Example sentences of "[num] were [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kazakhstan on Oct. 25 and Kirghizia on Oct. 30 were the last of the 15 union republics to issue sovereignty declarations . |
| 2 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 3 | Fortunately , those 600 were the last for those shoes as Nike came round with a pair , but Zarei did seem disappointed at the lack of regular sponsorship . |
| 4 | Likewise , most closures by multi-plant firms in ‘ assisted areas ’ after 1977 were the first closures by the respective firms in this country and in that product heading . |
| 5 | It was the first of the total rejections of a previous régime which sent the supporters of that régime into exile , and the exiles of 1814 were the first representatives of a phenomenon typical of Spanish politics throughout the nineteenth century : ‘ a trans-Pyrenean colony ’ with no alternative but to plot the overthrow of the government by revolution . |
| 6 | Elections to a new House of Representatives in November 1989 were the first for 22 years [ see pp. 37052-53 ] . |