Example sentences of "[num] and is [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 He has been Chairman of Tesco since 1985 and is also a non-executive Director of National Westminster Bank .
2 He first took to powerlifting in 1979 and is now a qualified coach and referee .
3 However , although ‘ multiculturalism , as an educational movement dates from the 1970s and is primarily a response to the post-Second World War migration of black communities to Britain , it is important to recognize that multiculturalism is a perennial social issue , for all but the simplest of societies are characterized by cultural diversity .
4 It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries .
5 It was low in numbers a century ago , when the Piedmonts of Italy were being imported for beef and good red milking cows came from Bergamo , but by 1979 it numbered 150,000 and is now a well-established milk and meat breed in France , though almost extinct in Italy , where it is known as the Tarina .
6 He was an Examiner with SCOTVEC from 1978 to 1981 , a member of the SCOTVEC Equivalences Committee during the introduction of Action Plan , served on the HND Revisions Committee in 1986 , the HNC Pilot Committee in 1987 and is currently a member of the HCIMA Education and Development Committee .
7 Family counselling , or family therapy , began in the USA in the 1950s , underwent enormous expansion during the 1960s and is now a well developed technique with a sizeable literature devoted to it .
8 He was a member of the President 's Advisory Committee of the Confederation of British Industry from 1982 to 1988 and is currently a member of the Takeover Panel .
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