Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] marked the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
| 2 | British Telecommunications Plc has a £5m five-year contract to take over ownership and management of Thorn EMI Plc 's internal UK telephone network : the contract marked the official launch of its Communications Management Service which designs , implements , operates and manages large business communications facilities for companies wanting to put their UK private networks out to facilities management . |
| 3 | The purchase marked the end of an eight-year air force procurement programme which cost US$2,500 million . |
| 4 | The mini-boom marked the end of an era . |
| 5 | The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation with the city authorities . |
| 6 | The hunter marked the occasion by carving a plaque over the doorway of his home . |
| 7 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 8 | The honour marked the 40th anniversary of the war 's end and it is thought to be the last medal minted under the old Soviet administration . |
| 9 | If there are points of ‘ topic-shift ’ in English written discourse which lead writers , or their editors , to begin new orthographic paragraphs , then we should be able to identify likely points where the writer or the editor marked the division of this ‘ text ’ into separate chunks . |
| 10 | The meeting marked the 10th anniversary of the SADCC 's launching on April 1 , 1980 . |
| 11 | The opening marked the culmination of a major exercise of moving around 450 staff and all their equipment from nearby Culcheth after the site was sold for residential development . |
| 12 | The summit marked the 15th anniversary of the creation of the regional body in Lagos in 1975 [ for list of member states see p. 36991 ] . |
| 13 | The mujaheddin marked the 10th anniversary of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan on Dec. 27 in similar fashion by launching at least 52 rockets into Kabul killing dozens of people according to a government spokesperson . |
| 14 | The sale marked the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the White Star liner off Newfoundland , on the night of 14/15 April , when more than 1,500 passengers and crew perished . |
| 15 | The year marked the lowest sterling price for coffee in 14@1/2 years . |
| 16 | The ARC marked the start of a liveaboard adventure that the Codd 's had been planning for years . |
| 17 | The dispute marked the latest stage in the political turmoil which had begun on Oct. 9 with Mamaloni 's resignation on as leader of the People 's Alliance Party ( PAP ) , shortly before he was due to face a challenge to his leadership at the ruling party 's annual convention . |
| 18 | The visit marked the improvement in relations between the two countries following the 1988 ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war [ see p. 36171 ] . |
| 19 | The visit marked the first step towards improved relations between the two countries since the suspension in October 1990 of US military aid [ see p. 37764 ] . |