Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was already twenty-one and their self-imposed tests of constraint were severely strained . |
| 2 | The Prince of Wales established an award for innovation in 1985 and his working group on innovation was set up after a conference at Highgrove last year . |
| 3 | AI believes that he is being made to answer for his active involvement in the Sudan Doctors ' Union and left-wing politics , his role in the non-violent protests which led to the overthrow of President Nimeiri in April 1985 and his outspoken criticism of the current government . |
| 4 | Because of his betrayal of the Decembrists in 1825 and his long identification with the regime of Nicholas I , he had few friends on the left of the political spectrum who could advise him on the way in which emancipation should proceed . |
| 5 | In real terms , gross investment in manufacturing fell by more than a third between 1979 and its lowest point in 1983 . |
| 6 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , would have included in the present s14(2) of SGA 1979 and its equivalent provisions under SOGIT 1973 ( as substituted by Sched 4 to CCA 1974 ) and the SGSA 1982 , the following provision which is worth setting out in full since it received Government approval and is likely to be re-introduced in the near future : ( 2A ) For the purposes of this Act , goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory , taking account of any description of the goods , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . |
| 7 | The question of a regional convention in this whole field was put on the agenda of the Committee in 1975 and detailed reports were considered at its Twentieth Session in 1979 and its Twenty-Second Session in 1981 . |
| 8 | This custom continued under David Barclay , who entertained there George I in 1714 , George II in 1727 , and the young George III and his new bride in 1761 , the last occasion attracting widespread interest in the metropolitan press . |
| 9 | He became lord lieutenant of Hertfordshire in 1612 and his punctilious implementation of orders from the Privy Council impressed the king , who made him a knight of the Garter in 1624 . |
| 10 | You 'll find you 're never alone with WordStar 7 and its multifarious range of supported file formats . |
| 11 | Understandably , in the light of its heroic effort in 1940 and its enormous contribution to the subsequent defeat of the fascist enemy , Britain mistook being on the winning side for having won the war . |
| 12 | By this logic , there was an essential parallel between his first assumption of France in 1940 and his second assumption in 1958 . |
| 13 | The prints were about my own size , 6½ and my own guess for what it is worth , since , as a cadet I did own a pair of hob-nails , is that my own almost religious love of country railways had revealed a kind of secular stigmatic effect . |
| 14 | Although the CNAA was not now to oversee a rolling programme of promotions to the ‘ university club ’ , how much autonomy the new polytechnics would want and acquire — from their local authorities and the CNAA — was to be a feature of debate from the creation of the first polytechnics , and from the decision to set up a Committee of Directors of Polytechnics in December 1969 and its formal establishment in April 1970 . |
| 15 | She disappeared in March 1934 but her last pair of shoes were sent for in 1935 . ’ |
| 16 | George moved to Sheffield to play for The Wednesday in the summer of 1925 but his 48 goals for us in the higher divisions , scored generally when we were far from being a great side , were easily our best tally in the period 1921–5 and have only ever been bettered by Mark Bright and Ian Wright . |
| 17 | Even the use of a borrowed car for the transporting of uncustomed watches is a conversion of the car , for such conduct if discovered leads to the forfeiture of the car under the Customs and Excise Act 1952 and its consequent loss to the owner . |
| 18 | Thanks to you for your hard work in 1992 and my best wishes to you and your families in 1993 . |
| 19 | Harry Hanger joined the Palace from Bradford City in the summer of 1909 and his stylish performances at wing-half were an attractive feature of Palace sides until the outbreak of the 1st World War . |
| 20 | He was active in one of the Society 's most important projects , the founding of the National Physical Laboratory in 1902 and its eventual transfer to the government in 1918 . |
| 21 | Since the resurgence of the women 's movement in the early 1970s and its subsequent development into feminism ( less an activist social movement than a political body of thought and cultural practices ) , film , as Annette Kuhn and others have pointed out , has been high on the agenda of women working for social change . |
| 22 | His last UK hit , Dimples , was in 1964 but his 28-year absence from the charts was not quite enough to beat Eartha Kitt , who disappeared from the charts in 1955 and did n't return until 1983 . |
| 23 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 24 | Responding to criticism that Germany was not pulling its weight within the alliance the government announced on Jan. 25 that its financial contribution to the Gulf effort totalled DM5,300 million , of which DM3,400 million was for Western allies and DM1,900 million for " frontline " Arab states ( US$1.00=DM1.4885 as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) . |
| 25 | Other jobs and dignities , including the leadership of the House , the chairmanship of the party , the conduct of Central African affairs , the oversight of European negotiations , the first Secretaryship of State , and even the Deputy Premiership , were to be added unto me for varying periods in the years that followed ; and each time Macmillan went abroad-notably during his Eastern tour in 1958 and his African trip in 1960-I was automatically invited to act as head of the government . |
| 26 | This gives a new ion ( 2 ) in which the rhodium has the higher formal oxidation state of +3 and its desired complement of six ligands . |
| 27 | This gives a new ion ( 2 ) in which the rhodium has the higher formal oxidation state of +3 and its desired complement of six ligands . |
| 28 | In the eighties the O'Briens , with Juan and Miguel on ten and their two cousins on nine , had predominated . |
| 29 | She was first elected branch representative in 1978 and her first involvement at Area Council level was in 1981 . |
| 30 | The duke had a record of close cooperation with the Yorkist establishment , something at least as important in the context of 1483 as his much-emphasized loyalty to his brother . |