Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 2 | On Jan. 22 the Medellín cartel released its fifth hostage , Alvaro Diego Montoya Escobar ( the son of the General Secretary of the Presidency Germán Montoya Vélez ) , kidnapped on Dec. 17 , 1989 , as proof of its claimed intention to achieve a peaceful settlement with the government . |
| 3 | The redemption was completed in the autumn and the membership elected its first lady to the main committee , the able Joan Haley , handicap 10 and a County player . |
| 4 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
| 5 | A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep . |
| 6 | Central defender Kevin Crisp headed his 11th goal of the season after 15 minutes and Andy Morton ( 28 ) and Colin Vowden ( 35 ) added the others . |
| 7 | Almost immediately , the Company Commander committed his third platoon , which had been kept in reserve for just such an eventuality . |
| 8 | The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 9 | A few months ago the plant recruited its first workers — the men and women , mainly aged under 25 , whose minds and fingers are agile enough to turn out microscopic silicon chips by the hundreds of thousands . |
| 10 | In the week that Alfred Taubman , chairman of Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. , struggled to persuade British fund managers to invest in his chain of American shopping malls , the auction house released its third quarter results . |