Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pateman naturally sought , and was given , assurances that his reduced salary , which was only one-half of the National WEA 's prescribed scale of £400 a year for District Secretaries , would be paid in full and on a regular basis throughout the year . |
| 2 | Andrew Large , chairman of the Securities and Investments Board , is expected to ask the Government for stronger powers to prosecute fraud when he completes his review in March 1993 of the regulatory body 's responsibilities . |
| 3 | All these men were volunteers for world-wide service with the Second Australian Imperial Force , which provided the prefix 2 of the 2nd Company 's number ( the First AIF had served in World War I ) . |
| 4 | But Mr Foulds said the number of properties repossessed had halved in 1993 from the previous year 's . |
| 5 | The tournament is again a Belfast Telegraph copyright , and one of 12 in a European Seniors ' calendar now worth over £800,000 in prize-money . |
| 6 | Wadkins , third in the Masters last year and in 1990 , had his lowest round yet , beating his 67 in the last year 's first round . |
| 7 | The first was the killing of two policemen on Jan. 2 by the Azanian People 's Liberation Army ( APLA — the military wing of the PAC ) . |
| 8 | The government also proposed to introduce debt-waiver on loans of up to Rs10,000 for small farmers and allocation of up to 50 per cent of available resources for investment in the agricultural sector and rural development--one of the National Front 's election promises . |
| 9 | The detailed and well-researched Most Wanted list includes EIGHT of the Premier League 's dynamic performers . |
| 10 | The ‘ Trinidad terms ’ , proposed in 1990 by John Major when he was Britain 's chancellor , write off two-thirds of a poor country 's debt incurred before a certain date , and reschedule the rest over 25 years . |
| 11 | The production of textiles was still going up ; in 1913 two-thirds of the whole world 's imports of cotton goods still came from Great Britain . |
| 12 | This incongruity was exposed in the spring of 1963 during a famous miners ' strike . |
| 13 | A report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , published on Aug. 13 , found that in 1991 there were 39,800 members of extreme right-wing organizations ( including 24,000 in the German People 's Union — DVU — for whose showing in April 1992 state elections see p. 38871 ) . |
| 14 | He ran the pub with his wife , an Irish woman who was known as Mrs Nora , and whose reputation along the docks had been assured the day she had broken up a brawl between a huge Turk who had just knifed two men , and a dozen of the wounded men 's shipmates . |
| 15 | A guide that covers three of the Soviet Union 's largest cities , packed with maps , colour illustrations and information on the history , architecture and key sites of these glorious cities . |
| 16 | The festival now takes place in July at the Grand Theatre , the famous City Varieties , Leeds Playhouse , Leeds Civic Theatre , and three of the local authority 's community theatres . |
| 17 | The answer to three of the hon. Gentleman 's questions is yes . |
| 18 | The results confirmed that the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) had won a massive victory , winning 392 of the 485 People 's Assembly seats contested . |
| 19 | The force of this demand had already been recognized by Macmillan by the appointment at the end of 1960 of a Prime Minister 's committee under the chairmanship of Lord Robbins . |
| 20 | The punishment for this crime was to be docked his best wave , so his tally would be reduced to three against the other surfers ' four . |
| 21 | Ten lined up against her , including the first three in the previous year 's race — Forgive ‘ N Forget , Righthand Man and Earls Brig. |
| 22 | Only 80 of the Royal Navy 's 124 ships of 50 guns or more had proved fit for service , fewer than the 40 Spanish and 50 French ships of the line , and both in seaworthiness and weight of gunfire the best French and Spanish ships out-classed the finest English vessels . |
| 23 | About two thirds of the Third World 's $1,000 billion debt was lent by around 550 of the world 's private banks from North America , Japan and Europe between the late 1960s and early 1980s . |
| 24 | Transfer can not be ordered where an Act or statutory instrument other than the 1981 Rules , eg s 17 of the Married Women 's Property Act 1982 , requires the matter to be commenced in a particular court ( Ord 16 , r 3 ) . |
| 25 | Such notice might also be given in an originating application under s 17 of the Married Women 's Property Act 1882 . |
| 26 | Thatcher shipped out 100,000 of the Old Farmer 's Almanac tubes on Monday — just in time to catch their customer 's filling lines in California . |
| 27 | This policy was an attempt to satisfy Clause 4 of the Labour Party 's Constitution , which committed the party to ‘ the common ownership of the means of production , distribution and exchange , and the best possible system of popular administration and control of each industry or service ’ . |
| 28 | A list leaked The Northern Echo shows 11 of the northern region 's 15 district managers will be moved or retired as part of a wider strategy to streamline the service . |
| 29 | George joined Historic Scotland in 1992 from the Scottish Office 's Graphics Group , where he had been involved in the production of models and display materials since 1968 . |
| 30 | British Manufacture and Research Company is a subsidiary of the giant Swiss armaments firm Oerlikon ; it won the Queen 's Award for Export Achievement in 1981 on the prime minister 's recommendation . |