Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
| 2 | At eleven o'clock a group of children came over the hill . |
| 3 | Their Neolithic context is confirmed by occurrences in the cairn of Cairnholy , south-west Scotland , in the causewayed enclosure at High Peak , Devonshire , and above all on the course of the Sweet timber trackway in the Somerset Levels dated in radiocarbon years to c. 3200 B.C. The absence of any trace of haft or binding under conditions exceptionally favourable for the survival of organic materials and the lack of the slightest sign of wear suggest that the jadeite celt was deposited as an unhafted and unused blade to fulfil a symbolic role . |
| 4 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
| 5 | The penetrance of the dominant gene in adults was estimated at 0.26 hence the risk of disease in an adult offspring of a patient with ulcerative colitis induced by this gene may be 13% . |
| 6 | The June 1987 general election resulted in the return of Paias Wingti 's coalition government which had first come to office in November 1985 following a vote of no confidence in the government of Michael Somare . |
| 7 | I explained in Chapter 2 how the sequence of bases in DNA is translated into the sequence of amino acids in proteins . |
| 8 | If the resolution is increased to 2048 x 2048 then the number of bits per second to be transmitted rises to 209 715 200 . |
| 9 | The grand alliance of OSI became public in May 1985 when a meeting of 20 computer companies , dominated by US rivals of IBM , met in conference and established the Corporation for Open Systems . |
| 10 | This was still the practice by the 1830s when a tide of emigrants left Europe for Australia , New Zealand and California . |
| 11 | There followed a short lull , but from 1620 onwards a succession of attacks by small formations of S.79s commenced but all were successfully beaten off , mainly by the intense gunfire of the ships , although Yellow Section of 808 Squadron , two Fulmars flown by Lt. A.T.J. Kindersley and Lt. Hay , R.M. , caught one bomber at 1710 and claimed it shot down . |
| 12 | ( See e.g. Condon v Basi [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 453 where a standard of reasonable care was applied to participants in a football match . ) |
| 13 | Thus in 1802 when a group of spahis called on the Serbs to join them in resisting the dayis very few Serbs responded . |
| 14 | From 1985 onwards a number of additional formidable barriers to progress towards a coherent , integrated under-fives policy began to emerge . |
| 15 | An example of the output is shown in Plate 2 where an image of As , Sb and Bi in stream sediments , which are associated with gold mineralisation , indicates anomalous values over several gold prospects in the Argyll area of western Scotland . |
| 16 | the Victoria County History goes so far as to suggest that the early nineteenth century prosperity of Leicester , based partly on the transport of hosiery goods by canal to London was ‘ probably due in no small degree to the fact that from 1802 onwards the development of communication had largely been completed . ’ |
| 17 | This protracted crisis began on 17 March 1808 when a mob of soldiers , peasants , and palace grooms forced Charles IV to dismiss Godoy , found hiding in terror in a rolled-up carpet ; two days later another mob forced Charles IV to abdicate in favour of his son , the Prince of Asturias who became Ferdinand VII . |
| 18 | Even then abolition was not completed until the early 1890s when the number of landless and dispossessed peasants and rural labourers increased dramatically . |
| 19 | In the 1840s only a quarter of London 's newcomers ended up south of the Thames , but during the following three decades the proportion grew to a third . |
| 20 | By 2040 only a handful of currency dealers remained , huddled in tatty offices in Tirana and Ulan Bator , trading the lek against the tugrik . |
| 21 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
| 22 | In bars 5–7 there a lot of left-hand-only hammer-ons and tremolo arm slides . |
| 23 | He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule , condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay . |
| 24 | At about 10 am the owner of the jetty arrives . |
| 25 | A restrictive interpretation was given to this expression in R & B Customs Brokers Ltd v UDT Finance Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 847 where the Court of Appeal held that a purchase is only in the course of business if ( a ) it is integral to the business or ( b ) there is some degree of regularity of similar transactions ( see also Peter Symons & Co v Cook ( 1981 ) 131 NLJ 758 ; Rasbora Ltd v JCL Marine Ltd [ 1977 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 645 ) . |
| 26 | Halling Church remained a small building with a low spire until 1877 when the whole of the nave was rebuilt . |
| 27 | The fatal accident occurred on 5th December 1898 when a fall of earth trapped George Robinson against a tipping wagon , breaking his back . |
| 28 | It is hoped that the first phase of the project will have been completed by 1991 when the excavation of the village will have been finished and at least three properties will have been totally reconstructed . |
| 29 | Elaine and George were sitting in their lounge watching South East at Six when the story of Louise Butler 's disappearance came on the air . |
| 30 | He was rewarded on 16 April 1660 when the council of state outlawed all news-books except his pair . |