Example sentences of "in [num] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In eleven of Cnut 's grants the Latin introduction to the boundaries is followed not by the first set of bounds but by an introduction in Anglo-Saxon . |
| 2 | Gates , 48 , joined the CIA in 1968 and rose to become deputy director in 1986 under Webster 's predecessor , William Casey . |
| 3 | " Who does not know " , said Alexander III in 1886 of Gorchakov 's successor , " that the pitiful Giers ( N.K. Giers , foreign minister 1881 – 94 ) is nothing more than an executor of my will ? " , while almost two decades later an even more self-effacing foreign minister had no doubt that " my duty consists in telling the emperor what I think about every question , and then when the Sovereign decides I must obey unconditionally and try to see that the Sovereign 's decision is executed " . |
| 4 | The idea that time may be dramatically distorted in dreaming , or even reversed , was given support in 1861 in Maury 's book Sleep and Dreams . |
| 5 | The destruction in 1980 of Iraq 's two Gulf terminals , together with the depletion of its foreign-exchange reserves , meant that it was in urgent need of an alternative means of delivering oil in the Gulf and a means of settling suppliers ' bills while payment for the oil was coming through . |
| 6 | In 1920 he went to Cheltenham College and in 1925 to Queen 's College , Cambridge , to read English . |
| 7 | Their withdrawal was followed in 1885 by Italy 's occupation of the hot humid seaport of Massawa , from which the Italians cast covetous eyes on the cool uplands . |
| 8 | Not to be outdone , Vicky Roberts ( St Helens ) and Laura Carney ( Liverpool ) reached the same standard , with Ann just getting the verdict in 4–38.8 against Laura 's 4–39.1 . |
| 9 | ONLY one in 115 of Darlington 's long-term unemployed finds work , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 10 | On the wall of the south transept aisle of Westminster Abbey is a tablet recording the setting up by William Caxton in 1477 of Britain 's first printing press . |
| 11 | The Tree Collection , as purchased in 1972 from Tree 's last surviving daughter , the late Lady Cory-Wright , has been and remains of incalculable value to biographers and researchers into Tree 's production and turn-of-the-century staging in general . |
| 12 | On June 10 he detailed a tortuous series of corrupt dealings between Papandreou and himself allegedly dating back to a threat made in 1985 by Papandreou 's Pasok party to nationalize the Bank of Crete . |
| 13 | In 1767 Jonas Hanway thought that one in thirteen of London 's population was a domestic servant . |
| 14 | Book Five of the Histories covers the period from the murder of Sigibert in 575 until Gregory 's own trial at Berny-Rivière in 580 . |
| 15 | They have also put members in 7 of Germany 's 11 regional governments , and brought down that of Hamburg . |
| 16 | Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ? |
| 17 | He was elected to the first Protectorate Parliament in 1654 for King 's Lynn , and again to the second in 1656 , this time on a double return which was rejected . |
| 18 | The controversy culminated in 1877 with Wallich 's unsuccessful demand that the Royal Society should censure his two opponents , for he felt that the Society had tacitly condoned their misdemeanours by publishing their results in its prestigious journal , from which Wallich was debarred since he was not a fellow . |
| 19 | In his life of Richard III Thomas More noted how The Duke of Buckingham in offering the crown to Richard in 1484 at Baynard 's Castle assumed a role in a staged presentation in which Richard feigned reluctance in accepting the offer of kingship . |
| 20 | Following two incidents in 1991 at Courtaulds ' acetate works at Spondon , Derby — an explosion on 13 January and a fire on 24 June 1991 — Courtaulds set up a review panel to examine the plant 's site safety in manufacturing and distribution . |
| 21 | In Stage XI one in six of Bradford 's votes were non-transferable while all the continuing candidates shared in the transfer of the remainder . |
| 22 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of June 14 reported that major changes had taken place in six of China 's seven military regions . |
| 23 | The New Criticism began , as 1 said , with the work of Richards and Eliot ; more exactly one can say that it began with the publication in 1924 of Richards 's Principles of Literary Criticism , a radical , polemical programme for the study of literature that has had an enormous impact on British criticism and scholarship in the past fifty years . |
| 24 | Namely , to South Africa in 1924 before Scotland 's 1925 Grand Slam ; to New Zealand in 1983 before the 1984 ; and to Australia in 1989 before the 1990 . |
| 25 | As a result the Social Democrats are now in government in 10 of Germany 's 16 Länder , or states , and have a 37–31 majority in the Bundesrat , the second chamber of the federal parliament . |
| 26 | Sponsored by the Friends of Covent Garden , ‘ The Fiery Angel ’ is a co-production with the Kirov Opera of St Petersburg and the first instalment of a collaboration between the two theatres which will be continued in 1995 with Prokofiev 's ‘ War and Peace ’ . |
| 27 | The other , under review here , features a Quartet-Suite in B minor , a Chamber Concerto in G major for flute , oboe d'amore and continuo , and six Canonic Sonatas published in 1738 during Telemann 's Paris sojourn . |
| 28 | The study of such curves , originating perhaps in the Ancient Greek spiral , can be traced in modern times from the work of Giuseppe Peano in 1890 and Helge von Koch in 1904 to Mandelbrot 's book , Fractals : Form , Chance and Dimension ( 1977 ) . |
| 29 | Fresh elections are pending in three of Spain 's 52 constituencies after judges annulled the results , citing widespread irregularities . |
| 30 | Fresh elections are pending in three of Spain 's 52 constituencies after judges annulled the results , citing widespread irregularities . |