Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The domestic car manufacturing industry , heavily protected since the 1950s , had already begun to face some competition from imports when quotas were partially lifted in July 1990 [ see also p. 38002 for reduction in tariffs on imports ] . |
2 | Morocco , the only AMU country to send forces in support of the United States-led coalition in the Gulf , stressed that its 1,300-strong force in Saudi Arabia had a " defensive " role in guarding the Assafaniya oil refinery [ see also p. 37989 for opposition in North Africa to the Gulf war ] . |
3 | The London address of the Tribunal is : Golden Cross House ( 4th Floor ) Duncannon Street , London WC2N 4JF Tel : 01–214 3094 For appeals in Scotland the address is : Parliament House Parliament Square Edinburgh EH1 1RQ Tel:031-2252595 |
4 | Literary fiction may not be big in numbers but it will be big in promotions in preparation for two birthdays — 10 years for Black Swan in September , 12 for Picador in October . |
5 | Further press disclosures of covert government funding for Inkatha [ see pp. 38318-19 for revelations in July ] were made in the Weekly Mail of Dec. 13 . |
6 | There were also indications at the end of the month of a new situation emerging in relations between the FRY and Croatia , with their respective Presidents , Dobrica Cosic and Franjo Tudjman , issuing a communiqué on Sept. 30 after talks in Geneva calling for " normalizing relations " [ developments on this issue will be covered in a subsequent report ] . |
7 | This event represents a typical fate for stony asteroids tens of metres in radius entering the Earth 's atmosphere at common hypersonic velocities . |
8 | These fountains must surely be amongst the most remarkable of all natural phenomena ; the plumes of incandescent liquid rock commonly reach many tens of metres in height , and one in 1959 reached not less than 400 metres . |
9 | Royal Seaforth won 2-1 against MerseyBus in division two and Cheshire Lines S.L. ( Tony Pownall , Peter Doran ) beat Speke Res 2-0 in the Ceramics Cup first round . |
10 | Last night he was at almost unbackable odds of 1–8 with Ladbrokes in Britain . |
11 | The prototype Standard car 43 under construction in Blundell Street car shed . |
12 | We will examine the scope of Order 53 in detail in Chapter 5 . |
13 | Welshpool 2nds were skittled for 83 at home to Much Wenlock 2nds , but were saved by the rain with the visitors 30 without loss in reply . |
14 | Two of my Bleeding Heart Tetras have developed a hemispherical black lump 2 to 3mm in diameter , towards the rear of the body . |
15 | Silver plate of a possible votive character was found in 1747 at Capheaton in Northumberland . |
16 | Euro Disney at present has some 36 rides and attractions , compared with 45 for the Magic Kingdom in Florida and 53 at Disneyland in California . |
17 | In 1866 Baxter suffered a blow to the head in an omnibus accident ; he never properly recovered , and he died 11 January 1867 at home in Sydenham . |
18 | Traditionally , the answer has been found in the study of the two main factors which were at issue in the years leading up to what is regarded as the moment of outbreak of war , the confiscation of the duchy of Aquitaine by King Philip VI of France in May 1337 . |
19 | Thus , just under two-thirds of women in receipt of retirement pension have qualified on their partner 's insurance contributions ( DSS , 1991 , p. 89 ) . |
20 | Using a figure of 100 for costs in April 1988 , the building cost average in 1992/3 was 131.38 , compared with an average tender price of 108 . |
21 | Using a figure of 100 for costs in April 1988 , the building cost average in 1992/3 was 131.38 , compared with an average tender price of 108 . |
22 | [ See p. 38115 for comments in March 1991 by the then Bundesbank president Karl-Otto Pöhl . ] |
23 | They are expected to raise hundreds of pounds in sponsorship for the special care baby unit at the Friarage Hospital , Northallerton . |
24 | The thieves also snatched a television , video recorder and hundreds of pounds in cash . |
25 | It is an avenue of delight between fragrant hedges and bonny braes and in two miles leads to the ancient broch of Dun Telve , one of the best preserved of the hundreds of brochs in Scotland . |
26 | HUNDREDS of teachers in State and independent schools face the threat of redundancy as a consequence of funding changes in schools and the impact of the recession , a classroom union leader said yesterday . |
27 | As the comments run into hundreds of pages in total , it was not feasible to append them as a single annex to this report . |
28 | It was n't so much the cash , although there was plenty of that ; it was the security boxes that had afforded the biggest haul , the accumulated assets , in gold and precious stones , of hundreds of Americans in England . |
29 | Witness , for example , the wildly discrepant assessments of the effectiveness of allied air-raids in the first days of the war or the ‘ classification error ’ which led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Baghdad . |
30 | A Health Care Commission was set up to rank hundreds of treatments in order of priority , using a formula similar to QALYs . |