Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case was adjourned until next month for reports . |
| 2 | A number of representative bodies have pressed upon the Government the desirability of a transitional provision in relation to discretionary trusts where the settlement was made before 26th March 1974 . |
| 3 | The majority of suggestions have been on the lines that there should be a one- or two-year period in which it should be possible for the capital of discretionary trusts to be distributed tax free provided the settlement was made before 26th March 1974 and the result of the distribution was that there would be either absolute entitlement to the property or an interest in possessing it . |
| 4 | The programme was transmitted on 7th October , and opened with the presenter Dennis Lotus saying : ‘ This is a transport depot , it garages the only tramcars still operating in the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 5 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 6 | DROPPING your aitches is something of a crime if My Fair Lady is anything to go by , and the game that her fair ladyship the Queen was playing in last week 's Echo Memories had indeed committed that crime . |
| 7 | Late May , the sun was returning at last , but it was still cold . |
| 8 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 9 | The announcement of the stockpile was predicted in last week 's New Scientist ( 10 February , p 357 ) . |
| 10 | The official opening of the canal was arranged for 9th August 1814 . |
| 11 | Now the declaration of her age on the death certificate was out of her control , the truth was listed at last . |
| 12 | The strike was called for 2nd May . |
| 13 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 14 | Originally , the replay was scheduled for next Wednesday at Villa Park , but West Midlands Police objected , pointing out they did not have the manpower to handle a match of that magnitude on the eve of polling day . |
| 15 | It has also made more conservative estimates of reserves in some of its fields , though the impact was reduced by last week 's Budget announcement that petroleum revenue tax was being cut from 75 to 50 per cent . |
| 16 | There was a setback in the winter of 1814 where there was a fall at one of the shafts of the Crick Tunnel , but the tunnel was finished on 29th July 1814 . |
| 17 | The cannabis was working at last . |
| 18 | Following failure to make any progress at conciliation on the above issue , the matter was referred to Third Party Mediation . |
| 19 | The scheme was criticized by Second Division Clubs on the grounds that they had to share the onus equally with the better-off . |
| 20 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |
| 21 | The survey was closed on 17th October , 1984 , and , of necessity , the analysis and discussion in this report covers those areas considered to be of most value to SERC that could be assessed quickly : this interim report was required by the end of November , 1984 . |
| 22 | The deed of conveyance of the land was executed on 21st January . |
| 23 | The inquest was adjourned until next month . |
| 24 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |