Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That view has been little heard since the 1960s , when London reasserted a traditional suzerainty over theatre and literary publishing , and that so silently , and so naturally , that the reversion passed almost unnoticed . |
| 2 | But , with the notable exception of the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs ( widely regarded in the 1960s , by people who now wish they had n't , as a home for impractical crackpots ) , they were guardians of the chalice of consensus . |
| 3 | We have been robust in dealing with planning applications in green belt areas , and we are wholly committed to the five objectives of the green belt . |
| 4 | No less than eighty-five per cent of the catering and retail outlets and eighty-four per cent of the accommodation establishments were found to be locally owned in the six locations where detailed research was done : Arundel , Broadway , Chipping Campden , Lavenham , Long Melford and Woodstock . |
| 5 | The poll tax was duly included in the 1987 Conservative election manifesto and after their election victory it became the dominant political issue . |
| 6 | Credit systems in England were already highly developed by the 1160s , as the surviving records of the Christian William Cade [ q.v. ] attest . |
| 7 | One lady even came armed with a floral chamber pot — she had obviously heard of the 14/20 Hussars Mess Dinners where a similar receptacle , but of silver is used for drinking . |
| 8 | Reports indicated , however , that as in the 1992 budget [ see p. 38211 where it was wrongly given as the 1991 budget ; for 1991 budget see p. 38072 ] , there was special emphasis on the reconstruction of the country 's social , economic and industrial infrastructure . |
| 9 | Sacchi was sufficiently unnerved by the 2–2 near miss at home to Switzerland to coax veteran sweeper Franco Baresi out of international retirement , and to examine the contributions of a few of his others players . |
| 10 | Many nurseries are adding species and Old varieties to their lists and you may well find shrub forms , ramblers and climbers all grouped under the one heading . |
| 11 | The reader is constantly reminded of the two main assumptions which Petrey takes to be central to the theory : that language depends on social conventions rather than on any individual 's intentions , and that language is used to do things rather than to represent things . |
| 12 | As the law is complex to apply in some cases where the notice period needs to be calculated and perhaps added to the three months limit or , as in the Sen case , the adviser simply got the calculation of the three months wrong , the claim should be presented and the Tribunal asked to consider the facts before exercising its discretion . |
| 13 | Tonight we start a series on architectural follies around the region.A folly is a building with no special purpose … often built at the whim of a wealthy landowner.We begin by peering into a concrete grotto … and touring some mock medieval cloisters , all built in the 1930s by the man who invented reflective road signs . |
| 14 | Even in India , where railway-building developed rapidly between the 1860s and 1880s , the crucial feeder lines most important to the exploitation of India 's resources were only built in the twenty years before the First World War . |
| 15 | It is customary to refer to autistic children rather than autistic people because the first account of the syndrome was only written in the 1940s by Dr Leo Kanner who said : |
| 16 | Twenty four were randomly selected from the 70 who volunteered . |
| 17 | We thank you all for the great success you have all made of the 1985 Appeal . |
| 18 | Yeah , well I mean if you 've only got to the one machine you do n't need two boards necessarily do you ? |
| 19 | The development of the Blue Streak ballistic missile that might replace the V-bomber had started , and was greatly helped by the 1950 Anglo-American agreement to collaborate in missile technology ; and the development of the British hydrogen bomb was well under way . |
| 20 | Two pints were swiftly downed in the 10 minutes remaining , helping to cool tempers and throw a more rosy glow over the day 's epic proceedings . |
| 21 | The farm , organically cultivated since the 1940s , can support all the family and gives employment to local people , says Judy Steele , after a visit to Borth . |
| 22 | Mr James Briggs , of Coniscliffe Road , spends weekends battling with bracken and raising grouse on his family 's 3,000-acre Ramsgill Moor in Nidderdale , and his efforts have been highly commended in the 1991–92 Shooting Times Conservation Awards . |
| 23 | The room was brilliantly lit by the two wrought-iron gas chandeliers , each holding eight branched lamps , and by the four candelabra on the dining table , two placed at each side of the silver epergne . |
| 24 | There were four Knox brothers , all born in the 1880s into a Victorian rectory : Edmund , Dillwyn , Wilfred and Ronald . |
| 25 | These ancient piles of stones , long known as the Three Men of Gragareth , have an origin beyond the memory of man : they stand side by side , mute sentinels overlooking a vast panorama that has never changed and never will . |
| 26 | Table 11.8 ( and other partial data for France and Italy ) suggest that in general the burden of company taxation was not much reduced in the 1960s , so that the fall in profitability applied post-tax as well as pre-tax . |
| 27 | Another annex listed examples of existing and proposed legislation which could be dropped , or had been dropped , in accordance with this principle , although their number was much reduced from the 71 measures suggested by the UK . |
| 28 | With the progressive wing of opinion in the ascendancy , the operations of the criminal justice system — which have appreciably toughened since the 1930s , in spite of postwar wailings about the weakness of the law — also give a jolt to the customary understanding of the pre-war years . |
| 29 | Although the incidental catch of dolphins in the purse-seine yellowfin tuna fishery in the ETP has indeed been greatly reduced since the 1960s , so also have the numbers of dolphins . |
| 30 | We owe a lot to Tom who still has a fondness for his kites , although he is better known in the 1990s as the creator of the GeoSphere Project , a spectacular image of the Earth produced from over 2000 satellite images . |