Example sentences of "in [num] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eventually capitalized on his knowledge of Europe by publishing in 1796 both a set of five maps of the Rhine , Meuse , and Scheldt and a survey entitled A Developement of the Views and Designs of the French Nation , which sought to warn the English of certain French activities . |
| 2 | After a 15-week trial , a military court on Dec. 12 , 1989 , sentenced a police colonel to 15 years ' imprisonment for ordering the killing in cold blood of 124 unarmed inmates of Lurigancho prison in Lima in 1986 following an uprising [ see pp. 34607-08 ] . |
| 3 | Maria Carlita Rex Doran began developing the new fuel in 1980 following a government plea to scientists to devise new indigenous power sources to meet the country 's severe energy shortage . |
| 4 | In 1872 however the period was reduced to twelve months and seven days . |
| 5 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
| 6 | He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule , condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay . |
| 7 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
| 8 | Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) . |
| 9 | In the 18 years 1798–1815 inclusive , for each million tons sold there were 0.62 explosions and approximately 11 deaths ; in 1817–1834 inclusive the cost was 0.68 explosions , a 10 per cent increase , but with the loss of only 8.7 lives : for 1839–1844 , this had fallen further to 6.5 lives , But the three periods are not easily comparable ; the new production came not from the old collieries described but from new and ever deeper ones to the south and east made accessible after 1815 by steam-and-gravity operated railways . |
| 10 | In 1922 also an application was received from ‘ a few of the young ladies and the young men of the Edenderry Memorial congregation ’ for ‘ the use of the field at the rear of the church for recreation , viz. the playing of Lawn Tennis . |
| 11 | Legionnaires ' Disease was first recognised and named in 1976 following an outbreak of pneumonia amongst a group of American Legion delegates to a convention in Philadelphia . |
| 12 | There is no known plan of the arrangements at Stretford Bridge when the BCR opened , and by the time the first 1/2500 scale Ordnance Survey plan was surveyed in 1883 only the platform remained . |
| 13 | While still a student he won in 1912 both the chair and the crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Wrexham , a feat repeated by him in 1915 at the National Eisteddfod held in Bangor . |
| 14 | This contest , for Under-15s , started in 1970 following a suggestion by The Cricketer 's chairman , Ben Brocklehurst , to the ESCA President Hubert Doggart and , together with the invaluable financial help of The Lord 's Taverners , The Cricketer has been proud to organise and support this competition ever since . |
| 15 | It was introduced in 1970 following an amendment to the articles of agreement of the IMF and the formation of a special drawing account . |
| 16 | Karkeek , who died aged 55 in 1858 following an accident to his gig , qualified on 1 December 1834 . |
| 17 | His editorship ended in 1880 following a change of ownership , but in 1877 Knowles had already founded a new magazine , the Nineteenth Century , which became even more influential , bringing Knowles again into the centre of contemporary thought and politics . |
| 18 | The military strength of the CPB was seriously diminished in 1989 following a mutiny by Wa tribesmen , who constituted an estimated 80 per cent of the CPB 's membership . |
| 19 | In 1442 both the king and the dauphin , Louis , went on an expedition into Aquitaine which greatly troubled the government in London . |
| 20 | Tradition has it that at the cremation of Gautama Buddha in India in 543 BC the tooth survived the flames and was brought to Kandy in the fourth century AD . |
| 21 | In 1955 also the idea of a Children 's Church on Sunday mornings was first suggested ( thought it did not start till November 1960 ) and in December 1955 for the first time there was a Christmas tree in church . |
| 22 | The area had already been reorganised in 1968 following a report from the Local Government Boundary Commission ( LGBC ) . |
| 23 | In 1990 alone the deficit with the EEC was £13,000 million ( some £30 million per day ) ; with the rest of the world Britain 's surplus in 1990 was £2,000 million . |
| 24 | Exports to western countries increased from US$ 6.1 billion to nearly US$7.3 billion ; the number of joint ventures from 1972 to 1989 was ( in round figures ) 1,000 , whereas in 1990 alone the number of new joint ventures reached 4,000 perhaps with the help of a revival of commercial law the ‘ tortuous and costly road of socialism which leads from capitalism to capitalism ’ is made smoother and swifter . |
| 25 | In 1947 again the winter closed in after Christmas , as often happens in the Dales , only this time haytime had been ruined by a terrible summer and , in spite of the RAF airlift of fodder , many thousands of animals died of starvation . |
| 26 | In 1947 alone the figure was £643 million : |