Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , post-industrial growth has brought about a second wave of ‘ tertiarization ’ of our cities , in which massive extension of office building has marked the 1980s , often in postmodern architecture . |
| 2 | " My heart has joined the Thousand , for my friend stopped running today , " he said to Blackberry , quoting a rabbit proverb . |
| 3 | No doubt we shall find out , but what seems to be true of this moment — 1989 , when photography has reached the 150 year point — is that many different kinds of photographic image-making co-exist and ore of equal validity . |
| 4 | I feel would never wish to give up or reject feminism , which I see as an insistence on putting women first , an insistence on women 's autonomy and I think that the debates with National Liberation struggles , the debate in the Irish National Liberation struggle has seen the two things as going hand in hand . |
| 5 | Patrick Taylor has visited the 400 places he describes in the pocket-sized The Gardener 's Guide to Britain ( Pavilion , £9.99 ) . |
| 6 | Country Manor has put the three 1,500sq ft industrial units up for sale and lease . |
| 7 | Emission Technology Instrumentation has introduced the 10S Plus , a portable PID GC for the rapid detection and measurement of toxic gases and vapours . |
| 8 | Prosecuting counsel John Nutting has alleged the two men , who were travelling in a red Sierra , were stopped in June last year on the A64 Leeds-York road , North Yorkshire , by Special Constable Glenn Goodman and Pc Alexander Kelly . |
| 9 | This chapter has considered the two most natural methods of recognition used by humans — speech and writing . |
| 10 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 11 | Eight months previously ZTT 's Paul Morley had used the XL image factory and Katherine Hamnett to plaster fragments of his prose on to the chests of the nation 's youth . |
| 12 | Professor Pacey had epitomised the forties as one of ‘ vacillation and disillusionment , ’ but the tide had indeed commenced to turn , a new era was opening up . |
| 13 | Lucy arrived , drained and tight-lippéd , Jeremy had been having trouble with his girlfriend , and Lucy had provided the two a.m. shoulder all week . |
| 14 | Irving had studied the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act proposals to legislate for interrogation and prisoner control . |
| 15 | In many ways , the tragedy had brought the three of them closer together . |
| 16 | Speaking at a rally in Budapest , the Hungarian Prime Minister , Jozsef Antall said that he condemned the treaty " historically speaking " , but noted that Hungary had signed the 1975 Helsinki Final Act renouncing the violent changing of frontiers . |
| 17 | This provided Railfreight with valuable contracts for long-distance bulk coil traffic , traffic which would not have materialised if the steel industry had survived the 1980s unscathed . |
| 18 | The French giant has won the large manufacturer category , its Twingo and Zoom cars have picked the two design awards , and it was the runaway victor in the motorsport class . |
| 19 | Richard 's bought the forty three I think |
| 20 | Scottish stalwart Ann Packard has received the 1993 Chairman 's Award for services to BAIE . |
| 21 | In the past year , Ross has fired the two curators most closely associated with the Whitney of the 1980s . |
| 22 | Perhaps the child has said the two syllables to herself — dance + ing — and written them down , rather than visualising the complete word . |
| 23 | The Church of England has declared the 1990s to be the Decade of Evangelism ; but some people think evangelism is already doing too well . |
| 24 | Peter Thomson had won the 1954 and 1956 British Opens with Cecil Timms . |
| 25 | By Nov. 19 , 59 countries had ratified the 1984 UN Convention against Torture [ see pp. 33619-20 ] , the most recent signatories including Germany , Paraguay , Somalia and Guatemala . |
| 26 | Somewhere amongst the ochrous jumble of mountains to the south Moses had received the Ten Commandments . |
| 27 | Tessa had subdued the two boys , Bob discovered with relief and admiration when he went out to the living-room . |
| 28 | The plan had led the nine trade union federations to call a general strike on Aug. 13-14 . |
| 29 | Allan Wells had won the 1981 World Cup 100 metres here , fully vindicating his Olympic win of the previous year . |
| 30 | England had won the '88 Championship duel by a considerable margin at Twickenham but Aherne , now living in Dublin and throwing in his hand with Leinster , got his chance . |