Example sentences of "[num] and [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) ] . |
| 2 | Wendy was twenty-one and wore an apricot-coloured shortie nightie in brushed nylon . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The site began supplying GKN when Warriors were first built in 1986 and has an on-going contract . |
| 8 | Company MBA and Diploma distance learning programmes were developed in 1986 and have an impressive client list including Shell , BICC and Pedigree Petfoods . |
| 9 | Our third decision dates from 1960 and concerns an industrial dispute at a printers ' works in London . |
| 10 | ‘ The Rise and Rise of Laura Ashley ’ was screened on 14 December 1976 and marked an important turning point for the company . |
| 11 | A former electrical engineering student is now in charge of a microcomputer company which generated $50 million in revenues in 1981 and has an annual growth rate of 200 per cent . |
| 12 | But their tablatures had been completed around 1530 and cover an older repertory , plus a few pieces by Senfl , and then there is an almost complete gap until Ammerbach published his Orgel oder Instrument Tabulatur in 1571 . |
| 13 | Clio accounted for 2.1 % of all new car registrations in Britain during 1992 and made an important contribution to the success of Renault UK , whose sales in 1992 grew by 15.14% . |
| 14 | In his Autumn Statement ( p 124 ) , the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the first year capital allowance for plant and machinery ( excluding cars ) to 40% for 12 months from 1 November 1992 and introduced an initial allowance of 20% for industrial and agricultural buildings where contracts are placed before 31 October 1993 and they are brought into use before the end of 1994 . |
| 15 | The first accurate annual monitoring of carbon dioxide commenced at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii in 1958 and revealed an atmospheric concentration of 315 ppm . |
| 16 | In 1982 , I would stand just where that cameraman stood in 1958 and watch an Israeli jet on the same bombing run , attacking the same block of buildings in west Beirut . |
| 17 | The results were published in 1949 and showed an increasing homogeneity of practice . |
| 18 | Within two years Kenny was captain of the England Youth team , had skippered the Palace Juniors to the FA Youth Cup triumph of 1977 and become an ever-present member of the Palace 's side that won promotion from Division Three . |
| 19 | Firm B , on the other hand , has no balancing allowance in year 3 and has an additional corporation tax liability of 1.42 ( i.e. 4.06 × 35% ) in year 4 . |
| 20 | The unit employs 1,100 and has an annual budget of £33m . |
| 21 | The Bradford Special Conference of 29 July 1932 ended affiliation by 241 votes to 142 and created an independent party with a disunited membership and with an organization which was in serious difficulties . |
| 22 | ‘ Histoire de Babar ’ was published in 1931 and became an immediate hit . |
| 23 | He took the principal part in the synthesis and interpretation of all the gravity observations made in India over the period 1908–13 and made an excellent attempt to interpret these data in the light of evidence recently reported by the American geodesist , J. F. Hayford , as a result of similar surveys in the United States . |