Example sentences of "[noun] [num] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government introduced in Parliament on March 12 a policy paper and tabled draft legislation intended to repeal 187 laws and innumerable regulations enforcing white ownership of 87 per cent of South Africa 's land . |
| 2 | Mrs Phillipa Grove took up the lease in 1782 and on her death her daughter , Miss Phillipa Grove renewed the tenancy and payed £44. 10s a year rent to Lord Pembroke . |
| 3 | In spring 1991 a research project was used to further the debate in a broader context of views about the whole decision-making process within the school . |
| 4 | The Slovak government adopted on Jan. 21 a draft law governing elections to the Slovak National Council , retaining the existing system of proportional representation and the existing constituencies . |
| 5 | On Jan. 21 a Senate standing committee urged the government to make " full use of the opportunity provided by the US ban on weapons sales " , saying that " we should not only seek alternative sources but utilize all our capabilities to achieve self-reliance in defence production " . |
| 6 | Okay so let's say if you got three pound sixty a week pocket money . |
| 7 | The fast food sector offered a £1 billion a year market in sandwiches alone . |
| 8 | Although not necessarily used with a database , it proves suitable in that environment and in Chapter 15 a case study is described of an application developed with a database . |
| 9 | With BBC TV and BSkyB joining forces to rival ITV 's £20 million a year bid for Premier League games , and another mysterious , well-funded satellite company lurking in the background , English football 's value to TV is now ‘ beyond the wildest dreams of any club chairman in the land , ’ says Jim Cadman . |
| 10 | Over £1 million a year investment in the UK . |
| 11 | On March 26 a RARA subgroup named after Juan José Crespo Galende , a Spaniard who had died in detention in Spain in 1981 while on hunger strike [ see p. 31369 ] , claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the Justice Ministry . |
| 12 | In March 1991 a rescheduling agreement was signed covering US$22,000,000 of the US$127,800,000 owed to the US government . |
| 13 | By this time , however , the appellant was encountering financial problems , and the company likewise , to the extent that in February 1986 a finance company obtained judgment against the appellant in respect of a loan of £4,000 and the company went into liquidation in February 1987 . |
| 14 | In December 1924 a press release stated that Her Majesty the Queen had graciously given permission for the house to be exhibited at the ninth Ideal Home Exhibition to be held by the Daily Mail at Olympia the following March . |
| 15 | On 20 February 1979 a Cabinet meeting decided on an overhaul of the statutes of the CNES , in order to increase its role and powers , to organize a body that would produce and commercialize the Ariane launcher rockets , and to undertake a new telecommunications satellite programme ( Telecom-I ) . |
| 16 | In January 1991 a peace accord between the government and the FMLN committed both sides to a series of agreements on human rights . |
| 17 | On May 7 a woman protester was killed by a ricochet bullet shot from the gun of a gendarme in a demonstration at an arms factory ( Poudreries Réunies de Belgique ) alleged to be connected with the Iraqi supergun affair . |
| 18 | In December 1984 a Constituent Assembly ( elected the previous July in preparation for a return to civilian government ) drafted a new constitution based on that of 1965 ; this was approved in May 1985 and came into effect in January 1986 . |
| 19 | On July 4 a goodwill visit to Port Vila by two Australian navy ships ( scheduled for July 9-12 ) was cancelled as a mark of Australian displeasure , and on July 29 it was reported that the Australian government had imposed a ban on all high-level contact with Vanuatu until Dec. 31 , 1992 . |
| 20 | On 28 January 1992 a residence order was made , with the order for costs which is the subject of this appeal . |
| 21 | On Aug. 18 a government spokesman said that the Cabinet had " approved in principle " a law against bonded labour . |
| 22 | The Organization of African Unity and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) signed in Geneva on May 4 a co-operation agreement which formalized the longstanding collaboration between the two organizations and allowed the ICRC to participate in all OAU meetings as an observer . |
| 23 | During December 1992 a baby competition was held in A40 to raise money for Cancer Research . |
| 24 | In January 1902 a day school was started in the Institute , becoming the Bucks County Secondary School , Wolverton , later to be renamed the Wolverton Grammar School . |
| 25 | On Sept. 4 a government source was quoted as announcing that two members of the presidential guard had been charged with Boudiaf 's assassination . |
| 26 | However , in Re Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 's Agreement [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 307 a parent company and a subsidiary were not treated as a single person where two companies agreed to accept restrictions on the supply of goods to a third which was a subsidiary of one of them . |
| 27 | Along with other changes to the £3 billion a year housing subsidy system , the Government yesterday also published the annual housing investment programme allocations for local authorities . |
| 28 | HIGH street banks are fighting for control of Britain 's £3 billion a year lottery . |
| 29 | In February 1961 a summit meeting of the six Common Market governments agreed to create a commission to make proposals for a political union . |
| 30 | On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons . |