Example sentences of "[num] and [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff is aged 30 and has a normal expectation of life . |
| 2 | To book , call Ticketmaster on 01-379 4444 and mention The Independent offer before Thursday 12 October . |
| 3 | He or she may now buy 5 per cent of the equity of the ungeared firm , ABC Ltd , for 12,500 and receive an expected return of 2,000 [ ( 0.05 ) ( 40,000 ) ] . |
| 4 | Wendy was twenty-one and wore an apricot-coloured shortie nightie in brushed nylon . |
| 5 | Serbia was occupied in 1439 and became a Turkish province , but Murad 's siege of Belgrade in 1440 was repulsed by the Hungarians . |
| 6 | Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which introduced the quota system , amended article 100 of the Act of Accession 1972 and formed an important part of the Act of Accession 1985 . |
| 7 | Edward Heath disbanded the government and parliament of Northern Ireland in March 1972 and created a new post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | In common with fig 4 this relies on fast alternate picked double stops , only this time they are at a faster tempo , phrased in sixteenths and have a moving line added as a third ( lower ) part . |
| 9 | One on the Yellowstone Plateau in Wyoming , U S A , covers an area of around 2500 km 2 and forms a large basin partly filled by massive sheets of ignimbrite . |
| 10 | By holding a long contract for delivery at T 1 and a short contract for delivery at T 2 , it would be possible to take delivery at T 1 for P f 1 and keep the asset for making delivery at T 2 for P f 2 and to make a sure profit . |
| 11 | She had lain on her bed at her farmhouse home on January 2 and put a double-barrelled shotgun to her head . |
| 12 | Add 256 to the figure on line 2 and enter the resulting figure at line 2 . |
| 13 | A swift response to the violence from the Russian leadership led to approval by an emergency sitting of the Security Council on Oct. 31 of the deployment of 3,000 elite troops in North Ossetia and a presidential decree to introduce a month-long state of emergency in North Ossetia and Ingushetia from Nov. 2 and to impose a temporary administration under Deputy Prime Minister , Georgy Khizha . |
| 14 | Joined the Group in 1985 and played a major role in developing the Group 's gas turbine division . |
| 15 | Companies must comply with the Companies Act 1985 and display the following information on their stationery : |
| 16 | Sam Torrance was promised a bonus of £20,000 had he emulated his feat in 1985 and holed the winning putt at the Ryder Cup . |
| 17 | The White Wizard ( one of Bash 's predecessors ) originally entered the text-adventure world of Fantasia way back in 1985 and found the well-presented environment a mite too dull for his liking . |
| 18 | Tim first met Princess Anne when he was an assistant navigating officer on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1979 and received an unexpected invitation to dine with the royal family . |
| 19 | The inspector calculated the taxpayer 's gain on the basis that the receipt of the Lasmo shares amounted to a capital distribution under s 72(1) , CGTA 1979 and apportioned the allowable expenditure in accordance with the part-disposal provisions of s 35 , CGTA 1979 . |
| 20 | He was elected FRS in 1892 and gave the Croonian lecture in 1896 . |
| 21 | Mr Athulathmudali had defected from the ruling United National Party in 1991 and led a powerful opposition group , the Democratic United National Front . |
| 22 | The Constable had been in the Force since 1924 and had an excellent character [ and ] served in the trenches at the age of fifteen and a half . |
| 23 | Arthurton denied the Australian attack for seven hours 45 minutes in his seventh test , hitting 16 fours and one six and overshadowed a fine bowling performance by paceman Bruce Reid , who took five for 112 . |
| 24 | As he was only nineteen and failed the medical test for being colourblind this was impossible . |
| 25 | The agreement , however , passed the House of Commons by 473 votes to 47 and received a similar endorsement in the Irish Dáil . |
| 26 | They raided his home on January 7 and seized a nine-page list detailing 272 titles called Editman 's Horror List . |
| 27 | We now develop node 7 and find an optimal solution to LP7 by making the indicated pivot in the σ 2 -row in P1/LP5 . |
| 28 | The Belfast helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway in 1943 and led the naval bombardment in support of the Normandy D Day landing at Juno Beach . |
| 29 | A conference of the North Korean People 's Council met in July 1948 and approved the proposed constitution . |
| 30 | After a two-year tour of the Continent , he returned to England in 1799 and started a veterinary practice at 17 Giltspur Street , mainly among brewery horses and those of a similar type . |