Example sentences of "[noun] [num] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1948 a communist insurrection had broken out in Burma . |
| 2 | On 18 March 1925 a disastrous fire swept through the museum , destroying not only the carriage but also its setting : the Napoleon Room and much else disappeared in the flames . |
| 3 | On March 12 a civilian helicopter transporting 18 Georgian National Guards was shot down near Zugdidi and its occupants taken hostage . |
| 4 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |
| 5 | In Spring 1985 a follow-up survey is planned to examine the employment and other destinations of students some six months after the end of the IT Advanced Course . |
| 6 | The cession of the south was not so much payment for help already given , but a concession designed to ensure future support and give Edward III a vested interest in the endurance of Balliol 's rule . |
| 7 | The regime would scarcely have been considered noteworthy , nor Napoleon III a remarkable sovereign , if all that had been achieved was the creation of a brilliant Court which succeeded in outshining those of the traditional European monarchies . |
| 8 | On Jan. 26 a single-paragraph statement by Mandela , dated Jan. 25 and reaffirming support for the ANC 's policy of nationalizing the " mines , banks and monopoly industries " , was released to refute rumours that he now favoured a mixed economy . |
| 9 | In Chapter 4 a no-arbitrage equation was derived for the relationship between the spot and futures prices of a market index . |
| 10 | In Chapter 4 a brief account of the process of map digitization was given . |
| 11 | Note that in Figure 5.2 a logarithmic scale of abundance has been used , in which equal distances correspond to equal multiples . |
| 12 | In 1279 the ‘ people of the forest of Somerset , presented to Edward I a long list of abuses , including ‘ scotale ’ . |
| 13 | The Angolan and Cuban governments announced on Jan. 25 a temporary suspension of the Cuban troop withdrawal initiated under the New York agreements of December 1988 [ see pp. 36480-81 ] . |
| 14 | On Jan. 13 a new Constitution , which had been under discussion since June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] , was adopted by the People 's Great Hural ( parliament ) by 328 votes to one , with two abstentions , and was signed by President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat at a ceremony on Jan. 15 . |
| 15 | On March 26 a nationwide ban on demonstrations was announced , and police and soldiers arrested 150 teachers and doctors who defied the ban in Abidjan . |
| 16 | On the night of March 10 a deafening cacerolazo ( " saucepan-hitting " ) was heard throughout the valley of Caracas , reportedly emanating from middle-class areas , poor areas and villages and organized by neighbourhood and student associations . |
| 17 | In January 1980 a Soviet commentator noted that according to the admissions of the American State Department ‘ the leaders of Egypt , Oman , Somalia and Kenya have agreed to grant the Pentagon the right to use the ports and a number of military installations in their countries ’ . |
| 18 | While at the end of 1985 there were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 , by the end of July 1986 a leading article in The Times reported that Brent crude stood at ‘ a paltry nine dollars a barrel ’ . |
| 19 | On Aug. 22 a new company formed by three leading West German companies agreed to take 75 per cent of shares in the East German state-owned electricity concern , with the remaining 25 per cent to be made available to other investors . |
| 20 | Gen. Hartono Resko Dharsono , Indonesia 's most prominent dissident , launched on Aug. 22 a new Forum for the Purification of People 's Sovereignty ( FPPS ) to promote democratic values in Indonesia . |
| 21 | During the Jewish protest demonstrations against the nazis in Hyde Park on 23 July 1933 a small lorry carrying British Fascists in a counter-demonstration shouted abuse at BUF headquarters . |
| 22 | On July 2 a Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) member Col. Mohammed al-Amin Khalifah , while on a visit to Addis Ababa , discussed with United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen a peace initiative sponsored by the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) and launched in June . |
| 23 | Under section 104 of the Companies Act 1985 a public company may not , in a defined initial period , enter into an agreement with a subscriber to the company 's memorandum for the transfer of one or more non-cash assets to the company , unless ( among other conditions ) the consideration to be received by the company , and any consideration other than cash to be given by the company , have been independently valued . |
| 24 | On May 30 a special congress of the South Tyrol People 's Party ( SVP ) , representing the German-speaking minority , accepted the " package " and on June 5 the members of the Austrian Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) except for the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party ( FPÖ ) also accepted the agreement . |
| 25 | In December 1697 a civil list of £700,000 a year was established , which , for the first time , distinguished between money provided for defence purposes and that for the other expenses of government . |
| 26 | On 8 February 1985 a federal appeal court in New York upheld this judgment , stating that the decision to deploy these weapons was the responsibility of Congress and the executive branch of government . |
| 27 | On Aug. 12 a formal agreement paving the way for negotiations was signed by the federal and Quebec governments and by Mohawk leaders . |
| 28 | Michael Holly was back inside Hut 2 a clear hour before the trustie slammed shut the hut 's door , switched off the lights . |
| 29 | However , in January 1985 a new librarian was appointed and senior staff expressed hope that , industrial action permitting , the committee would be reconvened in due course . |
| 30 | I attach an example of one child 's written work 04 a previous lesson which shows something of her view of education and the teacher 's comments . |