Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British used the four ‘ freedoms ’ agreed at the Commonwealth meeting in October 1943 as the basis for discussion , but refused to consider a US proposal for a fifth freedom : the right to pick up passengers , mail , and freight at intermediate stops not in the country of origin of the airline or its ultimate destination . |
| 2 | Palatinate of Durham Within the Department of Palaeography of the University of Durham , established in 1948 for the promotion of the study of manuscript material mainly from the northern counties , there are major collections dating from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries . |
| 3 | No 15 , a 2-6-2T loco built in Nivelles , Belgium in 1948 for the Jokioisten Railway in Finland stands stored in Llanfair station yard . |
| 4 | Despite US-European commercial rivalry , the American hopes of 1948 for the creation of a stable , thriving , anti-communist Europe had arguably been fulfilled . |
| 5 | And to ensure you get there in style we 'll lend you the Volvo 460 for the weekend ! |
| 6 | He subsequently took out a number of patents in these two fields , the most valuable being in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing . |
| 7 | Canada 's Ray Stewart was alone in second place on 136 while the defending champion , Tom Watson , was eight off the pace after a second-round 68 . |
| 8 | It began trading in 1971 as the subsidiary of a Germany company before being bought over by its management team in 1987 . |
| 9 | The Republic of Zaïre ( known until 1971 as the Republic of the Congo ) , became independent from Belgium in June 1960 . |
| 10 | The Republic of Zaïre ( known until 1971 as the Republic of the Congo ) became independent from Belgium in June 1960 . |
| 11 | JOHN LENNON 's Academy Award , won in 1971 for the song ‘ Let It Be ’ , will be auctioned in New York on October 5 . |
| 12 | The red jacket of C/Sgt Nicholl was acquired from his descendants by the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside in 1971 for the collection of the King 's Regiment . |
| 13 | Oak is a ‘ Severner Motor ’ built by Charles Hill in 1934 for the Severn & Canal Carrying Company . |
| 14 | This point is picked up by both Gregory and Fredegar , who describe the later Frankish invasion of Burgundy in 523 as the prosecution of Chlothild 's bloodfeud against her uncle 's family . |
| 15 | Shanks 's name is permanently associated with the system of vats , known as ‘ Shanks 's vats ’ , introduced in 1861 for the extraction of the soda from black ash in the Leblanc industry for the production of alkali , but these were never the subject of a patent . |
| 16 | To check you understand this , try drawing a diagram like Figure 15–4 for the meals industry . |
| 17 | Nineteen fifty in Brazil was exactly where it was eighteen fifty for the U K. |
| 18 | Let's see , from the top and grossing it up on a worldwide basis , it 's roughly fifty for the visor , two hundred for shirts and sweaters , just under fifty for the golf gloves , and a hundred for the trousers . ’ |
| 19 | Let's see , from the top and grossing it up on a worldwide basis , it 's roughly fifty for the visor , two hundred for shirts and sweaters , just under fifty for the golf gloves , and a hundred for the trousers . ’ |
| 20 | Er , sixty five for breast , and I think they 're about fifty for the legs . |
| 21 | Lot number twenty twenty is a quantity of stands there we are , we 've got a sample showing for you just a sample showing fifty for the lot the whole lot there for fifty pounds at fifty pounds want them for fifty pounds thank you sir , fifty pounds I 've got , at fifty five going on fifty five , sixty pounds , sixty five coming in sir ? |
| 22 | and were reduced to , was that two hundred and fifty for the lot now , it were lovely were n't it Alec ? |
| 23 | At a summit meeting in Krakow on Oct. 5-6 between the Presidents , Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the " Visegrad Three " ( Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland ) , a co-operation treaty was signed by Presidents Vaclav Havel , Jozsef Antall and Lech Walesa . |
| 24 | Aunt Harriet Craven had been married to a politician , a Cabinet Minister , so that always their Surrey house was full of weekend guests , men strolling in twos and threes about the lawn before luncheon , tall and important , and their lady wives , as Eleanor must learn to call them , in drooping hats . |
| 25 | In the wartime agreement on pooling brains and resources for the original work on the atomic bomb , which was signed at Quebec in 1943 between the United States and Britain in association with Canada , there were five clauses : the signatories would not use atomic weapons against each other ; they would not use them against third parties without the others ' consent ; no information would be given to third parties without mutual consent ; Britain disclaimed any interest in commercial and industrial exploitation , because the heavy burden of production would fall on the United States ; and a Combined Policy Committee would be set up to ensure full and effective collaboration . |
| 26 | LYRIC Fantasy is quoted at a generous-looking 5–2 for the £103,000 King 's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot a week tomorrow . |
| 27 | Alistair Campbell will be chasing the 25 runs he needs to reach 500 for the season with club delighted by his contribution on and off the field . |
| 28 | Lion Cavern , on the other hand , is 12–1 for the race with Ladbrokes , while Hills quote him 6–1 ‘ with a run . ’ |
| 29 | He scored 109 as the West Indies reached 225–3 in their second innings after being dismissed for only 183 and following-on . |
| 30 | Such judicial deference to the executive can be contrasted to the recent grilling on the subject experienced by Sir Robert Armstrong , head of the British Civil Service , in an Australian courtroom at the end of 1986 during the Spycatcher trial over the alleged revelation of state secrets . |