea , scientists and philosophers have speculated on the nature of the fundamental constituents of matter . |
| 3 | It is , therefore , particularly gratifying to be able to report that , in response to the case for maintaining the level of purchases made by the Library with the support of other Scottish research libraries , and users , both local and remote , Government agreed in December 1989 to restore substantially the level of the Library 's Purchase Grant in 1990–91 by allocating an additional £200,000 for purchases for the Library 's collections . |
| 4 | Somewhat ironically , in view of the detailed , convoluted negotiations of the previous year , the constitutional agreement was not put to the test in the ways intended as the outbreak of war in September 1939 set aside the anticipated position irrevocably . |
| 5 | The British television programme This Week alleged that UK directors of Astra Holdings had in September 1989 notified both the UK Ministry of Defence and " intelligence people " of PRB 's possible involvement in the construction of a supergun . |
| 6 | An extract from a speech to the Reichstag in April 1939 illustrates well the personalized claims Hitler made for ‘ his ’ great ‘ achievements , and how far these rested on ‘ national ’ rather than specifically Nazi ideals and aspirations . |
| 7 | A preliminary meeting in Durban on Aug. 28 brought together a five-member Inkatha delegation and a three-member " alliance " team of the ANC , the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the United Democratic Front ( UDF ) . |
| 8 | The London Conference on Aug. 26-27 brought together the representatives of some 20 countries , including leaders of the six former Yugoslav republics and representatives of the European Communities ( EC ) , of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council , the CSCE and other governments and concerned parties , including political organizations of the Kosovo Albanians and the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina . |
| 9 | THE 101st anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh on May 19th got only a muted celebration in Hanoi . |
| 10 | An extraordinary session of the Georgian Supreme Soviet on April 9 adopted unanimously a formal declaration of the " restoration of state independence " . |
| 11 | Community Environment Ministers voted on June 8 to prolong indefinitely a six-year ban on the import of skins and other products from baby seals , in response to pressure from animal welfare organizations ( see also p. 35959 ) . |