Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament on May 26 voted overwhelmingly to legalize brothels and sex clubs . |
| 2 | They pointed out that Lome III had not stimulated trade between the EC and the ACP countries ( since 1985 trade in both directions had actually fallen in both absolute and relative terms ) , or lessened the ACP countries ' economic dependence on the production of primary commodities , or encouraged industrialization . |
| 3 | The Swiss embassy in Tehran , which after November 1979 had also represented US interests in Iran , was closed on Dec. 29 in protest at restrictions and alleged harassment of Swiss diplomatic staff by Iranian officials , following the arrest of an Iranian in Switzerland . |
| 4 | She seemed so sanguine that he started to enjoy his leave and they all three went off to see Mona in Jermyn Street , who greeted them with her usual generous hospitality , very little of which was at her or their expense , but who had not seen Charles since his transformation from 2nd Lieutenant to Guardsman . |
| 5 | Eight of the 20 controlled studies were excluded : four were not randomised , three did not provide intention to treat data , and one did not provide sufficient outcome data . |
| 6 | In 1973 30% of the over 75s had never had children , and 7.5% had actually outlived their children . |
| 7 | The new Labour government elected in June 1992 moved quickly to repair Israel 's relations with the USA , announcing that it would halt large-scale government investment in settlements [ see p. 38946 ] . |
| 8 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |
| 9 | A planned bilateral meeting between Defence Ministers in Kazakh ( Azerbaijan ) on June 17 did not take place , and at the Istanbul summit of Black Sea states [ see p. 38980 ] the Presidents refused to hold bilateral negotiations . |
| 10 | Of 60 fund managers asked last year , 55 did not regard IR officers as their primary company contacts ; 33 thought that British industry did not need any more IR consultants . |
| 11 | It grew rapidly and by 1913 had even outstripped Cardiff to become the major coal-exporting port in the world . |
| 12 | In Kalimantan ( Borneo ) , fires believed to have been smouldering in underground coal seams since 1986 or even 1982-83 had now taken hold across many thousands of acres of secondary forest growth ( i.e. the re-growth after clearance ) , often fuelled by the debris from logging operations , and were approaching the primary rainforest of Kutai national park . |
| 13 | Nos. 19 , 20 , 23 , 24 and 25 received flat topped hoops like Nos. 1 and 6 . |
| 14 | About £3 billion went on reducing pollution caused by all kinds of waste and £2.4 billion on curbing air pollution . |
| 15 | 44 patients ( table I ) received 51 treatments with pamidronate. 5 patients died within 5 days of receiving pamidronate. 4 patients died with uncontrolled hypercalcaemia and of these , 3 had markedly elevated PTHrP ( 34.4 , 23.5 , 43.3 pmol/L ) . |
| 16 | Although the CSCE committee meeting on Sept. 16 decided not to accept Macedonia as a regular member of the CSCE , on Sept. 18 in Prague the CSCE crisis committee on Yugoslavia decided to strengthen its permanent mission in the republic . |
| 17 | Railways for the millions did not mean luxury . |
| 18 | In six cases the diagnosis was confirmed shortly before the scan ; the remaining 27 had long standing disease ( mean duration 8.4 years , range 1–32 ) . |
| 19 | A spate of concerts and special church services in 1923 set out to bring Byrd more securely back into the public gaze , but arguably the most influential and enduring achievements of the tercentenary were four recordings of Byrd 's vocal music sung by the English Singers and issued in the HMV label . |
| 20 | Lord Diplock in Caldwell [ 1982 ] AC 341 did not overrule Cunningham but distinguished it . |
| 21 | For protection against bad debts , less than half the firms in the survey operated the sales ledger on secured terms and nearly two-thirds did not use credit insurance . |
| 22 | In accordance with the recommendation made by the BCP central committee in December 1989 [ see p. 37109 ] , the National Assembly on Jan. 15 voted overwhelmingly to repeal Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 1 of the Constitution , whereby the BCP was defined as the " leading force in society and in the state " and as guiding " the construction of an advanced socialist society in close fraternal co-operation with the BAPU [ Bulgarian Agrarian People 's Union — hitherto the only other legal political party — ibid . ] " . |
| 23 | ( The House of Commons social security select committee report published on March 9 had strongly criticized supervision of pension funds by various regulatory bodies including the Investment Management Regulatory Organization ( IMRO ) , whose chair George Nissen resigned on June 29 . ) |
| 24 | An Act of 1485 had already made hunting in disguise or by night a felony ; it was re-enacted several times so that Forest offenders could be prosecuted at Quarter Sessions or at Assizes . |
| 25 | The Independent of Nov. 15 had meanwhile published details of internal UN documents which seemed to suggest that a UN official had handed over to the Moroccan government information supplied in confidence by the Polisario Front . |
| 26 | By the end of February 1940 , out of 3 million people in the priority classes ( of which only 1,165,000 had actually taken part in the evacuation ) a mere 477,000 remained in the safe reception areas . |
| 27 | The last two used together allow tests to be performed without affecting the operands . |
| 28 | Six patients were receiving treatment with oral or enema steroids , or both and two had recently finished treatment with steroids . |
| 29 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 30 | A conference in Paris in 1988 brought together marketing companies within the European Community to discuss this ‘ untapped goldmine ’ . |