Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Charles Whiteside , of Tivoli Cottages , Moresby , joined Sekers in 1943 as an apprentice overlooker before becoming shift manager and later production manager .
2 A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English .
3 No 15 , a 2-6-2T loco built in Nivelles , Belgium in 1948 for the Jokioisten Railway in Finland stands stored in Llanfair station yard .
4 He moved to the UK in 1968 following the Russian invasion of Czechoslavkia and joined Bovis in 1971 as a project manager .
5 The UDA was formed in 1971 as an umbrella group of Loyalists .
6 To check you understand this , try drawing a diagram like Figure 15–4 for the meals industry .
7 Nineteen fifty in Brazil was exactly where it was eighteen fifty for the U K.
8 Let's see , from the top and grossing it up on a worldwide basis , it 's roughly fifty for the visor , two hundred for shirts and sweaters , just under fifty for the golf gloves , and a hundred for the trousers . ’
9 In the wartime agreement on pooling brains and resources for the original work on the atomic bomb , which was signed at Quebec in 1943 between the United States and Britain in association with Canada , there were five clauses : the signatories would not use atomic weapons against each other ; they would not use them against third parties without the others ' consent ; no information would be given to third parties without mutual consent ; Britain disclaimed any interest in commercial and industrial exploitation , because the heavy burden of production would fall on the United States ; and a Combined Policy Committee would be set up to ensure full and effective collaboration .
10 LYRIC Fantasy is quoted at a generous-looking 5–2 for the £103,000 King 's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot a week tomorrow .
11 Typical results are shown in table 9.2 for a polystyrene sample dissolved in benzene .
12 The minimum investment in a unit trust is commonly 500 as a lump sum , and 20 as a regular monthly contribution .
13 He scored 109 as the West Indies reached 225–3 in their second innings after being dismissed for only 183 and following-on .
14 Such judicial deference to the executive can be contrasted to the recent grilling on the subject experienced by Sir Robert Armstrong , head of the British Civil Service , in an Australian courtroom at the end of 1986 during the Spycatcher trial over the alleged revelation of state secrets .
15 A slightly smaller entry of bullocks sold well to a large attendance of buyers , with lightweight bullocks peaking at 139.33 for a 300kg Charolais at £418 going to J McAnallen , Armagh .
16 WELL , I see Man Utd and Arsenal put on a thrilling match ending 4–4 for the David O'Leary Testimonial earlier this week .
17 By an originating summons dated 18 December 1991 the plaintiffs , the Halifax Building Society , the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , the Leeds Permanent Building Society , and the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that , upon the true construction of the ombudsman scheme recognised under Part IX of the Building Societies Act 1986 , the first defendant Stephen Bristow Edell , the ombudsman appointed under the scheme , was not entitled to investigate or determine ( a ) the complaint against the first plaintiff received by him from Michael Robert Allen and Christine Allen , the second and third defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation for mortgage assessment prepared for the first plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( b ) the complaint against the second plaintiff received by him from Jeffrey Leonard Brommage and Heather Maureen Brommage , the fourth and fifth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the second plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( c ) the complaint against the third plaintiff received by him from Lawrence Frederick West and Christa West , the sixth and seventh defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the third plaintiff had been negligently prepared , and ( d ) the complaint against the fourth plaintiff received by him from Joseph Paul Hardcastle and Astrid Marie Hardcastle , the eighth and ninth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for them had been negligently prepared ; and ( 2 ) a determination , upon the true construction of the scheme , whether and if so in what circumstances the first defendant was entitled to investigate and determine a complaint relating to an allegation of failure to exercise the requisite degree of professional skill and care on the part of a valuer or surveyor employed by the building society against which the complaint was made in relation to a report by him on the condition or value of any property where the report in question consisted of : ( a ) a written report prepared pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for a building society on the value of the land which was proposed as security for an advance to be made by the society and on any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value and is not disqualified under section 13 from making a report on the land in question , ( b ) a written valuers ' report and valuation for mortgage prepared for the first plaintiff , ( c ) such a report prepared for the second plaintiff , ( d ) such a report prepared for the third plaintiff , ( e ) such a report prepared for the fourth plaintiff , ( f ) a house buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , ( g ) a flat buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor , ( h ) a home buyer 's standard valuation and survey report prepared by an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard terms of engagement of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers , ( i ) a written report known as a ‘ home purchase report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the second plaintiff , ( j ) a written report known as a ‘ house buyer 's report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the third plaintiff , or ( k ) a structural survey report .
18 In complete contrast to the Nemausus project ( see previous page ) , Nouvel teamed up with Philip Starck ( Nouvel frequently invites other artists and designers to work on projects ) to produce the sleekest of designs in 1986 for the Tokyo Opera House .
19 The Scottish Natural Heritage figure is up over the grant in aid for 1991-92 for the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Scottish Countryside Commission by 21 per cent .
20 The Abbey Lane Pumping Station at the junction of the Leicester Canal with the River Soar , a mile north of the city centre in Corporation Road , was built in 1891 as a sewage pumping works .
21 Using 1980 as the base year , sulphur dioxide reduction aims are as follows : 20 per cent by 1993 , 40 per cent by 1998 and 60 per cent by 2003 .
22 In 1983 , in an effort to get the ball rolling on realistic cuts , the Scandinavian countries proposed a 30 per cent reduction in sulphur emissions by 1993 , using 1980 as the baseline year .
23 There are three bells in the belfry dating from 1594 but ringing of the bells ceased in 1935 as the bell rollers became in need of extensive repairs .
24 They are illustrated in Figure 2.12 for a 16-bit word .
25 After taking a degree in Mediaeval History at St. Andrew 's University , in which he specialised in mediaeval medicine , Mark joined ASH Scotland in 1986 as a Project Development Officer .
26 In October the EC had offered to cut internal farm supports by 30 per cent , taking 1986 as the base year [ see p. 37796 ] .
27 They got their way , and the building opened in 1986 as the Foothill Communities Law and Justice Center , about 100 kilometres east of Los Angeles .
28 Coulton , joint favourite in some lists for the Champion Hurdle on 16 March , heads a list of eight for the Tote City Trial Hurdle on the same programme .
29 Warner entered the household of Henry Percy , ninth Earl of Northumberland [ q.v. ] , in 1590 as a gentleman servitor , becoming a pensioner in 1617 .
30 From 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War , the Americans spread some 72 million litres of herbicide from the air , mostly Agent Orange and similar preparations .
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