Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Southall , who admitted speeding at an earlier hearing , was fined Pounds 700 and given six penalty points . |
| 2 | One of the last actions of the outgoing Congress ( I ) government was to release Mann on Dec. 2 and to drop all conspiracy charges against him . |
| 3 | By comparing residence patterns in 1861 and 1881 and examining poor law administration , the research investigates how far the new harsh administration of the Poor Law increased reliance on family and kin for assistance . |
| 4 | The Jay Committee reported in 1979 and recommended that nursing staff working with the mentally handicapped should be replaced by holders of a new social work qualification , that numbers of staff should be doubled and care transferred from hospitals to homes . |
| 5 | Smell : Blindfold your six and pass round yoghurt pots containing the following peppermint , onion , almond essence , coffee powder , sliced lemon , sliced orange , nutmeg . |
| 6 | It runs Solaris 1.0 and offers full MS-DOS emulation , with single-key switching between the two . |
| 7 | Epps operates under FAA part 141 and has full visa approval . |
| 8 | Mrs Tota was duly coy about the private room decorated with a gold , brown and green paper , oil paintings of Italian scenery and gilt candelabra ( " very snug " , pronounced the Colonel ) ; she enjoyed her dinner , chattered nineteen to the dozen and decided that Room A at Kettner 's was almost as glamorous as the dear old Châlet at Simla . |
| 9 | William MacGillivray was born in Old Aberdeen , but went to Harris at the age of three and spent eight childhood years there . |
| 10 | CAMERON TOLL : Opened in 1984 and named European Shopping Centre of the Year in 1985 . |
| 11 | David Steadman , managing director , said the company expects to start making trading profits by 1997 and achieve positive cash flow a year later . |
| 12 | Webb played for Chelsea between 1967-73 and made 230 league appearances for the club . |
| 13 | In some universities which were hard hit in the 1981 cuts , the changes were more dramatic ; one university lost 25 and gained 3 degree courses over the period . |
| 14 | I obtained my PhD in 1978 and started full time work on ‘ soft money . ’ |
| 15 | With Sarah Whitfield , Sylvester has written Volume I , which covers Magritte 's career to 1930 and identifies 333 oil paintings , with an additional fifty-six works , recorded but lost , listed in an appendix , and Volume II ( 1931–48 ) , which will be published in the autumn . |
| 16 | People aged over 16 and receiving higher Attendance Allowance are eligible to apply . |
| 17 | Darlington-born Wealands joined his home-town club from Wolves in July 1970 and made 28 League appearances before being transferred to Hull in march 1972 . |
| 18 | It was , in fact , two mills in one and contained two water wheels , although because of the silk slump only one was ever used to its full extent . |
| 19 | Particular instances are section 33 of Taxes Management Act 1970 as regards overpaid income tax , corporation tax , capital gains tax and petroleum revenue tax ; section 24 of the Finance Act 1989 as regards value added tax ; section 29 of the Finance Act 1989 as regards excise duty and car tax ; section 241 of the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 as regards inheritance tax ; and section 13(4) of the Stamp Act 1891 ( 54 & 55 Vict. c. 39 ) as regards stamp duty . |
| 20 | After the Fleischmann and Pons press conference in 1989 Jones recalled this early achievement of ‘ breakeven ’ in muon catalysed fusion and joked that they had wondered whether to call a press conference in 1982 and announce that energy output from fusion had been accomplished . |
| 21 | St. Peter 's Church dates from 1160 but has earlier Saxon origins . |
| 22 | The model is in fact that set out in Section 8–3 when examining balanced growth incidence . |
| 23 | The first phase of the village opened in October 1989 and contains thirteen workshop/retail units on the ground floor . |
| 24 | The FBI and Britain 's Serious Fraud Office are investigating the scandal at its US offshoot , which is alleged to date back to 1983 and involve bogus defence contracts with Pakistan , China and South Africa . |
| 25 | Donald Marriott , February 1987 Appointed Assistant Art Adviser in 1965 and became Senior Art Adviser on Basil 's death in 1967 |
| 26 | The privatization programme , first announced in April 1990 and facing strong trade union opposition [ see p. 38718 ] , was to cover over 100 state-run enterprises , including 14 hotels and 25 military-run corporations . |