Example sentences of "in [adj] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Simmons 's departure in 1934 the situation deteriorated and escapes became a major problem , to such an extent that a most unusual political event occurred . |
| 2 | In 1176 the League defeated Barbarossa at Legnano to the north-west of Milan . |
| 3 | In 1891 the Society conducted a ‘ Census of Hallucinations ’ throughout the country and Mr W. T. Stead , the journalist , assisted by enclosing some 100,000 census papers in the Review of Reviews which he edited . |
| 4 | In 1891 the family emigrated to Cape Colony , and his father lectured at Victoria College , Stellenbosch ( later Stellenbosch University ) and was in charge of a college hostel . |
| 5 | But in private the department held deep reservations about the benefits of fresh legislation and about its purity protagonists . |
| 6 | In 1943 a bomb entered the apex of the south wall , passed through the building and demolished the north wall , completely destroying the organ . |
| 7 | The three cases described by the Health Service Commissioner differed in detail , and in each the Commissioner came to slightly different conclusions . |
| 8 | in 1971 the pub attracted the police 's attention when a supply of electrical goods were found on the premises . |
| 9 | In 1850 the atmosphere contained only 0.028 per cent CO 2 : that is 280 parts per million ( ppm ) . |
| 10 | In 1850 the town had 50 jet workshops . |
| 11 | In 1986 the landlord granted permission for the defendant company to assign to M. , the first defendant , who likewise covenanted directly with the landlord to pay the rent and observe the other covenants , and an assignment was entered into whereby the lease was assigned to M. for the residue of the term . |
| 12 | In 1986 the government appointed Sir Roy Griffiths , the private sector consultant behind the earlier general management reforms in the NHS , to carry out an inquiry into community care . |
| 13 | In 1986 the government launched a second scheme under the title of ‘ Helping the Community to Care ’ . |
| 14 | In 1986 the government reversed itself and cut employers ' contributions to the fund ( though they have since been allowed to rise again ) . |
| 15 | In 1986 the minister set BR the target of a further 25 per cent reduction by 1990 . |
| 16 | In 1986 the fund paid out £1.3 million to customers of fifteen failed holiday firms . |
| 17 | In 1986 the group recruited Victor Millar from accountants Arthur Andersen to head its consulting business . |
| 18 | Back in 1986 the president accused the Ewes of mounting a failed coup against him , claiming that the plot involved Ghana 's leader , Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings ; Mr Rawlings is an Ewe on his mother 's side ( his father was Scottish ) . |
| 19 | In 1970 , 75 per cent of the population saw TV at some point during the day and in 1986 the figure had not risen much further to 78 per cent . |
| 20 | But in 1986 the governor led a successful campaign by the state 's voters to remove the chief justice , Miss Rose Bird , and her two liberal colleagues . |
| 21 | On the repeal of the acts in 1886 The Shield had ended its campaign . |
| 22 | In 1419 the town suffered greatly because of the Hussite Wars , with many of the churches being destroyed and their contents damaged or the churches merely being left incomplete . |
| 23 | But in 1935 the Legislature decided to take the second and more straightforward course . |
| 24 | On his death in 1707 the empire fragmented . |
| 25 | In 1980 the government raised various benefits , including those for the sick and the unemployed , by 5 per cent less than the current rate of inflation , though the abatement was restored in 1983 when the benefits were made subject to tax . |
| 26 | In 1980 the government published a report Lead and Health , which , says Price is ‘ now notorious ’ . |
| 27 | In 1980 the Inspectorate published a discussion document A view of the curriculum . |
| 28 | Since then , a much smaller decline has occurred and in 1980 the work-force numbered slightly more than 350,000 . |
| 29 | In 1980 the industry sold goods worth £7700 million . ) |
| 30 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |