Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [num] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Licensing agent Janet Lees added : ‘ It 's difficult to give a total but Thomas the Tank made £250 million in the UK alone . ’ |
| 2 | The principal point made in the first discussion paper on Finance is that the United Kingdom in 1973/74 contributed £313 million towards the support of Northern Ireland services , the equivalent of £200 per annum per head of the population . |
| 3 | His department contributed £2.3 million towards the fund set up to purchase what was described yesterday as southern England 's last wilderness , a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest of international importance for its bird population . |
| 4 | Do n't laugh , but I had a dream that Leeds beat Sunderland 7–0 in the return of the CCC a few days ago . |
| 5 | We 've the goals from Swindon 's game , but first Oxford United who proved they can shine when they want to as they beat Stoke 3:2 at the Manor . |
| 6 | Tudjman and Izetbegovic invoked Chapter VII of the UN Charter and requested that the UN arms embargo against former Yugoslavia be revoked . |
| 7 | ARGENTINA beat England 10–5 and the United States beat Mexico 13–8 in the World Championships ( Limited Handiap ) yesterday at the San Cristobal Polo Club , Chile . |
| 8 | On 9 April 1946 , he demonstrated car 303 on the Marton route after the regular service had finished , to members of the press who described the riding qualities over the disintegrating track as ‘ sensational ’ . |
| 9 | So poor that he had to borrow money to buy a horse , he found Mehmed II on the road from Istanbul to Edirne and was introduced to the sultan by the vezir Mahmud Papa ( Grand Vezir 858–72/1454–68 and 877–8/1472–3 ) . |
| 10 | They rehearsed Act One from the top . |
| 11 | The Department of Health has established a Training Support Programme for training in other areas of work , and in 1988/89 , its first year of operation , the programme contributed £10 million to the cost of training 70,000 social care staff working with elderly people . |
| 12 | Cremonese beat Ascoli 3-1 at the weekend to stay top with 16 points from nine games . |
| 13 | DERBY v CRYSTAL PALACE Derby , still without Cross ( knee ) , are likely to retain the team who beat Cambridge 5-0 in the Littlewoods Cup . |
| 14 | On Aug. 22 Jordan 's permanent representative at the UN invoked Article 50 of the UN Charter , which stipulated that any country affected by sanctions could be eligible for compensation . |
| 15 | LOCHABER lifted the first silverware of the season when they beat Kinlochshiel 2-1 in the final of the Glenmorangie North Qualifying Cup . |
| 16 | The commission upheld the claim brought by the Observer , the Guardian and the Sunday Times that the injunctions barring them from printing Wright 's allegations , obtained by the UK government in 1986 [ see p. 35539 ] , breached Article 10 of the Convention safeguarding freedom of expression . |
| 17 | It refused to consider arguments on behalf of journalists that this broadcasting ban breached Article 10 of the Convention . |
| 18 | Speaking at a finance committee meeting , Mr Begg said poll tax payers in the region in the last financial year contributed £141.8 million towards the cost of local services . |
| 19 | Novotný , later professor of the School of Applied Art , designed No. 8–10/931 for the Štenc Publishing House , a publisher specializing in art history books and magazines . |
| 20 | Spain 's brother-and-sister team of Emilio and Arantxa Sanchez beat Austria 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the Hopman Cup in Perth , while Yannick Noah lost to Petr Korda during Czechoslovakia 's 3-0 defeat of France . |
| 21 | Woodmill defeated Humberside 3–2 with a winner inside the last thirty seconds . |
| 22 | Only lack of experience deprived Wapnick , based in Switzerland and ranked No 103 in the world , of victory over the ninth seed , Rodney Eyles , in a thrilling match lasting 74 minutes . |
| 23 | When Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the final of the 1970 World Cup the style of their triumph was a cry of defiance against the organisation men , the managers and coaches who insisted on getting things right in defence before even thinking about the imaginative attacking play which should be the game 's apotheosis at this level . |
| 24 | SURREY , the English Counties League champions , completed the double for the second successive season when they beat Middlesex 13–11 in the Evian Inter-County Tournament final at the Orchard Sports Centre in London yesterday . |
| 25 | The first half of their attempt was completed when they defeated Hinckley 21–3 in the county cup final . |
| 26 | The UK interests contributed £53.1 million of the £56 million turnover for the year , compared with £32 million for the previous nine-month trading period to 31 December 1991 . |
| 27 | Wales have made five changes one of them positional from the side which beat Namibia 38–23 at the weekend . |
| 28 | Taylor , after the abysmal European championship , again flopped in Spain and can not afford to foul up against Norway , who beat Holland 2-1 on the night Gazza made his comeback against Spurs . |
| 29 | LIVERPOOL 'S Mike Marsh last night looked ahead to another big European night at sold-out Anfield and declared : ‘ Even if the crowd does n't scare Spartak , it will lift us ! ’ second goal a year ago when Liverpool overhauled Auxerre 3-0 in the UEFA Cup . |
| 30 | On Oct. 11 Iraq 's permanent representative at the UN , Abdul Amir al-Anbari described Resolution 715 as an affront to Iraqi sovereignty and hinted that its implementation by Iraq was unlikely . |