Example sentences of "in a [noun sg] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years later , in 1967 , ANDES was in a position to organize the first general strike by teachers to protest against cuts in the education budget in the name of rationalization . |
| 2 | We are now in a position to answer a third question : 3 . |
| 3 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 4 | We will , of course , move as quickly as possible , but it is most unlikely that my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to make the first pay and conditions order under the new Act immediately upon the expiry of the 1987 Act on 31 March 1992 . |
| 5 | The ANC on Jan. 8 , in a statement marking the 79th anniversary of its founding , proposed the convening of an all-party congress which would draft the broad principles of a new constitution . |
| 6 | The Fibonacci series is produced by adding together the last two numbers in a sequence to get the next number — 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 13 , 21 , 34 and so on . |
| 7 | These notes , if required , can be printed in a report showing the next month 's memoranda details or , if confidential , can be held but not printed . |
| 8 | REFORMED slow-coach Bernhard Langer is in a hurry to claim the second leg of golf 's elusive ‘ grand slam ’ in the U.S. Open . |
| 9 | The pre-head is composed of all the unstressed syllables in a tone-unit preceding the first stressed syllable . |
| 10 | In a speech to mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Mohammed Siyad Barre , on Jan. 26 , Farah Aydid stated his readiness for a truce , but reiterated his implacable opposition both to Mahdi Mohammed and to the idea of an international peacekeeping force , which he said would serve only to protect the " self-appointed " interim President from the Somali people . |
| 11 | The decision was announced by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in a speech to mark the 53rd anniversary of the nationalization of the Mexican oil industry . |
| 12 | ‘ We should not forget this and it should serve as a lesson , ’ he said in a speech to mark the 20th anniversary of Sino-Japanese diplomatic ties . |
| 13 | President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , in a speech marking the fifth anniversary of his assumption of power on Nov. 7 , 1987 , announced reforms of the civil service , but failed to announce a timetable for multiparty democracy . |
| 14 | In a speech marking the 23rd anniversary of the Baa'th Party , Saddam Hussein undertook on July 17 to usher in " pluralism … [ as ] the main pillar of the next new phase " . |
| 15 | In a speech marking the 20th anniversary of his reign on Nov. 18 , Sultan Qaboos bin Said announced plans for the creation of a Consultative Council " to provide more opportunities for the Omani citizen 's wider participation in the responsibilities of … the fatherland " . |