Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | In March 1770 Mozart received a commission to write the first opera for the following carnival season in Milan . |
2 | Secondly , the Congress adopted a resolution initiating the First Five Year Plan ( FFYP ) of industrialisation and collectivisation of agriculture , both of which had long been advocated by the opposition . |
3 | The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery , which was founded by Benedictine monks . |
4 | On July 2 Alia signed a decree pardoning the last political prisoners in Albania [ for earlier releases of political prisoners see pp. 37972 ; 38017 ] . |
5 | The examples listed here were all from hoards , and included a dish depicting the First Labour : the hero strangling the Nemean Lion . |
6 | The Alliance called a general strike the next day , but cancelled further demonstrations , fearing fresh violence . |
7 | England needed an hour to remove the last two wickets . |
8 | It took a while to identify the first two but we 've finally managed to do that . |
9 | They took an hour to reach the first town , and another hour to find the tourist office and fend off boys with motor bikes who rapped on the windows . |
10 | On Dec. 18 the Georgian parliament issued a statement suspending the second round of Russian-Georgian talks on bilateral relations currently under way in Moscow and recalling Georgia 's delegation . |
11 | In the autumn of 1984 I introduced a bill to bring the first pension reforms into effect . |
12 | On Thursday 27the May representatives of the PCC and the PC together with Mrs D Bellinger from WBC and Ms K Scivyer of the Rural Housing Trust held a meeting to discuss the next steps . |