Example sentences of "in may [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1970 he met Hilary Creek , another libertarian activist . |
| 2 | In May 1989 it was sold for $24.2 million at Sotheby 's in New York , to Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza , the Swiss billionaire industrialist . |
| 3 | In May 1989 he also became Group managing director of Guinness PLC , a post he held until the end of December 1991 . |
| 4 | In May 1989 I first introduced a ten-minute rule Bill — the Public Service Contract Bill — which sought to establish minimum standards of public service with automatic compensation for failure . |
| 5 | Reed chairman Peter Davis commented : ‘ In May 1991 I explained that our existing publishing and information business had first priority so far as further investment was concerned and that we had decided not to join our partners in putting more funds into BSkyB . |
| 6 | Despite his resignation , the Civil Aviation Authority decided to prosecute and in May 1991 he was found guilty by a jury and fined Pounds 2,000 plus £1,600 costs . |
| 7 | In May 1922 he lost by a knockout in the first round to Georges Carpentier in his challenge for the world 's light-heavyweight crown . |
| 8 | In May 1952 she obtained the superb patterns of the B form which now grace the textbooks , and which J. D. Watson saw early in 1953 . |
| 9 | One evening in May 1979 they eagerly clambered in after warming up with several glasses of favourite tipple , turned the thermostat up high and set to . |
| 10 | When Mrs Thatcher took office in May 1979 it was assumed that southern Africa would cause a massive rift between her and the black African states of the Commonwealth . |
| 11 | In May 1992 we searched the computer databases of both practices to establish age ( Körner bands ) and sex related data for all British National Formulary therapeutic groups and their related subgroups . |
| 12 | In May 1992 they were convicted of ‘ rebellion ’ in connection with their activities as members of MAR . |
| 13 | In May 1992 he succeeded Craxi 's son Bobo Craxi as secretary of the local PSI federation in Milan [ see p. 38896 ] after the revelations of corruption there . |
| 14 | In May 1955 they responded to Western policies by forming the Warsaw Pact , defining a military structure for Eastern bloc countries similar to NATO 's . |
| 15 | Sadly , when Mr Mason 's marvellous edifice arrived in May 1857 it was discovered that the basin which had been prepared for it was far too small . |
| 16 | In May 1857 she married Frank Rodbard Malleson ( died 1903 ) , son of a Unitarian minister and partner in a Holborn firm of vintners . |
| 17 | In May 1869 he gave his inaugural lecture on Homer , but his classical interests were now turning towards Greek tragedy . |
| 18 | In May 1794 he and his brother were tried and acquitted of publishing a seditious address in the Northern Star . |
| 19 | In May 1794 he was tried and acquitted of publishing a seditious address in the Northern Star , and remained a proprietor of the newspaper until its suppression in May 1797 . |
| 20 | for instance , in May 1987 it found John Craven of phoenix Securities to be the new chief executive of Morgan Grenfell , another assignment on behalf of Sir Peter Carey , who has since moved from the Department of Trade to become chairman of this major merchant bank . |
| 21 | In May 1934 he won the Scottish flyweight championship narrowly on points over fifteen rounds . |
| 22 | Indeed , when Mosley addressed a meeting of 1,500 people at Leeds Town Hall in May 1934 it was estimated that only about 400 fascists were present , ‘ most of whom had come to Leeds by bus . ’ |
| 23 | When Mosley addressed a meeting of 1,500 people at Leeds Town Hall in May 1934 it was estimated that about 400 fascists were present ‘ most of whom had come to Leeds by bus . ’ |
| 24 | In May 1841 he was appointed lecturer in physiology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School . |
| 25 | On a clear spring day in May 1936 he visited Little Gidding , once the home of Nicholas Ferrar , and entered the small chapel there . |
| 26 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 27 | In May 1945 he was arrested by the American forces and taken to a Disciplinary Training Centre near Pisa , before being flown back to Washington to stand trial for treason . |
| 28 | In May 1612 he matriculated at the Academy of Geneva and later attended the Calvinist Academy of Saumur . |
| 29 | In May 1819 he was unanimously chosen as a member of the board of examiners of the Veterinary College , succeeding Cline . |
| 30 | However , he does not seem to have felt so strongly about public affairs , when in May 1768 he refused a seat on the bench . |