Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , the 1957 figure is replaced by the mean of years 1955 to 1959 , i.e. and so on . |
| 2 | Ziegler ( 1978 ) , in his discussion of the Mass Observation records on the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 , records that the two most commonly cited reasons for supporting the coronation were that it created wealth and that it united the nation . |
| 3 | Perhaps the last occasion on which they figured at all prominently was at the coronation of Alexander II of Russia in 1856 . |
| 4 | If correct , this apparently means that it was after the conquest of Norway in 1028 and therefore after he attended the imperial coronation of Conrad II of Germany in Rome in 1027 . |
| 5 | He was certainly present there at the imperial coronation of Conrad II at Easter ( 26 March ) 1027 , and the Letter states his intention of returning to Denmark to make peace . |
| 6 | He had to wait until the coronation of Richard II before receiving an earldom , and his endowment with part of the Bohun inheritance was scarcely sufficient for one of his rank . |
| 7 | At the coronation of Francis II in 1559 a queue , a cask of ninety-six gallons , cost between 11/8d. and 15/10d. , whilst at the coronation of Charles IX in 1561 , just two years later , a queue had risen to between 23/4d. and 28/4d . |
| 8 | In 1787 it saw the première of Mozart 's Don Giovanni , with Mozart conducting , and in 1791 his La Clemenza di Tito , commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia . |
| 9 | It owes its name to the fact that it was used as the floor covering at the coronation of Frederik IV in 1699 , and that of all subsequent absolute kings . |
| 10 | Fourteen years later , at the coronation of Henry III in 1575 , it was between 45&shilling and 62&shilling . |
| 11 | ON THIS DAY : In 1429 , the coronation of Henry VI of England took place . |
| 12 | The attentive listener present at the English coronation of Henry VI in 1429 would have heard the young king being exhorted to avenge injustices ( ‘ ulciscaris iniusta ’ ) and to be ‘ the powerful defender of his country … triumphant over the enemy ’ ( ‘ sit fortissimus protector patrie … triumphator hostium ’ ) . |
| 13 | These included the restoration of Scottish peerages forfeited after the rebellion of '45 , the continuation of the Scottish currency , and — to me most dramatic and romantic of all — his discovering in a locked box in Edinburgh Castle the ancient regalia of Scotland ; the crown and sceptre and sword of state with which the kings of Scotland had always been crowned , and which had last been used at the coronation of Charles II at Scone . |
| 14 | At the coronation of Francis II in 1559 a queue , a cask of ninety-six gallons , cost between 11/8d. and 15/10d. , whilst at the coronation of Charles IX in 1561 , just two years later , a queue had risen to between 23/4d. and 28/4d . |
| 15 | The English saw the coronation of Charles VII at Reims as a considerable threat to their authority . |
| 16 | An interesting example of this superstition concerns the coronation of Edward IV on 4 March 1461 . |
| 17 | Barron served as a gold staff officer at the coronation of George V in 1911 . |
| 18 | The bulk of Book 1 of the Essay consists of arguments against innateness . |
| 19 | With the coming into force of Part 1 of the Control of Pollution Act on 14th June 1976 came a further means of controlling odours emanating from premises used for the disposal of ‘ controlled waste ’ , that is household , industrial and commercial waste , or any such waste defined by s.30(1) of that Act , especially where the odour is due to bad housekeeping , bad handling or spillages of waste . |
| 20 | These Rules shall come into force on the coming into force of section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 . |
| 21 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 22 | This receptiveness increased with the succession of Louis XVI in 1774 , for he was interested in the navy and his chief minister , the Count de Maurepas , was a former Minister of Marine . |
| 23 | There have been numerous calls for a more positive statement of the right to demonstrate peacefully , perhaps by the incorporation of Article 11 of the ECHR as part of domestic law . |
| 24 | On this last point they were reassured by the Governor 's mention of December 1948 as the outside date for this . |
| 25 | CAIRN ENERGY , the Edinburgh oil and gas exploration and production company , achieved a big turnround last year by returning to profits , after suffering a huge loss of £27.6 million in 1991 , caused by exceptional write-downs . |
| 26 | He made a loss of £100 000 from his long position in shares , but this was more than offset by his profit of £118 000 from his short futures position . |
| 27 | But an exceptional item of £11.7 million covering write-offs and redundancy costs will result in a loss of £9 million in the year to January 25 . |
| 28 | This example shows that tailing has more than prevented the loss of £22 424 from meeting variation margin payments . |
| 29 | The figure , which compares with a loss of £112 million in 1991 , is thought to have been topped only by a near-£1.8 billion loss recorded by British Steel while still in state hands in 1979-80 . |
| 30 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |