Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Articles of Government made under the 1986 Act gave to the governors of county and controlled schools the duty of devising arrangements for the appointment of staff , excluding head teachers and , in some authorities , deputy head teachers . |
| 2 | Worries in the USA also spread to the London market , where the FT-SE 100 index fell during the month of November from 2,550 to 2,400 on uncertainties about the strength of the UK industrial recovery . |
| 3 | In May 1991 privatization continued with the issues of shares for minority stakes in the Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation ( Tupras ) and refined products distributor Petrol Ofisi . |
| 4 | During the 1960s and 1970s output plummeted in the face of cheap oil . |
| 5 | The 5:4 ruling came in the case of Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes , and was accompanied by sharply worded dissenting opinions from those justices who argued that the decision went too far in restricting the rights of habeas corpus . |
| 6 | Being a bit of a Pink Floyd and a club scene fan , I was joyous to hear a sample of the Floyd 's ‘ Shine On You Crazy Diamond ’ with a Soul II Soul beat on the radio . |
| 7 | Much work was done in the 1790s at the Royal Naval Hospital , Greenwich , and in 1810 work began on the pediment there , which was forty feet long , designed by Benjamin West [ q.v. ] and Joseph Panzetta , and made in Coade stone . |
| 8 | Twenty-two members of 3 Para died during the war . |
| 9 | Nearly 800 crew members with 74 craft took to the Wye at Hay on Saturday for the start of the longest raft race in the world . |
| 10 | However , one admiral arrived on the scene a little too early for a round of golf . |
| 11 | A month later the Commonwealth Aircraft Company ( CAC ) -built Lincoln heavy bombers of 1 Squadron thundered into the Tengah airstrip , at Singapore , commencing combat operations that would last eight hectic years . |
| 12 | Suggested cures were legion , and one correspondent wrote to the newspaper concerning the closure of the graveyards at Spa Fields , St Botolph Bishopsgate and St Thomas , Golden Lane , suggesting that the ground in each case be covered in quicklime . |
| 13 | One punter surfaced in the ship-canal |
| 14 | But luckily there was only a c only one car stopped at the top . |
| 15 | One soldier lay on the ground like a blazing torch . |
| 16 | The plot failed when one soldier peeped inside the box of Quality Street chocolates two days later and discovered 2lbs of semtex explosive . |
| 17 | One critic wrote of the show : ‘ Of course it 's great to see her but why was it necessary to have such a fawning and sycophantic performance ? ’ |
| 18 | Not a single holding in their sample remained in the same family name between 1600 and 1700 and only 2 freeholds and 1 copyhold stayed in the possession of the same family during this century even if allowance is made for inheritance through a female line . |
| 19 | Only one fighting-ship remained off the island of Man , and two of moderate size further north in the Sudreyar . |
| 20 | Delaney raised a critical eyebrow : His one question went to the heart of the matter , since he could think of no other reason for the involvement of G9 . |
| 21 | Normally at least one parent remained in the home , or if not , close by ; and in many cases aunts of the parents ' generation were involved in caring . |
| 22 | According to the state-owned newspaper L'Union , one soldier and one civilian died in the rebellion , and 52 people were arrested ; those arrested were thought to include at least 20 GPP supporters . |
| 23 | One eye blinked as the rain splashed into it . |
| 24 | A 1-1 draw looked on the cards ; looked a good bet for Oxford , until 13 minutes from time , Luton 's top scorer , Phil Gray struck a deadly blow . |
| 25 | The first time one person whispered in the ear of another to make or break a third person 's reputation , then public relations was born . |
| 26 | Peter Donaldson of Red Lion Bookshop in Colchester spelled out the indirect effects of the Dillons discounting campaign quite graphically : ‘ One person came into the shop and was uncertain about buying Michael Palin 's Pole to Pole because she thought she would be able to buy it cheaper in Dillons . |
| 27 | One person died in the crash involving 30 vehicles on the southbound carriageway at junction 30 , near Chesterfield , Derbyshire . |
| 28 | One person died in the carnage , which left a trail of twisted metal across the three lanes of the west-bound carriageway . |
| 29 | Do you know , I went in there right and the majority of people never took no blind bit of notice then suddenly one person walked through the door , you know , he 's always playing next to me and he sits down , puts his trumpet there , gets his trumpet on ya , sits there , turns round and the next thing he were laying on the floor going |
| 30 | The new National Assembly had 107 members ; under the original plan the Assembly was to have had 108 members , but one deputy died during the appointments process and his seat remained vacant . |