Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , and irrespective of the debate on the degree of influence of annual weather variations on long-term ozone trends , the fact that 101 areas in the country failed to meet the 0.12 ppm ozone standard in 1988 is extremely worrying . |
| 3 | Thus , when in November 1947 a resolution was put to the United Nations General Assembly ( UNGA ) Committee for Political and Security Questions , calling for a reaffirmation of the December 1946 resolution , it failed to secure the two-thirds majority required for adoption . |
| 4 | When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence . |
| 5 | John Evans says : ‘ We 're very concerned about these abuses and we want to see the 1987 Consumer Protection Act stiffened . |
| 6 | Rev Tiit Salumäe , Director of the Information Department with the Church of Estonia , has received the 1991 information award of the Church of Finland . |
| 7 | The Radio Production Centre ( CEPRA ) in Cochabamba , Bolivia , has received the 1992 Silver Condor award from the Communication Commission of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference and the Bolivian Radio Education organisation in recognition of its outstanding work in the service of the Bolivian people . |
| 8 | Scottish stalwart Ann Packard has received the 1993 Chairman 's Award for services to BAIE . |
| 9 | They were expected to support the M-19 coalition . |
| 10 | She promised to attend the 1992 ceremony . |
| 11 | Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added . |
| 12 | In this introductory chapter I therefore want to connect the two themes of the sociological neglect of housework , and the wider issue of the bias against women in sociology as a whole . |
| 13 | During a recent promotion , the Great Central Railway has undertaken the 1992 visitors survey and questionnaires were given to visitors and passengers arrival with a closing date of August 7 . |
| 14 | Indeed , the magazine took the opportunity to address the whole post-1960 transformation : " The elections of 1960 and 1988 are brackets enclosing a period of astonishing transformation — change that has placed the two campaigns in different eras . |
| 15 | The persistence of this balance has placed the two sides in positions in which each is seeking something apparently unattainable . |
| 16 | For the 16 valve GTi , Rover has given the 1.4 litre K-series engine multi-point fuel injection and , despite the addition of a standard catalyst , it delivers 104 bhp and 94lb of torque at 5,000 rpm . |
| 17 | The water from two rivers which sweep through the estate was harnessed to provide the five lakes strategically placed around the course . |
| 18 | Perhaps the last word should be given to Caroline Moorehead , who has edited the eight volumes of Dame Freya 's letters and deserves to be listened to . |
| 19 | If you want to graft the two sets ( front and back ) of stitches together then each set of shoulder stitches can be run off on to waste yarn and you are left with three separate groups of stitches all on waste yarn . |
| 20 | A mystery explosion has trapped the four time-travellers inside the TARDIS . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Ruth Hollinger from Ballyclare High School has won the 1993 Ulster Schoolgirls Championship . |
| 22 | It said that the move is not expected to impact the 1,100 employees that Sun has in the state . |
| 23 | Patrick Taylor has visited the 400 places he describes in the pocket-sized The Gardener 's Guide to Britain ( Pavilion , £9.99 ) . |
| 24 | A turbulent day in the City has seen the hundred shares index closing down fifty-four point six at twenty-three eleven point one . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Perhaps the child has said the two syllables to herself — dance + ing — and written them down , rather than visualising the complete word . |
| 27 | In the period since his appointment , he has merged the two companies , their products and the sales force into the single organisation that is in operation today . |
| 28 | Two policemen , near the coach line , saw the waving flag and decided to try to arrest the two men on the steps . |
| 29 | To awake from its economic nightmare , the Soviet Union needs to create the three planks on which all successful capitalist nations are founded : a stable macroeconomic environment , private ownership of capital and competitive markets undistorted by government controls . |
| 30 | The shortages were partly the result of reduced capacity at two main refineries which helped process the 1,700,000 barrels of crude oil produced per day . |