Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [num] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in 1981 a question was asked about usual residence , UK censuses are de facto , i.e. individuals are enumerated on the basis of where they are at the time of the census ( This avoids the need to define the distinction between temporary and permanent residence ) . |
| 2 | But the interesting bit here for the Tories was that in 1916 a Welshman became Prime Minister . |
| 3 | You may recall that in 1976 a Church of Scotland minister , defending his action in shooting two of Gavin Maxwell 's adopted otter cubs as they were playing on the shore , argued that ‘ the Lord gave man control over the beasts of the field ’ . |
| 4 | In January 1990 it was disclosed that in 1976 a meltdown at Greifswald had only narrowly been averted . |
| 5 | During my own research into sea dumping at the time , I was told that in 1976 a team from the Atomic Energy Authority had been called in to decontaminate the Topaz , a ship used to dump Belgian waste , after the wrong type of drum container had been used . |
| 6 | Scolding wives seem to have predominated , so much so that in 1673 a jury demanded that the borough provide a cage and ducking-stool for the punishment of scolds and ‘ lewd ’ women . |
| 7 | Anjou wines are so distinctive , that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice . |
| 8 | With binoculars the chances are obviously much less , but one never knows — and it is true that in 1885 a supernova blazed out in the Andromeda Spiral and almost reached naked-eye visibility . |
| 9 | Moreover , it is of interest that in 1279 a defendant was acquitted of rape because ‘ he was betrothed to J [ the complainant ] before he lay with her . ’ |
| 10 | The Doctor had explained that in 1969 a man had walked on the moon ; that unmanned space flights to other stars had been sent out in the 1970s and towards the end of the twentieth century manned space flights had visited other planets in the solar system . |
| 11 | Is he aware of the work that the Scottish Knitwear Council has been doing with departmental officials showing that in 1990 a total of 123,000 knitted garments in cashmere coming from China were dumped over the quota agreed ? |
| 12 | The Lost Land , published by the Council for the Protection of Rural England , estimates that since 1945 a total of 1,500,000 hectares has been lost . |
| 13 | Although by 1939 a total of 104 new trams had been delivered since 1933 , there was still a requirement for some new cars to replace the old open-sided Fleetwood cars which had been retained for seasonal use . |
| 14 | The French car company , Peugeot , which is developing electric models , estimates that by 1995 a total of 200,000 electric cars will be sold in Europe each year . |
| 15 | The Government hopes that by 1996 a quarter of all 16-year-olds will be studying for GNVQs , and up to 1/2 by the end of the decade . |
| 16 | He was a JP and from 1918 a deputy lieutenant of Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Italy first published a similar list in 1865 , and from 1888 a bulletin in which the foreign ministry provided information on promotions and transfers of officials and diplomats as well as condensed versions of consular and diplomatic reports . |
| 18 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
| 19 | The reforms already set in train were either dropped immediately or gradually diluted , and from 1883 a period of intense reaction set in . |
| 20 | A junior opposition whip ( 1911–15 ) and from 1915 a government whip in H. H. Asquith 's coalition government , during 1916 he was also assistant director of the war trade department . |
| 21 | She became a regular contributor ( and from 1926 a director ) of the feminist journal Time and Tide , and a friend of its founder and editor , Margaret Haig Thomas , Viscountess Rhondda [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | Until 1989 he was director of European affairs at the environmental and energy policy centre of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , and until 1990 a broadcaster on the BBC and commercial radio , a company director and public affairs advisor . |
| 23 | Compton Mackenzie used the incident as the theme for his superb book , Whisky Galore , and in 1989 a company was formed to salvage anything remaining intact in no. 5 hold . |
| 24 | In 1967 the once impressive Manchester neighbourhood was declared an Urban Renewal Area by the federal government , in 1968 a Redevelopment Area by the City Commission and in 1971 a Title I Federal Urban Renewal Project . |
| 25 | Suffice to say that it became evident fairly soon that the existing monetary techniques of regulation were not sufficiently effective , and in 1957 a committee was set up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to inquire into the working of the monetary and credit system in the UK . |
| 26 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |
| 27 | In the last ten years or so a group of enthusiastic breeders has been attempting to locate and rescue some of the coloured cattle of Wales and in 1981 a breed society for the Ancient or Coloured Cattle of Wales was set up ; its Welsh title is Gwartheg Hynafol Cymru . |
| 28 | Fifteen English Shorthorn cows were sold in the USA in 1873 for an average record price of £3,679 each ( the best being auctioned at £8,120 ) , and in 1981 a Milking Shorthorn was sold for $100,000 . |
| 29 | And in 1987 a lady wrote to the Cambridge Evening News that she had heard what sounded like a cuckoo on February 12 . |
| 30 | In 1837 he received a silver Isis medal from the Society of Arts for his drawing of a marine steam engine , and in 1838 a silver Telford medal for his drawings and description of Huddert 's rope machinery . |