Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [num] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved .
2 I am absolutely confident that Dr. Church and his partners are not unique and that many other doctors are in the same position , in the sense that they made financial investments during 1989-91 and the payments that they received from the fund were limited by the operation of the list size criterion .
3 It is reached from the A164 by a lane about one mile long with wide verges , or by a lane about one and a half miles long from the B1248 .
4 It was the forerunner of every luxurious railway carriage , of which the private American railroad car , popular with tycoons between 1890 and the Second World War , was the ultimate status symbol of the traveller .
5 The sparing use of the Practice Statement is confirmed by the statistics : the use of the Statement was made 39 times between 1966 and the end of 1989 , but in only 12 cases has it been applied to overrule a previous decision .
6 It has also ensured that some of the proposals , particularly those concerned with improving access to health services , have been incorporated into the federal budget plans for 1992–3 and the five yearly hospital funding agreements between state and federal governments .
7 For the last hour between half-a-million and a million starlings — impossible to estimate accurately — had been flying in from every direction .
8 Inflation is at its lowest level for three and a half years .
9 Although the miserable cold was likely to keep her awake all night — if one could sleep at all in the open air , with a raging storm about one and the fear all the time that someone might find one camped out like a vagrant !
10 Primary energy demand in Latin America will increase by some 80% between 1983 and the year 2000 with oil remaining the major fuel .
11 She suffers from deterioration of the spine , but her family claims she was left sitting on a bed without any back support for three and a half hours .
12 Once again Mining traded profitably and exceeded its budget during 1992 although the opencast coal business faces an uncertain future with the Government Review of the Coal Industry under way .
13 The effect of Christian Democrat hegemony for four and a half decades has been the perpetual incumbency of a small circle of politicians .
14 Welcome back : Still to come on Central South , a new look for nineties for the old fashioned Co-op stores .
15 ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’
16 ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says .
17 The breakdown of the old holdings continued through the next five generations between 1603 and the 1720s , and although the rate of change was no faster than before , in the end the results were dramatic .
18 Dr Spufford 's study deals with many important themes which can not be considered here , but the attention of the family historian is drawn to her conclusions about mobility into and out of the parish during the six generations between 1575 and the 1720s and to her remarks on the provision of education .
19 When the judge called the jury back this afternoon they 'd been considering their verdict for one and a half days .
20 But he gave the lion 's share of the credit for the victory to Snodin , playing his first full 90 minutes for two and a half years after a series of hamstring and knee injuries put his career in doubt .
21 I was with Suu for two and a half weeks in April and I was able to tell her that this was going to happen today .
22 The new plants were defined as those which had begun operations after 1980 while the older organisations had all been established before 1975 .
23 I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life .
24 Our results show that the pICAM-3 cDNA encodes a third ligand for LFA-1 and the LFA-1 binding site has been localized to domains I and II .
25 The company , which is projecting a $80m to $100m loss for 1992 and a sizeable loss for first quarter of 1993 ended October 31 , also cut another 200 workers before Christmas .
26 She had worked in the supermarket off Mulfords Hill for five and a half months .
27 That list when marketing group go round to sign up the estate agent for one or the other or both .
28 Nigel Gibbon has worked for the Government Legal Service in the Customs and Excise Department for three and a half years .
29 The Famous Grouse , like all the 1991 World Cup sponsors , had a first refusal option included in their contract ; in other words they are asked to make a bid for 1995 before the marketing agent goes to the open market .
30 It was Scott who launched McWilliams on his Irish career after he had come home from England where he had made his start and Pat stayed with Scott for two and a half years before moving on .
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