Example sentences of "in [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He eventually capitalized on his knowledge of Europe by publishing in 1796 both a set of five maps of the Rhine , Meuse , and Scheldt and a survey entitled A Developement of the Views and Designs of the French Nation , which sought to warn the English of certain French activities . |
2 | In temperate areas the epidemiology is somewhat similar to that of D. viviparus in that both the survival of overwintered larvae on pasture and the role of the ewe as a carrier are significant factors in the persistence of infection on pasture from year to year in endemic areas . |
3 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
4 | He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule , condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay . |
5 | Legionnaires ' Disease was first recognised and named in 1976 following an outbreak of pneumonia amongst a group of American Legion delegates to a convention in Philadelphia . |
6 | This contest , for Under-15s , started in 1970 following a suggestion by The Cricketer 's chairman , Ben Brocklehurst , to the ESCA President Hubert Doggart and , together with the invaluable financial help of The Lord 's Taverners , The Cricketer has been proud to organise and support this competition ever since . |
7 | It was introduced in 1970 following an amendment to the articles of agreement of the IMF and the formation of a special drawing account . |
8 | Karkeek , who died aged 55 in 1858 following an accident to his gig , qualified on 1 December 1834 . |
9 | In general only a minority of holidays are affected in this way and most changes to the published arrangements are small and whenever possible these changes will be advised at the time of booking or as quickly as possible after they occur . |
10 | His editorship ended in 1880 following a change of ownership , but in 1877 Knowles had already founded a new magazine , the Nineteenth Century , which became even more influential , bringing Knowles again into the centre of contemporary thought and politics . |
11 | The exhibits in the Brussels exhibition seem to have had in common only a concentration on clearly defined simple forms and a corresponding limitation of colour , and very few of them had anything at all in common with the work of Picasso and Braque . |
12 | The military strength of the CPB was seriously diminished in 1989 following a mutiny by Wa tribesmen , who constituted an estimated 80 per cent of the CPB 's membership . |
13 | In 1955 also the idea of a Children 's Church on Sunday mornings was first suggested ( thought it did not start till November 1960 ) and in December 1955 for the first time there was a Christmas tree in church . |
14 | Blessed are those who are persecuted in holy right the kingdom of heaven is theirs . |
15 | The area had already been reorganised in 1968 following a report from the Local Government Boundary Commission ( LGBC ) . |
16 | In 1990 alone the deficit with the EEC was £13,000 million ( some £30 million per day ) ; with the rest of the world Britain 's surplus in 1990 was £2,000 million . |
17 | Exports to western countries increased from US$ 6.1 billion to nearly US$7.3 billion ; the number of joint ventures from 1972 to 1989 was ( in round figures ) 1,000 , whereas in 1990 alone the number of new joint ventures reached 4,000 perhaps with the help of a revival of commercial law the ‘ tortuous and costly road of socialism which leads from capitalism to capitalism ’ is made smoother and swifter . |