Example sentences of "in [num] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sent for a pallium for the new archbishop , Eanbald ( 1 ) , in 780 or 781 ( ASC D , s.a. 780 ) and in 786 received the papal legate , George , bishop of Ostia , who had come to York to inquire into the state of the Northumbrian Church , at a council attended by all the chief men , ecclesiastical and lay , in the kingdom , when the legate pronounced on much that displeased him . |
| 2 | Many similar examples could be constructed with other vowels ; some possibilities may be suggested by the list of words given in 9.2 to show the different spellings that can be pronounced with . |
| 3 | A tiny chapel dedicated to Santa Maria do Calhau was built here in about 1430 and was enlarged in 1458 to serve the growing population . |
| 4 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon in 1838 comes the following list of prices : |
| 5 | A change of government in 1948 found the new administration equally committed to health reform . |
| 6 | They have hitherto rejected Nauru 's claim , not least because an independent inquiry in 1986 set the appropriate compensation level at A$72 million . |
| 7 | He was educated at private schools in Kew and Maida Vale , and in 1866 entered the Royal College of Chemistry , presided over by Dr Edward Frankland . |
| 8 | The River Chelt has two headstreams , dammed at Dowdeswell in 1886 to form the substantial reservoir that now occupies the site . |
| 9 | The ( private ) National Birth Rate Commission was set up in 1913 ; the Eugenics Society established the Population Investigation Committee in 1935 to analyse the new trends . |
| 10 | Only the most starry-eyed optimist could have supposed that the Union of the Crowns and then , at last , the Act of Union in 1707 making the two countries one would somehow bring immediate peace in a region with such memories . |
| 11 | Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph . |
| 12 | Indeed , tourism has been one of the crucial components in the west 's construction of the east , and a passage from Thomas Cook 's brochure for tours of Egypt and Palestine in 1925 encapsulates the Orientalist attitude : ‘ Native life and manners as seen from the steamer are as quaint a study as can well be imagined . |
| 13 | Acid deposition is not a new problem : for example , the term ‘ acid rain' was used first by Robert Angus Smith in 1872 to describe the polluted air of Manchester , England , which damaged vegetation , bleached the colours of fabrics and corroded metallic surfaces . |
| 14 | The first dispensary in Darlington was set up in 1808 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of King George 11 . |
| 15 | Nor was the rural landscape omitted from such initiatives : the National Trust was founded in 1895 to secure the permanent preservation of places and buildings of " beauty " and of " historic " interest ; that is , to sustain the national heritage in its physical and geographical aspects . |
| 16 | Between the High Level Bridge ( q.v. ) and the New Tyne Bridge of 1928 is the Swing Bridge , which was built in 1876 to replace the only river crossing that was here before Stephenson 's railway bridge . |
| 17 | The dominant force in British 750 bike racing in 1993 added the Super Cup series to his British Superbike Championship with two runaway wins on the 2.6 mile Grand Prix track . |
| 18 | It is likely that group awards in sciences will be developed for introduction in 1993 using the new framework of modules . |
| 19 | It was Matilda , the only offspring of this marriage , who in 1181–2 became the unwitting cause of what the chronicler of the Limousin , Geoffrey de Vigeois , called " a great calamity for our country " . |
| 20 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
| 21 | That the Congress is held in Korea following Kenya in 1985 illustrates the growing significance of the young churches . |
| 22 | Tail-end shot of the Corsair at Biggin Hill in 1985 emphasises the poor view over the nose and the twin underwing long range tanks . |
| 23 | The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act passed in 1985 mandated the federal government to balance the budget by 1991 and allowed for the sequestration of funds if President and Congress failed to reach agreement . |
| 24 | Visitors to the Crown Room in 1819 paid the princely sum of one shilling each — at least £7.50 at today 's prices — just for the privilege of viewing them . |
| 25 | He was Assistant Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC between 1949 and 1956 , and in 1963 became the first Executive Director of the World Association for Christian Broadcasting ( WACB ) , WACC 's predecessor . |
| 26 | HM The Queen visited the site in 1979 to inaugurate the first evaporator . |
| 27 | The company was formed by Robert Southam , who also acts and directs for the company and in 1979 launched the European Summer School of Arts and Languages at Oxford , which takes place at the University and offers courses in theatre , music , dance , painting , film-making and English and French literature to young people from all over Europe , including Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | In particular , the 14 departmental select committees established in 1979 shadow the various departments of state such as Industry , Education , Environment but excluding the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 29 | And now for the Zulu nation ( O A Cleary , 1 March , and D A Smith , 5 March ) : journalists in 1991 exposed the clandestine funding of the Inkatha Freedom Party by the National Party , dubbed ‘ Inkathagate ’ . |
| 30 | This will culminate in a celebration in 1991 to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the war in the Pacific . |