Example sentences of "[num] [noun prp] [noun prp] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In 1985 Mr Carway was given two suspended sentences , one in the UK for possession of cannabis , and another in Ireland for cheque fraud .
2 On March 7 Jean-Luc Dehaene was appointed Prime Minister in place of Wilfried Martens , who had held the post for nearly 13 years as the head of nine different coalitions .
3 In the first series of experiments , a bolus of saline labelled with 9 9 m Tc DTPA was instilled 20 cm proximal to the ICJ and transit was assessed three hours later by the geometric centre of the spread of isotope .
4 On Feb. 13 Xenofon Zolotas was reappointed Prime Minister at the head of a non-party caretaker government — similar to that formed to oversee the general election of Nov. 5 — which would hold office until a general election already scheduled for April 8 .
5 On June 8 Andre Milongo was elected Prime Minister with the power to appoint members of the government and with control over the armed forces .
6 On 8 October Christie 's sold fifty-four of eighty-three lots in its sale of Impressionist and modern art and raised $894,100 ( £522,000 ) , and 108 of 155 lots in its marginally more interesting sale of contemporary art which totalled $1.92 million ( £1.12 million ) .
7 ENGLAND No 1 Peter Marshall was crushed 15-7 , 15-12 , 15-10 by former world champion Rodney Marsh in the £85,000 Qatar international squash tournament quarter-finals in Doha .
8 British number one Jeremy Bates was over-run 6–3 , 6–2 by former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich , while Ross Matheson went down 6–3 , 6–4 to fellow qualifier David Witt of the United Sates .
9 British number one Jeremy Bates was over-run 6–3 , 6–2 by former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich , while Ross Matheson went down 6–3 , 6–4 to fellow qualifier David Witt of the United Sates .
10 A Cabinet reshuffle took place in March 1990 ; on Aug. 28 Habib Boulares was appointed Foreign Minister [ see pp. 37333 ; 37668 ] .
11 On 23 May 1983 a receiving order was made , and on 11 November 1983 Mr. Dennis was adjudicated bankrupt .
12 The first local man who can be described as a manufacturer was Thomas Dunkley , who was born in 1802 and who began his working life as a shoemaker ; in 1851 William Dunkley was employing fifty men and twenty women and concentrating on a range of cheaper shoes .
13 On 30 June 1988 Mr. Page was given three months ' notice terminating his appointment on the grounds of redundancy .
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