Example sentences of "[num] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 174 BC the Roman architect Decimus Cossutius , son of Poplius , worked on the construction of the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens , a project sponsored by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV . |
| 2 | Through the township of Yavas , over the bridge of rusted steel that crosses the river , and past Camp 11 and Camp 2 where the Central Investigation Prison has been built with concrete to house those who face interrogation for misdemeanours committed within the barbed wire and free-fire corridors . |
| 3 | If the death has taken place before 13/11/74 all the normal estate duty rules apply . |
| 4 | About 189 B.C. the Roman general Publius became mad in the panhellenic sanctuary of Naupactus and began to utter oracles in good Greek about the end of Roman rule : a king would come from Asia to take revenge for what the Romans had done to the Greeks . |
| 5 | At 7 a.m. the same morning Lance Buckmaster arrived at the headquarters of the company he had founded in Threadneedle Street , World Security & Communications Ltd . |
| 6 | She had been only nineteen when the Second World War ended , and by the start of the nineties was the elder statesman in a cabinet which included several who had still been in nappies in 1945 . |
| 7 | The protracted search for a new chairman for the Republican National Committee ( RNC ) — the party 's leading position — ended on Jan. 7 when the presidential press secretary , Marlin Fitzwater , announced that Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter had been chosen for the post by President George Bush . |
| 8 | Relocation is expected to be complete by March 1995 when the existing Warren Spring site in Stevenage will be taken over by Glaxo . |
| 9 | A further milestone in the SCOTVEC system was reached in May 1991 when the White Paper Access and opportunity was published . |
| 10 | ‘ During the Bronze Age — 2,500 to 750 BC the first metal objects appeared in Wimbledon . ’ |
| 11 | In the first months of 1950 both the British service chiefs and many influential figures in Washington complained that too little was being done to combat the communist threat in the Cold War . |
| 12 | In 1896 and again in 1897 almost the entire textile industry of St Petersburg was briefly paralysed . |
| 13 | In 1896 and again in 1897 almost the entire textile industry of St Petersburg was briefly paralysed . |
| 14 | A 10% fall in seven author papers occurred during 1989–91 when the modal author number rose to 6 . |
| 15 | An oil slick , created on April 11 when the Cypriot-registered tanker Haven exploded during a routine pumping operation in the Ligurian Sea off Genoa , caused pollution along the Mediterranean coast westwards towards Nice on the French coast . |
| 16 | Mann 's release had been expected on Sept. 18 when the Iranian news agency IRNA office in Beirut had predicted that he would be free " within hours " . |
| 17 | The Airport 's passenger traffic business should receive a further substantial boost with the scheduled opening on May 17 when the new rail link opens . |
| 18 | Neath ..... 13 Bath ...... 17 WHEN the undisputed club champions of Wales and England collide , sparks can be expected to fly , and Saturday 's game provided the perfect blend of drama , skill and excitement . |
| 19 | Of the seats where Labour is second , there are 31 where it is behind by 5 per cent or less and a further 11 where the Liberal Democrat vote is more than twice the Tory majority and a differential split in Labour 's favour would produce a Labour gain . |
| 20 | He became a key figure in the early 1970s when the public employment service was modernised and Jobcentres as we know them today were first established . |
| 21 | At 3 o'clock the following morning Lawford was awakened by a phone call . |
| 22 | The growth of interventionism during the 1960s and 1970s was consolidated by a procedural change introduced in 1977 when the Supreme Court Rule Committee created a specific new remedy of judicial review . |
| 23 | The reign of the ocean-going liners ended in 1958 when the first jet service crossed the Atlantic . |
| 24 | ‘ Did you know , Lewis , that before nine o'clock the third-class rail fare — ’ |
| 25 | The ORIGINAL DRAWING screen has two rulers , one down the left hand side and another along the bottom , to enable you to plot your points accurately . |
| 26 | The Motive Power depot at Derby Road had been disused since 1966 when the last steam locomotives were withdrawn from service . |
| 27 | Thus , in Fig 7.6.3 when the short word lie is retrieved from the buffer , so is the short word your which is subsumed by the preceding long word Europe . |
| 28 | For anyone retiring in the next few years , there are special rules if they were over 16 when the national insurance system began in 1948 . |
| 29 | These divisions were formalized on Oct. 13 when the two FORD factions registered as separate parties . |
| 30 | Thomas Gaisford , who later became Dean of Christchurch , Oxford , was only four years old in 1770 when the great cedar tree was planted which still stands on the hillside walk behind the house . |