Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her . |
| 32 | Adultery has been a hanging matter — both in this and in the usual sense of the phrase — for the literature of the past , and perhaps it could be suggested that both senses may at times be presented to the mind by what Amis does with the subject , and that there is no striking difference in this respect between what he did in the Sixties and what he has done in the Eighties . |
| 33 | It was a goal of the highest class , reflecting the progress the 29-year-old striker has made in the five years since he left Blundell Park to earn fame and fortune with Norwich City and Rangers . |
| 34 | This " information cycle " of selecting , processing and communicating information is designed to fit into the nine steps outlined in Information skills in the secondary curriculum and builds upon previous information skills work done in the curriculum . |
| 35 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 36 | What the figure does not reveal is the shift in the balance that has occurred during the 1980s towards overseas securities , prompted initially by the relaxation of exchange controls in 1979 and encouraged subsequently by the strong performance of some overseas economies and stock-markets . |
| 37 | The decline has occurred since the 1950s , but little of the mistletoe on sale came from British sources . |
| 38 | Simultaneously with the preparation of the new housing benefit scheme , the Government began operating a policy of significantly increasing the level of council house rents , and a threefold increase has occurred in the nine years since 1979 ( House of Commons Library Note , 19 July 1988 ) . |
| 39 | An even greater sustained impact on productivity has occurred amongst the thousands of small farmers in the former reserve areas of Zimbabwe . |
| 40 | The West has simply ‘ rediscovered ’ in Africa ( despite the diversity and complexity of that continent 's cultures ) fundamental values that we imagine were lost or repressed in the high noon of civilization and progress : values like ‘ natural ’ well-being , spontaneity , conviviality , uninhibitedness , everything we long for and want to relearn in the 1980s . |
| 41 | This principle in Hinduism is called ‘ Pancha Bhootas ’ and has to do with the five states of creative substances and their relationship to the five sensory faculties . |
| 42 | Poor countries , rather than banning imports of hazardous waste — as the Organisation of African Unity tried to do in the 1989 Bamako convention — should accept it and legalise it . |
| 43 | Golf , from nothing , has become in the Eighties the most successful sport , internationally , practised in these islands . |
| 44 | In addition to seeking a long overdue first global hurdles title , Jackson wants to qualify for the 100 metres and compete alongside his great pal , Linford Christie . |
| 45 | In addition to seeking a long-overdue first global hurdles title , Jackson wants to qualify for the 100 metres and compete alongside his great pal , Linford Christie . |
| 46 | This trend has persisted in the 1980s ; by 1989 the mean age at marriage stood at 24.8 for women and 26.9 for men . |
| 47 | The Secretary of State wrote : ’ I can assure you that the action the company has taken has not been forced on it by any of the measures the Government has introduced following the MMC's report on the brewing industry . ’ |
| 48 | Some are looking to sell their practices or merge their way out of problems that have been brought on by the severest recession the UK has experienced since the 1930s . |
| 49 | A revelation of beauty has entered into the one person , but not the other . |
| 50 | I tried to shout like the two of them , but my cry came out strangled and distorted ; I just could n't express my anger in English . |
| 51 | Despite all this , a pervasive lack of confidence has settled over the two institutions . |
| 52 | Most recent geographical research work has concentrated on the three related problems of declining public transport , centralization and reduction of rural services , and increased rural deprivation . |
| 53 | Our preceding discussion has concentrated upon the two major views of the importance of money , and this section intends to clarify their implication for the direction and significance of monetary policy . |
| 54 | On Wednesday night , police were called to the town 's Webster Theatre when 1500 residents tried to cram into the 600 capacity hall and the meeting was abandoned in the interests of public safety . |
| 55 | The same was true when I tried recording with the ME-6 through a Fostex desk onto cassette . |
| 56 | She seemed to stand staring at the two of them , and they at her , for a long time , while outside , where night was making of the road a strange country , the vegetation grew black and monstrous . |
| 57 | Clearly , the mill must have been rebuilt on a number of occasions , becoming known from the 1850s as Severn Mill . |
| 58 | However , a few detectors are designed to run on the 1.5 volt C cells such as the Garrett Grand Master and the White 's Eagle Spectrum . |
| 59 | Since the table began on the current basis 22 years ago , Clerical Medical has appeared in the top-ten no fewer than 51 times out of a possible 66 . |
| 60 | Your family will enjoy choosing from the 100's of books brought to you every month in The Red House Post and At Home magazines . |