Example sentences of "[num] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village of Shiptonthorpe lies a short distance west of Market Weighton on the main York to Hull road Until the year 1876 it was known as Shipton , it then amalgamated with Thorpe Le Street . |
| 2 | In 1983/4 it was deemed important to redirect resources to inner-city areas , following the race riots ( for example the weight given to the ethnic indicator in the assessment of educational needs for special remedial provision was doubled ) . |
| 3 | However among those men ‘ settled ’ in the 1890s it was over twice that , at 41 per cent . ) |
| 4 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 5 | Of all the German patriotic associations that sprang up along the eastern borders in the 1890s it was the Ostmarkenverein , the Eastern Marches Society founded in 1894 , that was to have the most profound impact on German border society . |
| 6 | Sometimes self-discovered methods were used : for example , after an epidemic of lead poisoning in Sheffield in the early 1890s it was noted that those who were poisoned had aborted . |
| 7 | In 1880 a further Education Act made schooling compulsory for children between five and ten , and in the 1890s it was established that most elementary education should be free . |
| 8 | Feast day in Bellerby used to be the Wednesday after Whitsunday , but in 1933 it was moved to Whit Monday as people no longer had a holiday on this day . |
| 9 | Either way , by 1933 it was evident how successful the holders of local socio-economic power had been in retaining it and in evading or openly flouting unwelcome legislation . |
| 10 | In 1933 it was suggested that Mosley should visit the new German leader , Adolf Hitler , and discuss with him the future of Fascism in Britain . |
| 11 | Holding , and when he finally bowled Amiss for a splendid 203 it was clear that the follow-on would not be avoided . |
| 12 | By the 1940's it was becoming more usual to conclude rather that their distinctive role was quite other than that of saying anything factual at all . |
| 13 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 14 | Over 1971 the rate of inflation was only 22 per cent , over 1972 it was 163 per cent and throughout 1973 , 508 per cent . |
| 15 | In 1970 the actual deficit measured in terms of millions of 1969 escudos was 2,317 , in 1971 it was 8,390 , in 1972 it was 10,010 and in 1973 , 12,348 . |
| 16 | owing to its early introduction in 1920 and also because of the substantial extension of its rights in 1952 and 1972 it was able to evolve into the virtual bargaining monopolist on the employees ' side at the plant level , to the extent of being considered by unions as the proper bargaining agent at that level , much more so than in other countries . |
| 17 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 18 | Set up in 1972 it was established with £3 million to help parents with the costs of some special provisions . |
| 19 | In 1972 it was decided , therefore , to discontinue the monitoring of foreign-language issues . |
| 20 | On Dec. 12 it was announced that the railway authorities of France , Belgium and the UK had agreed a pounds 580,000,000 order for 30 high-speed locomotives , intended for use on such routes . |
| 21 | On March 12 it was announced that Egypt and Iran had each decided to set up an " interests office " in the other 's capital " as a first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries " , according to Arab Republic of Egypt radio . |
| 22 | On May 12 it was announced that the Speaker of the National Assembly , Moses Kiprono arap Keino , had resigned . |
| 23 | On July 12 it was reported that Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov had been ordered to take measures against officials involved in buying their state-owned dachas ( country houses ) at vastly reduced prices . |
| 24 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that the air and naval high commands had withdrawn their support for the President , dissociating themselves from the incidents of Aug. 10 . |
| 25 | On the evening of Jan. 12 it was announced that the existing six-member High Security Council had that day , by virtue of a mandate to preserve continuity given it by the Constitutional Council , resolved " that it is impossible to continue the election process until the necessary conditions are fulfilled for the normal functioning of institutions " . |
| 26 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 27 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 28 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that a lawsuit had been filed against Henri Emmanuelli , President of the National Assembly ( lower house of Parliament ) , for alleged misuse of public funds [ see p. 39023 for Le Monde report ] . |
| 29 | In 1932–3 it was extended by a further 80m and has been a popular promenade for tourists and Madeirans ever since , as well as a good place from which to observe the activity in the harbour and marina . |
| 30 | In 1903 it was deserted by the master stevedores , who formed their own association and in 1913 a new organization came into being , the Employers ' Association of the Port of Liverpool , which stood aloof from the National Maritime Board until it was reconstituted after the first world war . |