Example sentences of "in [num] [conj] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brigadier Lorne Campbell of Airds , who was awarded the Victoria Cross in Tunisia in 1943 while a lieutenant-colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , died in May 1991 aged 88 . |
| 2 | Fears of religious extremism were also revived by calls to turn the 6th century cathedral of St Sophia , converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum since 1934 , into a mosque once more , and by attempts in April 1989 to introduce segregated bus services for women students in the city of Konya , 220 km south of Ankara , where fundamentalists controlled the local council . |
| 3 | Consumption of butter today was only half what it was in 1980 and a quarter of the 1970s figures , Dr Buss said . |
| 4 | Yuri Skokov , Secretary of the Security Council , was considered sympathetic to the nationalist cause ; Chernomyrdin , 54 , Soviet Minister of Gas in 1985-89 and a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) in 1986-91 , was seen as representing the industrialists ' lobby , while Viktor Kadannikov , a relatively unknown figure , was manager of a large car plant ; deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shumeiko was a supporter of Gaidar . |
| 5 | The next village just down the road Lartington stayed loyal to the Church of Rome which led to a spot of tension now and then The Church of England established their place of worship in 1796 then built St Cuthberts in 1881 and a school in 1894 . |
| 6 | In Britain , the first census of modern times was begun in 1801 and a series of government reports resulted in various inquiries into the state of the nation . |
| 7 | Active in local affairs , he was mayor of Tunbridge Wells in 1895 and a member of Kent county council for fifteen years . |
| 8 | Sarre ( 1981 ) points to the quite marked fluctuations in numbers throughout the 1970s ( although he recognizes the data limitations ) which reached a peak in 1972 and a low in 1975 , climbing back to about 155,000 in 1979 ( table 5.4 ) . |
| 9 | The report by the National Association of Estate Agents follows the annual review by the Halifax Building Society , which predicts a 15 per cent increase in sales in 1993 and a rise in prices during the second half of the year . |
| 10 | A communiqué signed by the then Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin included a denunciation of the Soviet Army 's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and a commitment by the Soviet Union to assist the postwar restoration of Afghanistan . |
| 11 | For your records I would inform you that the name of this charitable organisation changed from ‘ Council ’ to ‘ Campaign ’ in 1991 and a copy of the relevant minute is attached . |
| 12 | Stutchbury was elected an associate of the Linnean Society in 1828 and a fellow of the Geological Society in 1841 . |
| 13 | He joined the Architectural Association in 1885 and was elected an associate of the RIBA in 1888 and a fellow in 1909 . |
| 14 | the LEA offered no grant-aid in support of the four WEA Terminal courses Jacques arranged in 1936–37 although a grant of £40 was promised for 1937–38 . |
| 15 | The Quintín Lame Movement , an indigenous guerrilla movement founded in 1984 and a member of the CNGSB , formally disarmed and demobilized its estimated 130 members on May 31 . |
| 16 | The Bank has been fortunate in that during this time we have been associated with a Grand Slam in 1984 and a share of the Five Nations Championship in 1986 . |
| 17 | He was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery towards the end of World War I. He obtained a third class in literae humaniores at Oxford in 1921 but a pass with distinction in the LLB at Edinburgh in 1924 . |
| 18 | He was educated at Winchester College ( 1915–20 ) and Trinity College , Cambridge ( 1920–3 ) , where he read mathematics , winning an entrance scholarship , becoming a senior scholar in 1921 and a wrangler in the mathematical tripos in 1923 . |
| 19 | Mr Reed rose quickly through the bank , becoming an assistant director in 1976 and a director in 1979 , before being appointed head of the corporate finance department in 1984 . |
| 20 | He rose further under the Commonwealth , becoming a commissioner for compounding and a JP in 1650 and a commissioner for indemnity in 1652 . |
| 21 | This year 184 dealers took part compared to 176 in 1992 and a number of participants expressed cautious optimism . |
| 22 | A friend at the Bar estimated to me in 1981 that a youngster of ability on the common law side can go up to eight or ten thousand pounds , but then tends to reach a plateau . |
| 23 | He became a JP in Essex in 1573 and a member of the quorum in 1586 . |
| 24 | The highlight of this sale of Victorian pictures , drawings and watercolours is undoubtedly ‘ Contradiction : Oberon and Titania ’ painted by Richard Dadd in 1854–1858 while a patient at Bethlem Hospital . |
| 25 | The museum was opened to the public in 1977 and a number of publications on the collection have been written to date . |
| 26 | the EEC directive in 1977 and a number of national projects , particularly MOTET have recommended training as an essential means for providing an adequate supply of teachers . |
| 27 | Direct responsibility for DMS policy in England and Wales was initially that of a panel ( a panel for Scotland remained separate for several years ) and this became a Board after the Committee for Arts and Social Studies was split in 1978 and a Committee for Business and Management Studies created — ; a decision which produced some controversy . |
| 28 | He was a promoter of the third slaving voyage of ( Sir ) John Hawkins [ q.v. ] in 1567 and a governor of the Mineral and Battery Works from 1568 onwards . |
| 29 | He joined Hampshire in 1970 and a couple of years later the selectors were enquiring after him , but he chose to await his chance with West Indies . |
| 30 | By keying in one or a number of search terms e.g. subject keywords , author or format , the user can broaden or narrow a search without any predesigned classification structure . |