Example sentences of "[num] and [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watch out for the much appreciated support in the omnibus Brookside on August 22 and in subsequent episodes |
| 2 | However , by far the largest area of waste relates to the failure to make best use of pensions , in particular by working people aged over 45 and by working women . |
| 3 | The force of religious antagonism to slavery was maintained as part of the basis of the antislavery appeal at the level of the national Anti-Slavery Society , at the international conventions of the early 1840s and through local associations as they multiplied after 1823 . |
| 4 | Since then there had been a number of regional conferences of communist parties , such as the meeting of Latin American parties in 1975 and of European parties in 1976 and 1980 , but many parties refused to attend even these more limited gatherings in case they compromised their organisational independence . |
| 5 | Its leader was George Edwards , a devout Primitive Methodist lay preacher , who had been active during the earlier period of unionization in the 1870s and in brief revivals during the intervening years . |
| 6 | The minister also said that the government expected to double the size of the electorate by extending the franchise to women over 21 and to naturalized citizens who had previously been denied the vote . |
| 7 | There are 13 records , all since 1952 and of single birds seen at the coast . |
| 8 | It may be noted that these acts were replaced by the Supreme Court of judicature ( Consolidation ) Act 1925 , which has itself now been replaced by the Supreme Court Act 1981 and by certain provisions in the Limitation Act 1980 ( consolidating earlier Limitation Acts ) . |
| 9 | Draft clause 12 was enacted as section 15 ( which I have reproduced above ) and section 16 of the Act of 1968 and has got rid of some defects and difficulties which had arisen from section 32 of the Act of 1916 and from judicial interpretations of that section . |
| 10 | Dimitrov met with US President George Bush in Washington on March 4 and among other things discussed Bulgaria 's position on the recognition of the former Yugoslav republics . |
| 11 | He sailed for Bombay in 1818 and in succeeding years travelled between Bombay and Canton , as supercargo on the Sarah , of which he was co-owner . |
| 12 | A study in West Yorkshire found that the overall risk for bladder cancer for male smokers was 1.7 and for female smokers 1.4 [ 8 ] . |
| 13 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 14 | As the DES decided in 1980 to discontinue its approval arrangements for OND by 1982 and for other courses by 1981 , the Association of County Councils and the Standing Conference of Regional Advisory Councils agreed to set up a national committee , namely the NCCAE , to replace the role of the DES . |
| 15 | Disorder was again evident in 1982 and in subsequent years , although on a reduced scale ( Benyon and Solomos , 1987 ) . |
| 16 | At intervals throughout the next months he worked on this material , in preparation for his show at the Lefevre Gallery in September 1951 and for other exhibitions . |
| 17 | In 1980 the GHS asked people aged 65 and over detailed questions on their level of disability , the nature and extent of help provided by informal carers , and their receipt of statutory services . |
| 18 | Another complete set of surveys will be carried out in 1994 and at two-year intervals from then on . |
| 19 | It was shorn of its sails around 1805 and with added battlements , became the ‘ Signal Tower ’ . |
| 20 | in its primely purpose it has therefore undoubtedly be an outstanding success , but as the report makes way clear the experiment has had adverse to that effect , notably on the A one three four and on minor roads from the East on the A ten eighty eight . |
| 21 | ( The Parker Morris Report , Homes for today and tomorrow ( 1961 ) , recommended standards for all new houses , whether public or private , more space and better heating being the overriding considerations : the recommendations were mandatory for New Town housing in 1967 and for local authorities in 1969 , but not for the private sector . ) |
| 22 | IT is heartening to see that in the wake of Glasgow 1990 and despite increasing difficulties in funding , large scale multi-media events can still take place . |