Example sentences of "[num] and [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 As a result , the Plowden Report found favour at No. 10 and achieved a speedy and lasting impact on the machinery of Cabinet government .
2 Touch and Go ( Published by the Author , 128pp , illus , sbk ) by R G Fletcher is the story of one particular Telegraphist/Air Gunner ( TAG ) course , No 35 , which began training in late 1941 and qualified a year later .
3 He entered the Ministry in 1862 and exercised a very popular ministry .
4 He not only informed on fellow-members of the Communist Party in 1934–6 and requested a public session in which to do so ‘ because secrecy serves the Communist cause ’ ; he took a display advertisement in the New York Times to justify himself .
5 Presented on Nov. 28 and given a first reading on Dec. 1 , the new law had replaced an initial draft of Nov. 5 which had been immediately rejected .
6 Whereas Augustus had had the poet Virgil to sing his praises , Constantine had the ecclesiastical politician and historian Eusebius as the man who sat immediately to the right of his throne during the sessions of the Council of Nicaea in 325 and exercised a decisive influence on the creed and discipline of the Universal , or Catholic , Church .
7 Of course quality of care has always been of professional concern in the NHS , but it was firmly placed on managerial agendas by the Griffiths management reforms in 1983 and given a substantial boost by WFP .
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