Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | EMI Music 's strong profits helped first half profit before tax rise by 11% to £105.2m at Thorn EMI . |
2 | EAST Germany 's embattled government resigned last night in a surprise step foreshadowing important changes in the make-up of the Communist Party 's powerful politburo and policy shifts in response to continuing popular pressure . |
3 | The replay was ordered by the FA after K 's goalkeeper Adrian Blake was felled by a coin thrown from the crowd during Peterborough 's 9-1 replay win last Wednesday . |
4 | A DISSIDENT woman poet , jailed for opposing the government had been unconditionally released early from prison , Cuba 's Foreign Ministry said last night . |
5 | The IWC 's scientific committee agreed last year that the stock of minke whales in the north-east Atlantic amounted to 86,700 and was no longer in danger of depletion . |
6 | The dynamic duo 's real coup came last summer , when they managed to snatch two Brazilian internationalists for the comparative bargain price of £2.85 million . |
7 | Decision : the need to deter other people from carrying out similar acts outweighed the effect of the sentence on the appellant 's future prospects : the appellant 's personal position came second to the public interest in deterring others minded to act as he did . |
8 | The convoy is only the third to reach Srebrenica since Bosnia 's civil war began last April . |
9 | The money was raised at the Federation 's Annual Awards Show last November . |
10 | Chief executive Neil Arnold said the shortfall in profits was due to the Co-op 's ambitious expansion plans last year . |
11 | Gullit 's lucrative contract expires next month and he has yet to agree another one . |
12 | The support from one 's functional colleagues requires first of all a high degree of mutuality of respect for each other 's expertise and a shared acceptance of the objective that you are trying to achieve . |
13 | America 's current-account deficit fell last year to $135 billion from $154 billion in 1987 . |
14 | Daytime activity concentrates on soaking up the sun by the pool and contemplating at leisure which of Ten Bel 's many activities to try next . |
15 | Existing legislation , it says in its response to the Pension Law Review Committee 's consultative document issued last September , is inadequate to meet current needs . |
16 | However , Corsie 's double hopes disappeared last night when he and Graham Robertson went down 7-4 , 1-7 , 2-7 , 7-5 , 7-6 in a five-set marathon to Irish pair Stevie Adamson and Ian McClure . |
17 | EAST Germany 's industrial production dropped last month and the number of unfulfilled output targets has more than doubled , worsening consumer shortages and hurting export commitments . |
18 | After the society 's first revival meeting last week , more than 60 letters have now been sent out to individuals and organisations thought capable of helping the group in their battle . |
19 | And thus , when her father 's ghastly illness had first been diagnosed , and had then continued on its remorseless path , she 'd only discovered — when it was far too late — that she and Ross had been growing steadily and disastrously apart . |
20 | EAST GERMANY 'S Communist leaders said last night they were prepared to discuss ways of improving life in their country . |
21 | EAST GERMANY 'S Communist leaders said last night they were prepared to discuss ways of improving life in their country . |
22 | Sam 's naked body emerges last , for he has fallen underneath the combined weight of the other two . |
23 | WORLD snooker champion Stephen Hendry 's miserable season continued last night as he crashed out of the UK Championship in Preston . |
24 | EAST GERMANY : Parliament dropped the party 's constitutional right to rule last month after sudden revolution from below swept the old leaders aside . |
25 | But the pub 's other team came second . |
26 | Lord Huntingdon 's charge was last seen on Lingfield 's all-weather surface finishing third , beaten a neck and a head by Scots Law and Sarum . |
27 | About 1300 journalists registered at this years ' show , and you have only to read the number of column entries and to hear the radio and to see the television to know that the content of this year 's Royal Show stands second to none in the technical content of agricultural exhibitions across the world . |
28 | It spent four weeks at the top of Off the Record 's local artists chart last summer and after a recent re-release , sales topped 1000 . |
29 | The students were in mourning when Somerville 's Governing body met last month . |
30 | When Czechoslovakia 's quiet revolution came last November , reform communism was on the menu for less than a week . |