Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [art] [noun] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kent County cricketing team came again , beating Henley 20 — 2 although the Standard bravely reported it ‘ not to be as one-sided as it might appear ’ . |
| 2 | He will drive as Alain Prost 's No 2 after the Frenchman personally backed his recruitment . |
| 3 | The failure to gain the consent of opposition parties and the improvement in the situation led to the dropping of the second proposal in 1934 and the Cabinet then decided that the matter should be put on ice unless the position deteriorated and immediate legislation was thought necessary . |
| 4 | But it was not until the autumn of 1981 that the bombshell finally exploded . |
| 5 | It was when the draft for a document on revelation was presented in November 1962 that the Council really began to experience the creative polarization that was to shape its whole history . |
| 6 | However , even Iran 's interest in CENTO dwindled in the 1970s and the Pact finally collapsed at the end of the decade when both Iran and Pakistan withdrew . |
| 7 | The government of George I and the Whigs never lost its credibility , but retained the support of a substantial proportion of the traditional ruling class and probably a higher proportion of the mass of the population than is usually realised . |
| 8 | Cork linoleum was produced in Lancaster from 1887 and the firm rapidly became the largest of its type in Britain , with important overseas interests including a factory in Antwerp and major colonial markets . |
| 9 | The Labour government took powers to introduce charges for dentures , spectacles and appliances , but it was not until the financial crisis of 1951 that the government finally brought itself to introduce charges for these items , in the wake of the economic crisis brought about by rearmament and the Korean war . |
| 10 | But the siege was to drag on into the summer of 1098 before the fortress finally capitulated and Rodrigo was able to enter in triumph and order Mass to be sung in one of the main squares . |
| 11 | Of £50 million that the government then made available to encourage mining companies , only about £10 million had been taken up by the middle of last year ( see above ) . |
| 12 | The County Infirmary , the voluntary hospital south of the river , had been open to receive patients from 1803 and the directors duly subscribed 10 guineas per annum , later increased to £21 , so that sick paupers could be sent there . |
| 13 | The Heath government fell in 1974 and the Box largely fell at the same time . |
| 14 | The paper would need a minimum circulation of 300,000 to make money , and with an annual expenditure of £13.3 million would make an annual profit of £6.4 million if it reached a circulation of 500,000 But the idea never got off the ground . |
| 15 | 353 and the cases there cited . |
| 16 | The Griffiths Report was published in early 1988 but the government then fell silent . |
| 17 | The aim to clear applications within six weeks was achieved from August to December 1990 but the backlog then rose to eight weeks as applications increased . |