Example sentences of "[noun] [num] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In brief , the consideration is split into six equal portions and one-sixth is taxed as the vendor 's income under Schedule D Case VI in each year for six years , unless the vendor elects , within two years , for the whole sum to be taxed in the year in which it is received . |
| 2 | The admission by the government on March 1 of the extent of illegal exports of arms and ancillary equipment to Iraq ( valued at about DM1,000 million ) and the initiation on March 12 of criminal proceedings against persons involved in exporting poison gas to Iraq further heightened controversy [ see also pp. 38020 ; 38298 ] . |
| 3 | The second round of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations between North Korea and Japan ended in Tokyo on March 12 after two days with no progress on the issues of compensation and inspection of nuclear facilities , as had been the case in the first round held on Jan. 30-31 in the North Korean capital Pyongyang . |
| 4 | to offer to the holders of ordinary shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company ( ‘ Ordinary Shares ’ ) the right to elect to receive an allotment of new Ordinary Shares , credited as fully paid , in lieu of all or part of the final cash dividend in respect of the financial year of the Company ended on 31st March 1993 in all respects in such manner as may be determined by the directors on the basis and subject to the conditions of the circular dated 21st June 1993 sent to the members of the Company by the Company and , in particular , such that the aggregate nominal value of the new Ordinary Shares which such holders may elect to receive may exceed the aggregate cash dividend which they would otherwise be entitled to receive ; and |
| 5 | The model is constrained by observed long-term mean seasonal concentrations of CH 4 , CO , O 3 , H 2 O and temperature to predict concentrations of OH , HO 2 and H 2 O 2 for each hour of the year . |
| 6 | Fuels that emit a large volume of CO 2 for each unit of energy produced will attract a high tax . |
| 7 | The new release conforms to the Open Software Foundation 's Application Environment Specification on the Series 700 for increased portability among Foundation systems ; Posix 1003.2 , which standardises the Posix shells and command set across Unix system to aid portability between Posix-compliant systems ; FDDI support ; Worldwide Portability Interface , providing a standardised interface for writing international programs as specified by X/Open Portability Guide 4 ; X 11.5 with up to 25% interactive performance increase over X11.4 ; OSF/Motif 1.2 with drag-and-drop mechanism for moving objects and exchanging data between applications ; and System V streams support . |
| 8 | Bielecki 's proposals for the composition of a new Council of Ministers were presented on Jan. 5 and accepted by the Sejm on Jan. 12 by 272 votes to four , with 62 abstentions . |
| 9 | Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra González resigned on Jan. 12 after eight years in office ; as of the end of January he had not been replaced . |
| 10 | After years of acrimonious dispute , the president of Brazil , Fernando Collor de Mello , has announced the demarcation of 94,000km 2 of northern Brazil as the territory of the Yanomami , the largest Indian group in the Amazon rainforest . |
| 11 | Faced with the progressive disintegration of the SED-PDS , Modrow called at the ninth round table meeting on Jan. 22 for immediate talks on a grand coalition . |
| 12 | When Archbishop Bradwardine preached before Edward III after English victories at Crécy and Neville 's Cross in 1346 he claimed that God granted victory to whomever he willed , and he had willed to grant it to the virtuous . |
| 13 | The whole matter of quantitative information about stock — particularly when used to diagnose stock revision requirements — is explored in more detail in Chapter 10 of this book on ‘ logistics ’ . |
| 14 | It is the interpretation of the utterance in context which permits the hearer to draw such inferences ( see Chapter 7 for further discussion of inferences ) . |
| 15 | The story of Richard III in particular sets up the basic rule of the tragedy principle within representation , which is that fate must be made physical on the body . |
| 16 | What they wanted to provide very rarely brought expenditure close to this ceiling , so they had little problem in deciding whether the project could or could not cost-effectively support a client ( see Chapter Six for further details of the cost of care ) . |
| 17 | JO DURIE , Clare Wood and Anne Hobbs did their best to banish a nine-month-old nightmare yesterday when they defeated Indonesia 3-0 in some style in the first round of the Federation Cup here . |
| 18 | The list of n-grams collected was first built into a binary tree structure for ease of searching before comparison takes place ( see chapter three for further discussion of memory structures ) . |
| 19 | Sahibzada Yaqub Khan , the Foreign Minister of Pakistan , arrived in New Delhi on Jan. 21 for three days of talks with Indian leaders , including I. K. Gujral , the Minister of External Affairs . |
| 20 | The first anniversary of the Gulf war was marked on Jan. 17 by conflicting estimates of the total number of Iraqi civilians killed during the Gulf war . |
| 21 | Rule 7.23(1) provides that ‘ a person ’ may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal against various specified matters and amongst those matters is ‘ a notice under Chapter II of this Part of these Rules . ’ |
| 22 | Mr. Collins seeks to avoid this difficulty by referring to rule 7.23(1) , which provides ‘ a person may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal … against a notice under Chapter II of this Part of these Rules , ’ that is to say , against a prohibition notice . |
| 23 | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki was approved by the Sejm ( lower house of the National Assembly ) as Prime Minister on Jan. 4 by 276 votes to 58 , with 52 abstentions , following his nomination by President Lech Walesa on Dec. 29 , 1990 . |
| 24 | ‘ No person shall carry on … investment business in the United Kingdom unless he is an authorised person under Chapter III or an exempted person under Chapter IV of this Part of this Act . |
| 25 | Emulating Lithuania , the Latvian Supreme Soviet decided on Jan. 11 by 225 votes to nine , with 20 abstentions , to abolish the clauses in Article 6 of the Latvian Constitution guaranteeing the " leading role " of the Communist Party . |
| 26 | That 's tension 0 on both carriages on standard gauge machine . |
| 27 | That marriage forms and the role of women in society are not ‘ God-given ’ is clearly demonstrated in Chapter 7 on the family and Chapter 5 on sexual divisions in society . |
| 28 | We have seen how Clement saved Edward I by papal taxation of the clergy and by suspension of Archbishop Winchelsey . |
| 29 | Move on to the next candidate , make this the active word , and repeat steps 1-3 for all candidates in the data . |
| 30 | Move on to the next candidate , make this the active word , and repeat steps 1-3 for all candidates in the data . |