Example sentences of "the [num] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , I think my whole career at the end of the 60s was probably a guilt trip of some sort . |
| 2 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 3 | The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations . |
| 4 | SUNKEN TREASURE Rickenbacker 650A Atlantis While it would be unfair to call this guitar a compromise on the part of Rickenbacker , the 650 is nevertheless a departure . |
| 5 | In short , I think we are in the realm of ideology here , and the rise of the ‘ small schools movement ’ during the 1970s is probably a reflection of the general resurgence of pastoralism ln popular thought over the past decade . |
| 6 | The 1970s was also an era of Congressional reform . |
| 7 | Thus the considerable increase in recorded burglary during the 1970s was largely a recording phenomenon . |
| 8 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 9 | The rejection of the '80s is also an embracing of the possibilities of the '90s . |
| 10 | International Relations at the start of the 1990s is thus a subject in dispute . |
| 11 | The ‘ authoritarian populism ’ of the 1980s , the corporatism of the 1960s and 1970s or presumably of some other form of nationalism in the 1990s are simultaneously a product of both capitalist social relations and the instinctive support which people , especially those least certain of their and their family 's future , give to parliaments and their leaders . |
| 12 | The 1930s were also a time for experimental long-playing records . |
| 13 | While geographical proximity , cultural affinities and the need to justify Japanese rule encouraged the pursuit of a policy aimed at integrating the interests of ruler and ruled , equality between the two was never a possibility . |
| 14 | Compulsory education constitutes the initial basic and general stages , the difference between the two being mainly a matter of scope and level rather than intention or function , though it sometimes corresponds to the transition from primary to secondary education . |