Example sentences of "world [noun sg] [num] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only large British World War Two surface warship to have survived to the present day , HMS Belfast , is located on the Thames , just west of Tower Bridge . |
| 2 | Full Circle ( Independent Books , 380pp , illus , hbk , £14.95 ) by Ulrich Steinhilper and Peter Osborne , is the third in the trilogy of books relating the experiences of German World War Two fighter pilot Ulrich Steinhilper and completes the remarkable story of his escape from a PoW camp in Canada . |
| 3 | A MAN fell through the floor of his garden shed at Hythe in Kent — and uncovered five World War Two mortar bombs . |
| 4 | By the look of him he might well have left a genuine World War Two leather bomber jacket in the bedroom . |
| 5 | Over 1,000 World War Two era aircraft are listed with their military serial number/civil registration , status ( airworthy , being restored or in storage ) , current owner and location , plus a numerical listing of the examples of each type that are on permanent display . |
| 6 | None of the three bombs exploded because the Argentinians were using World War Two propeller bombs which need to be dropped from a great height to detonate . |
| 7 | BOMBER AIRFIELD SOCIETY is dedicated to recreating a World War Two bomber station exactly as it was , complete with aircraft . |
| 8 | World War 1 veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 9 | After World War 1 motor lorries took away a great deal of the short distance carrying from the narrow canals . |
| 10 | £5.95 During and after World War II Count Antoine Seilern , the Courtauld Institute 's major benefactor , assembled a collection of the work of Oskar Kokoschka . |
| 11 | WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BASES IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE … can be linked on a nostalgic 60 mile/100 kilometre journey through the picturesque countryside of Northamptonshire . |
| 12 | Former World War II fighter pilot Jackie , 78 , was the oldest Westerner held hostage in the Lebanon . |
| 13 | PMMA 's biocompatibility is said to have been deduced from the fact that World War II fighter pilots were found to tolerate splinters of the polymer which had become embedded in their eyes following damage to their cockpits in aerial combat . |
| 14 | And the early soldiers had to endure heavy , badly fitting World War II style combat clothes until the mid-1970s . |
| 15 | The Ovetari frescoes , on which the young Mantegna worked from 1448 to 1455 , were almost entirely destroyed in 1944 , during a World War II air raid . |
| 16 | Shortly after the outbreak of World War II rent control was imposed on all but a small number of high-grade houses . |
| 17 | At the end of World War II Lavrenti Beria ruled over two separate organisations . |
| 18 | The main complex building has tripled in size with many new Victorian and Edwardian displays , such as a bygone chemists , grocers , sweet shop , railway station , wireless shop , maid 's bedroom , photographer 's studio and a World War II street scene plus much more … |
| 19 | Ariadne 's paragraph on dissolving aniseed balls used as timing devices in a World War II limpet mine ( 10 March p 700 ) , recalls to mind another technical feature of this mine which may be of interest . |
| 20 | He was the son of a World War One Army aviator and according to his Squadron Commander Jim Parsons ‘ he was an exceptional young man , very likeable but more aggressive than most ’ . |
| 21 | Up in North Wales , Shire Hall at Llangefni , Anglesey , has a very impressive plaque in memory of World War One airship station . |
| 22 | Various collections of Battle of Britain pilots medals all sold in the £300–£350 region , whilst World War One medal collections reached higher prices in the £300–£3,000 region . |
| 23 | PROLIFIC REPLICA builders AJD Engineering recently rolled out their latest masterpiece , a Sopwith Pup constructed for American World War One aircraft collector Javier Arango . |
| 24 | Provides a ‘ period ’ look at early fighting aircraft which will be useful for the World War One aircraft buff . |
| 25 | In the college dining room , the world war 2 honours board lists Captain PSV Heenan as a hero who fell in defence of his country . |
| 26 | Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 . |
| 27 | The 19 year old lefthander created one of the biggest match upsets in 92 years of Davis Cup when he surprised world No. 1 Stefan Edberg , , in the opening singles of the first-ever World Group series played in Canada . |
| 28 | England have now won silver or bronze medals behind Russian gold five times out of five in the most recent world and Olympic team events , sufficient to establish Britain as world No. 2 chess nation . |
| 29 | AUSTRALIA 'S world No 4 Chris Robertson , who played in the British Open final at Wembley in April , has been forced to quit squash at the age of 27 with an arthritic hip . |
| 30 | In last night 's other match Croatia 's world No 4 Goran Ivanisevic beat America 's Michael Chang , 7–6 ( 7–4 ) , 6–2 . |