Example sentences of "the [num] and [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This and other changes that year made an important contribution to the wave of inflation which beset the oil-consuming world for the rest of the 1970s and led to the formation of IEA towards the end of 1974 . |
| 2 | Francis Scaife died in the 1920s and left to Pocklington monies towards the building of a swimming pool , which turned from a dream into a reality in the 1960s through the legacy and much fundraising . |
| 3 | The two leaders expressed enthusiasm in developing closer ties between their countries during the 1990s and referred to the Malta summit in December 1989 [ see pp. 37110-12 ] as a turning point in their relations and in the disarmament talks . |
| 4 | They took to each new form of transport enthusiastically , motoring across Europe and the States in the twenties and taking to the air in the thirties . |
| 5 | Indeed , " the main theme " of the book is the argument that the triangular pattern of cooperation between government and the two sides of industry built up a new form of harmony which lasted until the mid-sixties and led to the trade unions and employers ' associations being elevated to a new sort of status so that they became " governing institutions " sharing some of the political power and attributes of the state itself . |
| 6 | It was ultimately the inability of the access streets to cope with a hugely increased traffic problem which choked the markets to death in the 1960s and led to their demolition . |
| 7 | Making up yardage charts started in America in the late 1950s , took off in the 1960s and came to Britain in the 1970s . |