Example sentences of "of [art] [num] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first practical measures of educational extension were instituted during the 1850s and 1860s when London degrees were opened to all who could pass an " external " examination , but it was only towards the end of the 1860s that an emphasis on English language , literature , and history became an important feature of the process of extension . |
| 2 | The opening phase of the war , however , produced domestic difficulties and grievances not dissimilar to those experienced by Edward 's father and grandfather ; and it was only with the military successes and material gains of the 1340s that a change in attitude to war amongst both the nobility and the commons became apparent . |
| 3 | It was a symptom or symbol of the 1980s and a lesson for the 1990s of collusion between Government and irresponsible elements who have done much to give the tobacco industry a bad name . |
| 4 | Historians are certain to acknowledge that she dominated the political landscape of the 1980s and a number of her policies will leave a mark in post-Thatcher Britain . |
| 5 | It consists of a two and a half foot length of narrow clear plastic tube which is fixed to your cleaner by means of an adaptor . |