Example sentences of "in a [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he did not begin painting seriously until 1911 , Gris had thus been in a position to watch at first hand the birth and development of Picasso 's Cubism . |
| 2 | In a judgement given on 14th May 1992 , the House of Lords allowed Johnson Matthey 's appeal that the £50 million payment in 1984 to its former subsidiary , Johnson Matthey Bankers Limited , was a revenue payment and eligible for tax relief . |
| 3 | This was in a signal sent to 15th Army Group and Eighth Army at 1234 hrs the following day , 15 May [ KP 116 ] , correcting an error in the reference in para 2 of Robertson 's signal to a directive issued in respect of arrestable categories0 Such a directive , it was pointed out , had not " yet been issued " . |
| 4 | The Head of Humanities in a large comprehensive school commented in my hearing , in a staff meeting about 3rd year general discussion groups on controversial issues , that " in about half of such groups the question of God is brought in by some kid or other " and that he felt " put on the spot " . |
| 5 | As respects England and Wales or Northern Ireland , any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court , or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court , shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus . |