Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence budget amounted to 35,062 million koruna in 1989 and was expected to amount to 31,180 million koruna in 1990 , or 23.6 per cent of overall government expenditure . |
| 2 | The profit attributable to ordinary shareholders amounted to 524 million which , after dividends of 237 million , resulted in a transfer to reserves of 287 million . |
| 3 | Gallup 's interviewers asked in 1983 and 1987 , and again on Friday and Saturday : How long ago did you decide which way you would finally vote ? |
| 4 | Briefly , antigen strips preincubated for one hour in blocking buffer ( 5% non-fat milk powder in phosphate buffered saline pH 7.2 , containing 0.05% Tween 20 ) were incubated overnight at room temperature in serum samples ( diluted 1:100 v/v in blocking buffer ) or mouse monoclonal antibody GL2 that recognises Giardia heat shock antigen ( diluted 1:1000 v/v in blocking buffer ) . |
| 5 | Moreover , as the University validates the Normal College 's courses , it would seem to us that whatever the pros and cons of retaining a local authority based teacher-training institution in Gwynedd , a much more sensible long-term solution would have been to integrate both the Normal College and St Mary 's College into the University College of North Wales when that opportunity arose after 1974 . |
| 6 | Teesside Crown Court heard how blonde Julie Spence agreed to four sex sessions with her husband when they split after ten years of marriage . |
| 7 | But Bangor recovered from 42–4 to triumph without losing another wicket . |
| 8 | Though Acca lived until 740 , he was never restored to Hexham and in 734 Ecgberht , bishop of York , consecrated Frithuberht to the still vacant see . |
| 9 | The Poles of the Congress Kingdom were not broken , for even Paskevich admitted in 1850 that the calm he had established merely reflected their " awareness of their powerlessness and their conviction of the incontestable might of your Imperial Highness " . |
| 10 | Nine out of ten of the users known to each agency lived with one or more adults , and the majority lived with one or more children . |
| 11 | Couple of good saves today you must be pleased with ; Wittingham got in one very good header did n't he . |
| 12 | Ellis admitted to 22 charges under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 13 | Wharves were constructed to handle the coal and timber traffic , and tall red-brick warehouses arose after 1777 for iron , for cheese , for corn and salt . |
| 14 | Taylor led off eight Hurricanes in V7671 , climbing to 28,000 feet , when many Ju87s were seen below at about 10,000 feet just as the A.A. barrage opened up against them . |
| 15 | In the ruddily-lit belly of the drop-ship , Yeremi clung to one of the serpentine wall grips as the vessel vibrated . |
| 16 | In 1989 nickel production reached 46,935 tonnes , of which exports amounted to 46,071 tonnes worth 715,000,000 francs and equivalent to one-fifth of the territory 's budget . |
| 17 | Despite the government 's efforts , the People 's Will succeeded in 1881 in assassinating the Tsar himself . |
| 18 | The damage amounted to two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 19 | Philips of The Netherlands announced in 1987 ( nearly a century after its birth ) that it was adopting a ‘ global ’ company orientation . |
| 20 | Ahead of you as you walk along the length of the piazza is the Casa del Manzoni , Manzoni 's house , a fine nineteenth century building in which the writer lived from 1813 until his death on 22 May 1873 . |
| 21 | Thus , the 1784 election led to 17 unbroken years of Pitt as prime minister ; after the First World War the coalition stayed on in name but the Conservatives won 335 seats in 1918 ; Churchill 's Great Coalition presaged the Labour landslide of 1945 and the iniquities of the Lib-Lab Pact were a major factor in Mrs Thatcher 's victory in 1979 . |
| 22 | A Soviet writer argued in 1979 that the growing participation of Latin American states in the Non-Aligned Movement directly affected the character of relations in the inter-American system and set the question of its ‘ basic restructuring ’ on the agenda . |
| 23 | Anne McGrath , prosecuting at Chester Youth Court said that sometimes the graffiti re-appeared within 30 minutes of it being cleaned off . |
| 24 | Largely through his patient , persistent advocacy , the government of ( Sir ) Winston Churchill appointed in 1944 the Scarbrough commission , which , on the basis of evidence he submitted and marshalled , recommended a great expansion of the provision in British universities for the study of the languages , history , and cultures of Asia and Africa , and development of the school as the main centre . |
| 25 | Tours of Czechoslovakia planned for 1992 . |
| 26 | Right , Chair , P A G asked for two reports to be produced as part of the budget process , looking in more detail at the budget , and the two specific reports that were asked for , were fire safety and trimming . |
| 27 | On 9 January 1872 the Minute Book kept by the clerk now called Registrar , recorded the commitment of Richard Piper sued by Henry Pierpoint for 5s ( money lent on 14 November 1871 ) . |
| 28 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 29 | Dennis Taylor recovered from 1-4 to beat Mike Hallett 9-5 and will play John Parrott . |
| 30 | From these diaries we know that Minton made between two and four visits to ‘ Marshalls ’ every year up until 1954 , staying usually a couple of nights and returning to London with sheaves of drawings . |