Example sentences of "in [num] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1934 the British members of the NATPS took another step along this road when , after talking with officials of America 's National Association of Creditmen , they planned to form an ‘ Institute of Creditmen ’ , a body of individuals , which came into being in April 1939 based in London but with local societies all over Britain . |
2 | They were also losing votes to the left : in 1948 the Christian Democrats received 49 per cent of the votes while the Communists and Socialists together polled 31 per cent ; by 1963 the Christian Democrats ' share had fallen to 38 per cent and the Socialists and Communists ' had risen to 39 per cent . |
3 | In 1948 the United Nations gave Israel to the Jews in Israel . |
4 | In 1971 the Industrial Relations Act was passed , which made trade union privileges conditional upon registering and satisfying the Registrar that their internal rules contained minimum safeguards for their members ' rights . |
5 | In 1986 the following causes were pressed successfully by the Lords : wider consultation rights for workers in relation to reorganization of the naval dockyards ; local authorities to decide whether tenants should have the right to buy old people 's properties ; abolition of caning in schools ; application of health and safety laws to all buildings used by the national health service . |
6 | In 1861 the Insolvent Debtors Court had been abolished , he said , but imprisonment for debt continued . |
7 | In 1893 the following notes were made at the death-bed of a Dissenting Minister : |
8 | In 1980 the corresponding figures were 36 per cent and 23 per cent . |
9 | In 1980 the Communist parties of El Salvador , Chile , Uruguay and Honduras revised their position on armed struggle , although the peaceful road is still the preferred strategy in the majority of Latin American countries . |
10 | In 1980 the Modern Records Centre published the first title in its Sources Booklet series , providing researchers with relevant references on the role of women in the working situation and in society generally from its extensive holdings of trade union , employers ' organisation and interest group records and personal archives . |
11 | In 1980 the respective proportions were 19 per cent and seven per cent [ see Table 3.3 ] . |
12 | In 1980 the leading beneficiaries were Sudan , Somalia , Kenya and Liberia — a pretty unpleasant foursome . |
13 | In 1988–90 the annual accounts showed a deficit of £4 million which was met from reserves . |
14 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
15 | Although Portland ( a Thomson subsidiary ) and Tjaebourg itself seemed to be doing well , in 1985 the British Airways subsidiary Martin Rook was rumoured to be up for disposal , with an uncertain future . |
16 | In 1931-33 the main aims of the republican reforms were a ) reform and reduction of the army , b ) separation of church and state and a restriction on Catholic rights and privileges , c ) reform of the unitary structure of the Spanish state to permit Catalan regional autonomy , and d ) broad social and economic reforms . |
17 | In 1979 the Equal Opportunities Commission ( EOC ) began a formal investigation into the practices and policies of the Leeds Permanent Building Society and produced its report in June 1985 ( Report of the Formal Investigation into the Leeds Permanent Building Society , ( Manchester : EOC , 1985 ) ) . |
18 | It has an Elizabethan porch tower and in 1678 the mullioned windows were changed to sash ones . |
19 | In an open letter to members of parliament in 1991 the Metropolitan Authorities Recruitment Agency ( METRA ) which has led the debate on agism said : ‘ Many people of all ages face unfair discrimination at work or when looking for a job , simply because of their date of birth . |
20 | In the Communist Manifesto published in 1849 the major changes to be brought about by revolution were the abolition of private property in land ; a heavy progressive income tax ; the abolition of the right of inheritance ; nationalisation of banking , transport and the media ; and free education for all children in public schools . |
21 | On the formation of county councils in 1888 the administrative functions of Quarter Sessions passed to the county councils leaving only the judicial functions of Quarter Sessions to the Justices . |
22 | In 1338 the northern clergy were to instruct their parishioners about the crucial need for , and inescapable burdens of , defence against the Scots , so that the ‘ pious exhortations ’ of the priests might induce support for a united struggle against the enemies of the realm . |
23 | In 1984 the total payments made by insurance companies for household thefts was more than £200m . |
24 | In 1984 the total holidays in this market sector were in the region of 170,000 . |
25 | In 1984 the Social Services Secretary , Norman Fowler , appointed four review teams covering pensions , housing benefit , supplementary benefits , and child benefits . |
26 | Since the failure of the Second Crusade in 1148 the young men of Western Europe had been reluctant to go east , but the news of the disaster at Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem changed all that . |
27 | In 1975 the Brown sisters ranged in age from fifteen to twenty-five . |
28 | When the American train , the ‘ De Witt Clinton ’ , clattered along the rails in 1831 the good citizens of Albany , proud to be its first passengers , were showered with burning embers from the tall funnel of the locomotive . |
29 | In 1859 the favourite colours were light red-and-white , brown or fawn , but brindles were despised . |
30 | In 1870 the lay leaders of the Ashkenazi congregations in London had established the United Synagogue , over which ‘ the cousinhood ’ — and pre-eminently the Rothschilds — presided . |