Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] [subord] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent the first three terms as a non-collegiate student ( a ‘ tosher ’ ) , preparing himself for Responsions by means of three hours ' daily tuition directed towards entrance scholarships to Balliol in November and Merton in January ( which he failed to win ) , and then to Lincoln College , which he won easily in March 1898 because of the mature quality of his style and approach in the general essay paper . |
| 2 | Here they were , parked a thousand metres up the dough-shaped mountain , huddled in Ellen 's Fiat 500 because despite the sun the wind outside was wicked . |
| 3 | Coal supplies from Ekibastuz in Kazakhstan were halted on Aug. 12 because of an unpaid 100 million rouble debt for previous supplies . |
| 4 | The programme was suspended in January 1991 because of the Gulf crisis , but in February legislation allowing for the 100 per cent privatization ( previously restricted to 49 per cent ) of companies in key sectors secured Parliamentary approval . |
| 5 | However , the first result is not recorded in the Standard until six months later in May 1909 although in the meantime the first bi-monthly bogey competition was played , in October 1908 , and won by C. Hubbard ( handicap 10 ) . |
| 6 | This agreement unexpectedly failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority in the Volkskammer on Aug. 9 because of the absence of some members of the coalition parties ( the vote was 258-63 ) . |
| 7 | ( Although Nakasone had theoretically resigned as faction head when he had been forced to leave the party in May 1989 because of the Recruit scandal — see pp. 36462-64 , he had continued to exercise de facto control of the faction . ) |
| 8 | On May 1 , 1991 , however , the USA suspended a ban on imports of European wines , which it had imposed in February 1990 because of the use in Europe of procymidone pesticides against fungus infestations . |
| 9 | Another son and the youngest daughter predeceased Haslam , who died at the St Pancras Hotel , London , 13 January 1927 whilst on a business trip . |
| 10 | January 1990 because of a flu epidemic … in the three months from November to January this year … officials denied today 's action was due to a shortage of funds , , |
| 11 | The true proportion of people worth less than £2 in the vale was probably closer to the 32.7 per cent in Barton near Bristol hundred than to the 14.8 per cent in Whitstone , just south of Gloucester . |
| 12 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 13 | Vítor Saúde María , who had been Prime Minister from May 1982 until his arrest in March 1984 on conspiracy charges [ see p. 32899 ] , and who was currently mayor of the capital , Bissau , was granted political asylum in Portugal on Nov. 2 while on an official mission . |
| 14 | Fiona disappeared in August 1989 while on a first wedding anniversary holiday in France with her then husband , Mark Jones , who has since remarried . |
| 15 | There were more kidnappings and hostage takings ( especially by organized gangs and during prison escapes ) in January-August 1989 than over the previous decade . |
| 16 | The most serious charges against him , including all reference to the illegal support of the contras , were dropped in June 1989 because of the Bush adminstration 's refusal to release classified documents [ see p. 36809 ] . |