Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [num] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite buoyant demand in Europe and the Far East during 1989 , aluminium prices plummeted to US$1,400 a tonne at the beginning of 1990 , less than half the mid-1988 peak of US$4,200 [ see p. 36635 ] . |
| 2 | And if , as the NES proposes , the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is opened to drilling ( lobbyists give this a 50–50 chance of passing through Congress ) , the government will ensure that the drilling happens . |
| 3 | The Constitutional Court on June 8 ruled unconstitutional a 1974 Council of Ministers decree permitting government supervision of radio and television , but gave the government until Nov. 30 , 1992 , to enact media legislation , suspending the decree 's annulment until then . |
| 4 | Class 47 No 47580 County of Essex pulls away form the elegant Norwich Thrope station with the 15.20 to Liverpool Street on 22 June 1984 . |
| 5 | Capital expenditure was treble the 1991 level at £63 million , of which almost half was spent in the US , while borrowings rose 30 per cent to £173 million , largely as a result of the increased value of foreign debt . |
| 6 | But Foggo was clearly not prepared to surrender her national No 1 position without a fight and held on bravely to finish 1.61sec ahead in 8min 53.19sec . |
| 7 | SARAH BENTLEY , the 19-year-old No 2 seed from Surrey , won the BWTA Christmas tennis tournament in London yesterday with a 6-2 , 6-3 victory over Siobhan Nicholson . |
| 8 | LINFORD Christie will quit athletics in two years ' time — aiming to bow out as the undisputed No 1 sprinter in the world . |
| 9 | LINFORD Christie will quit athletics in two years ' time — aiming to bow out as the undisputed No 1 sprinter in the world , writes David Harrison . |
| 10 | ScotRail push–pull Class 47/7 No 47716 Duke of Edinburgh 's Award ( named July 1985 ) leaves Edinburgh Waverley with a shuttle service to Haymarket TMD for the ScotRail festival on 24 August 1985 . |
| 11 | Dennis Irwin gave Manchester United a 3-2 victory over Norwegian champions Rosenborg in Trondheim last night . |
| 12 | Last June , the European Court of Justice declared as void a 1989 directive on harmonisation of national programmes aimed at elimination of pollution caused by waste from the industry — a particular problem in the North Sea . |
| 13 | The German authorities announced that they would request his extradition in connection with his alleged collaboration with international terrorists and in particular the 1983 bombing of the French consulate in Berlin [ see p. 33039 ] . |
| 14 | Llanelli sealed their win thanks to outside half Colin Stephens , who wins back the Welsh No 10 shirt from Neil Jenkins . |
| 15 | At the end of our golden period in the 1930s a 2–0 victory over Ditchford Colliery took us past the Preliminary Preliminary First Qualifying Round , although we faltered in the following Preliminary First Qualifying Round , losing 6–2 to Bonsford Hartley of the South FC . |
| 16 | But the 32-year-old son of the late Graham Hill has since landed the sought-after No 2 spot alongside Alain Prost at Canon Williams Renault . |
| 17 | Both the 1431 monument to Bishop Richard Fleming in Lincoln Cathedral and that of 1442 to Sir John Golafre at Fyfield , Buckinghamshire , are of a type known collectively as ‘ cadaver ’ tombs , in which a standard effigy clothed as in life , lies on top of the tomb-chest , with a shrouded , sometimes verminous cadaver visible through the pierced side of the tomb-chest . |
| 18 | At the outset he was given at most a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 19 | Lanfairpwll top the Anglesey Bowls League with six wins in a row the latest a 12–0 whitewash of visitors Bennllech . |