Example sentences of "[num] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 2 | Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant . |
| 3 | Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject . |
| 4 | As a child of the Thirties I heard much talk of J.P.M. and Fred Shaw ( the NCLC Organiser ) , Plebs and the Railway Service Journal — and the Manchester Guardian — were as much a part of my youthful literary life as Mickey Mouse and Film Fun . |
| 5 | In Chapter 12 I give additional clarifications about my use of the word " structure " and try to explain why a structural approach is incompatible with a description of the world in terms of objects and attributes . |
| 6 | Third , there is a small but important category of provision deriving authority from Section 137 in the Local Government Act 1972 which allowed local authorities to spend the product of a rate of 2p in the pound on anything ‘ which in their opinion is in the interests of their area or any part of it or all or some of its inhabitants ’ . |
| 7 | The new kit will come in well above ICL 's existing high-end , the eight-way DRS6000 700 which supports 500 users . |
| 8 | The government of the Solomon Islands on Sept. 15 lodged a strong diplomatic protest with the government of Papua New Guinea in response to a seaborne raid by Papuan commandos on Sept. 12 which left two people dead . |
| 9 | The Director of Public Prosecutions will decide in the next few weeks if BR must face corporate manslaughter charges over the disaster on December 12 which claimed 35 lives . |
| 10 | Short was a child prodigy and the outstanding product of the English chess explosion of the 70s and early 80s which took English chess from the second division to second place only to the former Soviet Union . |
| 11 | And it was indeed hope , education and reformation that dominated the sphere of juvenile justice in these years , most solidly embodied in the Children and Young Persons Act of 1933 which consolidated these developments in the treatment of young offenders . |
| 12 | An idea of the size of the secondary market in non-gilt sterling bonds is given by Table 3.7 which shows outstanding amounts of such bonds listed on the London Stock Exchange at end September 1991 . |
| 13 | Chapters 3–4 Who said these words in the story ? |
| 14 | Between 1616 and 1629 she bore eight children , and with her husband was active in a Shrewsbury conventicle . |
| 15 | The fifth , René Lévesque , likewise recognized for his visionary leadership , was the premier of Quebec between 1976 and 1985 who brought that province to the brink of separation from the rest of Canada . |
| 16 | After Thebes swallowed up Plataia in 427 she controlled four Boiotarchs and 240 councillors . |
| 17 | All adult women won the vote in 1928 , after partially winning it for women over 30 who possessed some property in 1918 . |
| 18 | In chapter 12 we discuss these points further . |
| 19 | In general , in three-variable contingency tables , to find the direct effect of X 1 on Y controlling for X 2 we consider each category of X 2 in turn , and subtract the proportion who are Y in the base category of X 1 from the proportion who are Y in the non-base category of X 1 . |
| 20 | 2 There exists considerable evidence that clients are not able to articulate all their needs and expectations at the system specification stage . |
| 21 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 22 | During 1971 and 1972 he surveyed four oil refineries — two each in France and Britain — interviewing a total of over 800 workers . |
| 23 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 24 | Between 1378 and 1407 he enjoyed thirty-five benefices ( although never more than twelve at once ) . |
| 25 | During 1939–44 he spent several years teaching in North America , at Hartford Seminary and at Fisk University , and he received an honorary DD from Wesley College , Winnipeg . |
| 26 | On his death in 1985 he left two gold watches to his sons . |
| 27 | According to a report on Radio Afghanistan on Dec. 30 he received 916 votes and there were 59 votes against . |
| 28 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 29 | The United Kingdom imposed visa restrictions from Nov. 8 on former Yugoslavs except holders of Croatian and Slovenian passports and agreed to take only 150 refugees plus their dependants ; on Nov. 30 it increased this number to 1,000 plus dependants for temporary asylum . |
| 30 | In this poem , as in 85 , the Poet claims that his Muse is ‘ tongue-tied ’ ; in 76 , 102 , 103 and 105 he gives conflicting reasons , all ingenious , why he writes such repetitive or uninspired poetry . |