Example sentences of "in [num] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two innermost trees were cut down in 1771 as they were considered to be impoverishing the soil and shading the flowers in the Garden , but the others stood guard by the watergate for another hundred years and no doubt caused interested comment from river travellers . |
| 2 | Even without tolls , country roads are likely to be three times as busy in 2025 as they are today . |
| 3 | The plan was essentially that first worked out in 1756 but it had now been elaborated and refined . |
| 4 | Copernicus 's astronomy was bold in 1543 because it clashed with the background assumption that the earth is stationery at the centre of the universe . |
| 5 | One in four smokers dies prematurely : of these , one in ten will die of lung cancer and more than one in eight if they smoke over 25 cigarettes a day . |
| 6 | One in four smokers dies prematurely : of these , one in ten will die of lung cancer , more than one in eight if they smoke over 25 cigarettes a day . |
| 7 | Chelsea manager Ian Porterfield was just as happy saying : ‘ It 's now seven wins in eight and I want the lads to believe in themselves . |
| 8 | Muggers went around in threes when she was out . |
| 9 | After the series in Australia , Mike Brearley announced that he would not be able to tour in 1980–1 as he wanted to continue his studies in psychoanalysis , and the England selectors decided to appoint a new captain for the start of the 1980 rubber . |
| 10 | Another time in the same club he turned to me and said , ‘ The fellow on my other side went up the Irrawaddy in 1943 and he 's been taking me back there with him . |
| 11 | I failed my school cert in French way back in 1948 so it was a question of starting out all over again . |
| 12 | He first visited Sicily while he was still an undergraduate , and it was on a second visit to the island in 1808–9 that he wrote the first of his many privately published books , a translation of Cicero 's The Last Two Pleadings … against Caius Verres ( 1812 ) . |
| 13 | Churches which escaped are likely to have paid for the privilege : the raiders had threatened to destroy Christ Church in 994 unless they were given a sum promised them by Archbishop Sigeric . |
| 14 | Hay & Maddock note that in the United Kingdom there is no statutory obligation to notify theses to any central body , and Urquhart said in 1971 that it was often more difficult to obtain sight of a British doctoral thesis than it would be to obtain copies of theses emanating from European and North American Universities . |
| 15 | I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan . |
| 16 | He married hometown girl Vera in 1971 and she has borne him five children , including twins . |
| 17 | Through his own efforts , he got together a group of people interested in the spiritual care of the blind as well as the deaf and formed the Leeds United Institution for the Blind , the Deaf and the Dumb in 1850 although it was not until 1875 that the foundation stone of their first centre was laid . |
| 18 | She left Queen 's in 1850 and it was in that year that she founded the school of which she was to be head for forty years , the North London Collegiate School for Ladies , which opened in the Buss Camden Street house on 4 April 1850 with thirty-five pupils . |
| 19 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 20 | Royal author Andrew Morton said yesterday one of Diana 's closest confidantes was aware in 1986 that she wanted to end her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 21 | It was in 1986 that she joined Gerard Kantarjian and Coenraad Bloemendal to form Canada 's Rembrandt Trio . |
| 22 | I regret that he resigned in 1986 but I have to admit that he had a point . |
| 23 | They had a son Cameron , 11 , but finally parted in 1986 after she accused him of giving her black eyes . |
| 24 | ‘ So the repairs programme was begun in 1986 and it will probably continue until the end of this decade . |
| 25 | They married in 1945 , but she died in 1986 and he has since married again . |
| 26 | A special case conference was held in 1986 because he was not thriving as he should have done . |
| 27 | The Prussian Finance Minister , von Motz , explained to the King in 1829 that he saw the economic union of Germany as the prelude to its political unification ‘ under the protection of Prussia ’ . |
| 28 | They were sufficiently impressed by his abilities to request in 1829 that he be relieved of his military duties and appointed president of the council of government on the Gold Coast . |
| 29 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 30 | Mr Lilley says his changes would save about £180m in 1995–96 but he tells the Prime Minister that Mr Portillo wants him to go further in reducing spending . |