Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | As in 1813 the people looked to us to destroy the Napoleonic terror , so today in 1943 they look to us to destroy the terror of National Socialism . |
2 | Soon afterwards in 1838 he was appointed engineer and manager on the construction of the Box tunnel on the Great Western Railway , acquitting himself so well that he attracted the favourable notice of Isambard K. Brunel [ q.v. ] , so that on the completion of the tunnel he joined the engineering staff of the GWR . |
3 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
4 | Once again in 1985 we will be looking for four new members to join the Executive Committee to replace Pat Keen ( retiring ) , Doreen Prescott ( retiring ) , Pauline Kenward ( now Vice-Chairman ) and Joan Daniels , who took office as Honorary Treasurer in May . |
5 | And the chances are that by the time the market picks up again in 1991 we will be back to the 1983 figure . |
6 | Yet paradoxically in 1956 it was the British government which chose to embark upon a high-risk and impulsive policy once it believed that fundamental national interests were at stake . |