Example sentences of "[verb] the [num] [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though all authorities met the 31 December deadline , good intentions on effective hospital discharges must still be proved . |
| 2 | ‘ Peterborough ’ , the Daily Telegraph 's columnist , was probably not alone in ridiculing the 1942 Beveridge Report 's idea of marriage as a partnership , which he referred to as ‘ Cupid 's team ’ . |
| 3 | During their talks Gayoom and Shekhar agreed to review and upgrade the 1981 India-Maldives trade agreement . |
| 4 | Spence , who made the 1992 Dunhill Cup team for England , is obviously a rising star . |
| 5 | On June 5 in Oslo , in a speech accepting the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize , Gorbachev said that " now that perestroika has entered its critical phase , the Soviet Union is entitled to expect large-scale support to assure its success " , and warned that " if perestroika fails the prospect of entering a new peaceful period in history will vanish " . |
| 6 | A meeting of officials from the conflicting sides , convened in Geneva by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) , which had appealed to them to " observe the elementary principles of humanity " , ended on Nov. 27 with an agreement to implement the 1949 Geneva Convention . |
| 7 | Alexander Dubcek : Nov 7 , aged 70 : Led the 1968 Prague Spring Reforms in Czechoslovakia . |
| 8 | However , it appears that there is no way of reclaiming stolen objects once they have been traced , largely because the UK has never ratified the 1970 Unesco convention on prohibiting the illicit export of cultural property . |
| 9 | By Nov. 19 , 59 countries had ratified the 1984 UN Convention against Torture [ see pp. 33619-20 ] , the most recent signatories including Germany , Paraguay , Somalia and Guatemala . |
| 10 | A record 86 nations entered the 1991 Davis Cup by NEC . |
| 11 | It was criticized in Czechoslovakia for lacking a clause annulling the 1938 Munich Agreement which had led to the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia , and in Germany for lacking provisions on the property rights of the 2,000,000 Sudeten Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia after the end of the Second World War . |
| 12 | The vehicles required to meet the 1998 California deadline can certainly be made available and are likely to be a mix of both battery and hybrid vehicles . |
| 13 | The UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , held talks in Tehran with President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Vellayati on Sept. 10-13 , primarily on the implementation of UN Resolution 598 ending the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war [ see pp. 35600 ; 36568-70 ] , but reportedly also covering terms for the release of Western hostages still held in Lebanon . |
| 14 | Iran also used the HY-2 Silkworm missile , supplied by China , reportedly positioning it so as to overlook the Strait . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the inter-departmental Mercantile Marine Conciliation Committee , which had originally recommended the 1 August Ministry of Shipping initiative , but on which neither the owners nor the union were represented , attempted to keep the peace by bi-lateral negotiation with the two sides and with the independent local Liverpool Shipowners . |
| 16 | A year later , and Nirvana will headline the 1992 Reading Festival , their staggering rise , post-Reading '91 , making them obvious contenders for the prestigious Sunday night slot . |
| 17 | The Enterprise Centre 's ‘ local ’ LEC — LEEL has been supportive of a number of areas of the centre 's activities and sponsored the 1993 Napier Enterprise Lecture . |
| 18 | The 300 delegates from 27 countries were told by Rigoberta Menchu , a Guatemalan Indian campaigner who later received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize [ see below ] , that Europeans had brought disease , slavery and the destruction of indigenous cultures , and that indigenous peoples in the Americas should be celebrating their own survival . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the NSF led by former Prime Minister Petre Roman elected a new executive bureau on April 9 and condemned the NSF-22 December branch , saying that it did not exist as a party , but only " expressed an intention " . |
| 20 | Then catch the 79 Seatoller service from Keswick to take you to the southern end of Derwentwater . |
| 21 | An agreement to do so was signed in February 1950 , just over a month after the breakdown of the second attempt to replace the 1943 Quebec Agreement . |
| 22 | POLICE investigating the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings have uncovered sensational new evidence which has been passed to the Director of Public Prosecutions . |
| 23 | The world 's top eight fit men players arrived in Frankfurt last night agreed on one thing — any one of them could become the 1992 IBM ATP World Champion over the next six days . |
| 24 | In 1962 the BBC ‘ Gallery ’ programme discussed homosexuality , though with a very male bias , and focused on the debates which informed the 1967 Wolfenden Report . |
| 25 | Before we examine the 21 May Definition Order in detail , we must therefore summarise what can be discovered as to what made 1st Ukrainian Division , of all the formations originally surrendered to 5 Corps , a special case . |
| 26 | To justify their failure to grant compensation , French authorities argue they could have simply stopped ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ from leaving the country by invoking the 1941 Vichy law , which makes no provision for compensation . |
| 27 | They have not won there since 1980 , when David Hodgson scored twice in a 2–0 win , and supporters recall the 1981 FA Cup quarter-final replay defeat that crushed Wembley hopes and led to the breakup of a brilliant side . |
| 28 | THE European Community will agree today to implement limited United Nations sanctions against Libya , in the first stage of a process British diplomats hope will force Col Gaddafi to surrender the two Lockerbie bombing suspects for trial in the West . |
| 29 | The first aircraft , Model YW , was registered X11049 , and apart from success in the Thompson mentioned above , was flown by Mae Tait to win the 1931 Aerol Trophy at 187.6 mph . |
| 30 | Would your view now be that we should use the 18 January wording ? |