Example sentences of "[verb] to [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two-tier principle was strictly adhered to in the 1972 Act even when there seemed little justification for it in particular circumstances . |
| 2 | Exactly this point was made by the Cabinet Committee of the Leeds Liberal Federation in 1921 , and adhered to throughout the 1920s . |
| 3 | Production from the 40 or so fields currently either producing or under development , will fall to around the 20 million tonnes per year level by the end of the century . |
| 4 | It is often said , for example , that the Indonesian island of Bali is ruined and that it has n't been worth going to since the 1930s , but to walk through a Balinese night breathing the warm silk of tropical air accompanied by the croaking of frogs and the distant gongs and gamelan music of a temple celebration is a magical experience . |
| 5 | It should be noted that the above rules are often referred to as the 17 year rule and the 3 year rule . |
| 6 | Rommetveit argues that the sentence is not necessarily self-contradictory even if the individual referred to by the two nominal expressions is the same individual . |
| 7 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 8 | They are accessible women to aspire to in the Nineties . ’ |
| 9 | It 's the kind of music you might have danced to in the 1600s . |
| 10 | So why did he come to why did he come to for the six three O seven . |
| 11 | MCI Communications Corp says capital spending will peak at about $1,600m in 1993 versus $1,400m in 1992 , and return to about the 1992 level after it completes construction of its long-distance link between Chicago and Salt Lake City . |
| 12 | One effect of this new competition for places locally is that the students who go to England or Scotland no longer automatically represent the elite they tended to in the 1970s and 1980s . |