Example sentences of "[num] as a [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Paul ( d. 1666 ) , Particular Baptist and preacher , variously described as a tailor and a surgeon , first appears in the early 1640s as a member of the London separatist congregation of John Spencer and John Green . |
| 2 | Unofficial EC estimates suggest that provision has had to be made for about £2 billion in the £28 billion borrowing requirement for 1992–93 as a result of the policy shift . |
| 3 | The UN became heavily involved in Korean affairs from the beginning of 1948 as a consequence of the acceptance by the UN General Assembly of the American proposal that elections should be held in both parts of Korea to achieve a national assembly and then a unified government for Korea . |
| 4 | This remains the case , despite the Further Professional Option : Teaching a Community Language , which was first offered in 1986 as a part of the PGCE course at the University of London Institute of Education . |
| 5 | The Agency organized two international agreements , prepared since 1982 but signed in September 1986 as a result of the Chernobyl accident . |
| 6 | Founded in 1972 as an expression of the enthusiasm of Christians in the '60s for ‘ world poverty action ’ and ‘ action for world development ’ , SCAWD has focussed over the years on such concerns as development and disarmament , the debt crisis , the Brandt and Brundtland Commissions ' reports , and South-North : Cultures and ‘ Development ’ . |
| 7 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 8 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 9 | President François Mitterrand reorganized the Cabinet on Oct. 2 as a result of the resignation of Edith Cresson as Minister-Delegate for European Affairs . |
| 10 | Spending by British companies on research and development ( R&D ) , which dropped sharply between 1989 and 1991 as a result of the economic recession , appears to be rebounding even before any overall recovery , according to survey released last week by the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) . |
| 11 | Exiled in Venezuela for seven years , he returned to join a military-civilian junta in March 1980 [ see p. 30323 ] formed in October 1979 as a result of the threat of full-scale civil war . |
| 12 | I look back on 1975 as a year of the most painful self-scrutiny . |
| 13 | In 1922 he left his Worcester parish to run the church of St Edmund King and Martyr in Lombard Street in the City of London , a non-parochial cure , which left him free for his major postwar work as ‘ messenger ’ of the Industrial Christian Fellowship , which had come into being in 1920 as a result of the amalgamation of the Christian Social Union and the Navvy Mission Society . |
| 14 | The graveyard of the modest little church at Chapel-le-Dale is the last resting place of the many men who died from illness and disease during the construction of the Ribblehead railway viaduct in the 1870s as a result of the privations they suffered . |
| 15 | The National Association for Mental Health ( MIND ) , founded in 1946 as a result of the amalgamation of several older bodies concerned with the welfare of the mentally ill , is an important coordinating body for research and propaganda . |
| 16 | , US steam coal prices may rise by nearly 25 per cent from the mid-1990s as a result of the US Clean Air Act of 1990 . |
| 17 | But the records suggest that large flocks of Wigeon have stayed for much shorter periods in many inland localities since 1964 as a result of the generally drier conditions . |
| 18 | This number has reduced from 46 as a result of the recent re-organisation of the IBOA . |
| 19 | Peck says the St. Martin 's guild was singed out in 1388 by Richard II as an example of the corruption within the guild system , because ‘ On the feast of St. Martin … the brethren have a certain bull . ’ |
| 20 | In some hospitals , standards have improved enormously since the mid '80s as a result of the NACNE and COMA reports which found strong links between diet and health . |
| 21 | We headed north to Port de Centuri on a trip that was only 35 miles yet seemed like 135 as a result of the sheer concentration needed on the mountain roads but it was worth every second because of the incredible views . |
| 22 | Judge Edward has had a distinguished career in the law culminating with his appointment in 1992 as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities . |
| 23 | The software products arm improved sales by 2.3% to £38.8m , or the remaining 9.5% of turnover , but research and development spend in this area has been reduced from £14m in 1991 to £13.2m in 1992 as a result of the agreement with IBM . |
| 24 | The timing of notices was determined by the fact that all tenants will be protected by the Landlord and Tenant ( Licensed Premises ) Act 1990 by July 1992 as a result of the legislation that we enacted last year at the tenants ' request . |
| 25 | The competitive pressures we saw in 1992 as a result of the continuing over capacity in our industry will remain . |
| 26 | John Dalton was the younger son of a Lancashire family who feathered his nest by dubious means while carrying out the office of agent for the Earl of Lancaster as constable of Pickering Castle , a position he lost in 1322 as a result of the unsuccessful rebellion of the earl who was subsequently executed . |
| 27 | Mosley resigned from the Labour government in 1930 as a result of the Cabinet turning down his reflationary programme contained in the Mosley Memorandum . |
| 28 | ACT is reduced from 6670 to 1330 as a result of the capital gains tax offset . |
| 29 | Gold and cash reserves fell by around £2 billion as a result of the sterling crisis . |
| 30 | 1 As a result of the broadcasting bill , ITV is to act as a financial safety net if Channel Four 's advertising income falls below a certain margin of profitability . |