Example sentences of "the [num] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Roughly speaking , the country with the highest mortality rate in the 1940s had achieved a level comparable with that of England , but not as good as the lowest rate , in 1880 . |
2 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Dec. 12 reported that some 80 former student leaders who were active in the pro-democracy movement in the 1970s had formed a new political party , Pracha Dhamma . |
3 | The new ethos of the '80s had had a positive effect on the character of the people , just as the ethos of the late ‘ 70s had a severely negative effect . |
4 | But the YF-22 has won a long , hard dogfight against its rival prototype , the YF-23 , to become the air force 's next fighter . |
5 | Barth was deeply suspicious of this entire concern , which he had earlier tried to combat in Gogarten , who through the 1920s had developed a strong interest in the theology of ‘ the orders of creation ’ . |
6 | Radio Zambia reported on March 20 that defectors from the MMD had formed a new party , the National Party for Democracy ( NPD ) . |
7 | The two had enjoyed a eight-month affair , but McAllister 's tour of duty in Ulster was ending . |
8 | Recently the larger of the two has developed a white nodule on its chin . |
9 | Feminist writings on sex and sexuality since the sixties have developed a powerful indictment of porn for its depiction of men 's oppression of women . |
10 | The so called ‘ new man ’ of the nineties has taken a conscious decision to split childcare with his working wife/partner . |
11 | The Workers ' Travel Association was set up to give workers the opportunity to travel ; it began in a modest way but by the 1950s had become a worldwide organization . |
12 | just as the reduced level of import controls during the post Second World War period saw a substantial increase in world trade , so the increasingly liberal attitude to capital controls during the 1980s has seen a marked increase in cross-border investment — both to establish new factories and to engage in takeovers of existing firms . |
13 | But the greater professionalism of the top search consultants and their measurable success in the business by the 1980s has influenced a significant number of clients to go beyond a basically negative attitude ; and in the words of one regular user of search , to see headhunting not just as a convenient time and money saver , but as an objective , imaginative , innovative , creative and even indispensable management tool . |
14 | The 1980s have seen a significant change in the fortunes of the major executive search firms in London . |
15 | And the 1980s have seen a determined rejection of imported fashions , the British novelist or dramatist speaking to his people in the confident expectation that the world at large , too , will insist on taking notice and asking for more . |
16 | The 1980s have seen a public debate about the effects upon the economy of the growing proportion of old people in Britain ; and the stress has been on the increasing burden of costs that will result ( Department of Health and Social Security ( DHSS ) , 1985 ) . |