Example sentences of "[num] [coord] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The desire or need for a fresh start arose either because , as in the United States , some neighbouring communities wished to unite together under a new government ; or because , as in Austria or Hungary or Czechoslovakia after 1918 , communities had been released from an Empire as the result of a war and were now free to govern themselves ; or because , as in France in 1789 or the U.S.S.R. in 1917 , a revolution had made a break with the past and a new form of government on new principles was desired ; or because , as in Germany after 1918 or in France in 1875 or in 1946 , defeat in war had broken the continuity of government and a fresh start was needed after the war .
2 The city joined the Lombard leagues in 1167 and in 1185 , seeing that to its advantage .
3 He returned to England in 1881–3 and in 1891–2 .
4 He probably went twice to Spain with Scipio Aemilianus , in 151 and in 134 ; on his first journey he must have visited southern France , including Marseilles ( Polyb. 3.59.7 ) .
5 By 1891 this had risen to 8430 and in 1901 to 10 092 .
6 He attended meetings of the London committee on 3 November 1790 and in 1791 .
7 It reaffirmed " that economic and social cohesion represent an essential dimension of the Community " and decided " to put in place early in 1993 and in those member states where the GNP per inhabitant is less than 90 per cent of the Community average [ i.e. in Greece , Ireland , Portugal and Spain ] the cohesion fund provided for in the [ Maastricht ] Treaty . "
8 Blindcraft moved to its present home in 1972 and in 1975 , the Region took on the role of supervisory authority .
9 There was little difference , however , between GP and other referrals in the rate of male or female consultation in relation to section 2 and in female consultation with regard to non admissions .
10 The first married female guardian was elected in 1881 and in 1908 a Women 's Local Government Society survey of 837 female Guardians showed 405 to be married .
11 In 1424–25 the figure was 48,368 broadcloths , in 1474–75 31,171 and in 1524–25 96,231 .
12 As production increased farmers had a growing surplus over their household requirements and sold an increasing proportion of their crop , reaching 60 per cent in 1985 and in 1988 , and accounting for half of the national marketed production .
13 Watch out for the much appreciated support in the omnibus Brookside on August 22 and in subsequent episodes
14 Symons specialized in the authors of the 1890s but in this field his only separate bibliographical publication was a checklist of W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] ( 1924 ) .
15 2 But in other counties desire to shake off the burden of the hated Forest law had fostered the growth of traditions which sought to justify its abolition .
16 In the event the Plymouth group did very little after 1609 but in 1607 the Londoners committed themselves more fully than before and launched an expedition which founded a settlement at Jamestown in Chesapeake Bay .
17 Particularly if the year intended in the lists is indeed 833 — these actual death dates may be an indication that this entry should , however , be dated a year earlier , i.e. 832 -but in any case in view of the general chronological uncertainty , Rajab 834 appears to fall within an allowable margin of error ; and one would therefore be reluctant to dismiss the circumstantial account of a contemporary biographical source in favour of a too-strict adherence to what seems to be the slightly uncertain evidence of the chronological lists .
18 In 1979 and in 1983 there was clear electoral support for several Conservative policies , even among many Labour voters .
19 The project will collect the information necessary for investigating the above areas by sending a postal questionnaire to all students who first received higher education grants in 1979 and in 1985 .
20 Flamborough Head was defined as a ‘ Heritage Coast ’ by the Countryside Commission in 1979 and in 1982 the Flamborough Headland Heritage Coast Project was launched to promote and encourage interest in the area .
21 Here the National Covenant was signed in 1683 and in 1679 hundreds of Covenanters were barbarously imprisoned .
22 From 1885 to 1888 and in 1894 he was a committee member of the Art Workers ' Guild .
23 It was extensive in Glasgow , and grew rapidly in London after 1888 and in many smaller towns .
24 By Gascon custom , observed in 1254 by Henry III and in 1306 by Edward I , this could only be the king-duke 's eldest son .
25 **Justice Minister in 1967-72 and in outgoing Cabinet .
26 Eight Major and eight Minor Project schools were selected in 1981/82 and in 1984/85 , and 15 Major and 16 Minor in 1982/84 ( an allocation for two years being administered in 1982 ) .
27 After the Addison Act both of the minority Labour governments , in power in 1924 and in 1929–31 , extended the local authority house-building programme by means of further subsidies .
28 In many cases the amount of section measured was considerably less than 500 ft ( 150 m ) with the average being 216 ft ( 63 m ) ; numbers of mean values used varied from two to six and in 27 cases only one value could be utilised .
29 I run one of the self-help groups that one of the ladies mentioned and we looked at an outsize catalogue recently and it went up to size twenty six and in some cases up to a size thirty and the ladies who modelled the clothes were no bigger than a twelve , possibly a fourteen , but a very shapely fourteen !
30 Stevens , who was in his 70s and in poor health , was the longest-serving political prisoner in the Pacific .
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