Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Youngsters from 14–17 got an exclusive insight into the repertoire of a military band as players demonstrated everything from trumpet fanfares to dance music . |
| 2 | After a fine spring , the summer of 1980 became a big disappointment and the weather reached something of a soggy climax for the fifth Test at Headingley . |
| 3 | An elected National Development Council ( CND ) , which in 1986 drafted a national charter to serve as the basis for a new Constitution , was superseded by a National Assembly elected in December 1989 , when the CND assumed the role of an economic and social council . |
| 4 | An elected National Development Council ( CND ) in 1986 drafted a national charter to serve as the basis for a new Constitution which was adopted by referendum in September 1989 . |
| 5 | Marko in real life succeeded his father as ruler of Prilep , but after 1385 became a Turkish vassal , served in the Turkish army during the battle of Kosovo , and was probably killed fighting for the Turks at Rovine in 1395 . |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 got a U certificate in France , but the British censor would n't even pass it for over-18s without some of the violence being cut . |
| 7 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on June 12 passed a long-awaited law on the press and mass media , featuring detailed guarantees of press freedom and the rules for journalistic practice , and the abolition of censorship . |
| 8 | Thus the Paris Summit in 1972 produced a clear statement that a high priority should be given to correcting regional imbalances which would otherwise interfere with the realisation of economic and monetary union . |
| 9 | The national surveys of disability conducted by OPCS in 1985 revealed a higher prevalence of disability among women aged 75 and over than men in the same age group . |
| 10 | United States President Bush on Dec. 12 announced a temporary waiver until mid-1991 of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment restricting US trade with the Soviet Union [ see also p. 37921 ] . |
| 11 | The UN Conference on Disarmament on June 22 tabled a complete draft text for a treaty banning the production , stockpiling and use of chemical weapons as well as ordering the destruction of all existing stocks . |
| 12 | ‘ The new pattern introductions for Autumn 1993 created a great deal of excitement at the show , especially Hopscotch , Aquabatic , and Hyde Park in the new fine china collection , ’ said Tom . |
| 13 | On his death-bed , George V visited a royal curse upon the town with his famous final utterance ‘ Bugger Bognor ! ’ , from which the place has never quite recovered . |
| 14 | A BOY of 12 crashed a stolen car yesterday — then left a pal trapped in the wreck as he fled . |
| 15 | Having proved the possibility of making good paper from such materials , Koops set up a company , the Straw Paper Manufactory , raised over £70,000 by issue of shares , and in 1801 erected a paper-making mill at Millbank in Westminster . |
| 16 | Queen Victoria and George V presided a dozen times over the formation of minority or coalition governments . |
| 17 | The National Defence Committee ( a body chaired by Walesa and including the Prime Minister and other ministers ) on Nov. 2 adopted a new defence doctrine for Poland . |
| 18 | The Higher Council of the Republic ( CSR — the transitional legislature ) on Dec. 22 adopted a new Constitution , which replaced the former Marxist single-party regime with a multiparty political system . |
| 19 | A revaluation in Scotland in 1985 caused a political furore and justified the general caution with which governments had generally proceeded in this matter . |
| 20 | Gallery 2 opened a new series of exhibitions with ‘ Under £50K ’ , works by London practices with a contract value of under £50,000 , followed by ‘ Substance ’ , work by students and lecturers at Manchester University School of Architecture . |
| 21 | As a result of stormy negotiations conducted behind closed doors the congress in the early hours of Feb. 2 approved a new party leadership structure which featured the replacement of the 195-member central committee with a 131-member supreme council ( subsequently another 22 members were co-opted ) . |
| 22 | In Spain the Congress of Deputies ( lower house of parliament ) on July 22 and the Senate ( upper house ) on July 30 approved a constitutional change to allow ratification . |
| 23 | The government on June 2 ordered a fresh investigation into the cause of the air crash which killed former President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq in August 1988 [ see p. 36217 ] . |
| 24 | The North Korean government on Jan. 30 signed a nuclear safeguards accord which would allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities . |
| 25 | A recent study by Professor Pat Carlen shows that of 39 female adult criminals , 22 spent a substantial period of their childhood and adolescence in care . |
| 26 | Mike 's style was somewhat ungainly but he always gave one hundred per cent and his 23 goals in Division Four ( from just 34 appearances ) in 1958–59 established a post-war scoring record , only improved upon at our club by Johnny Byrne and Roy Summersby in the promotion season of 1960–61 , Mark Bright in 1987–88 and Ian Wright in 1988–89 . |
| 27 | In 1621 he spoke out against the patentee , Sir Giles Mompesson [ q.v. ] , and the popish threat to the Palatinate ; and in 1629 delivered a notable attack on the influence of the king 's Arminian advisers . |
| 28 | An agreement on Aug. 12 settled a protracted dispute between Roh 's ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) and the opposition Democratic Party over the government 's decision to postpone local elections . |
| 29 | After three weeks of talks Greece and the United States on May 30 initialled a new defence co-operation agreement allowing two of the four US bases ( at Gournes and Souda Bay in Crete ) to continue to operate in Greece for the next eight years . |
| 30 | Chapter 2 offered a short discussion of how a number of antislavery reformers derived an intellectual orientation towards reform from the different religious traditions sustaining antislavery . |