Example sentences of "[adj] as [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 2 | After completing a core course in foundation subjects in general and applied linguistics , MSc students put together a personal programme of options chosen from a set of more than 25 courses ranging from highly practical topics like language teaching methodology , language testing , teacher education etc. to theoretical and descriptive studies such as second language acquisition , socio/psycho-linguistics , pedagogical descriptions and literary stylistics . |
| 3 | An admissible algorithm such as breadth-first or A* is guaranteed to find the optimal path through a graph such as the one in Figure 8.4 . |
| 4 | Mozart wrote several symphonies during the Italian visits , some displaying Italian influences such as first movements with little or no development sections , or linked first and second movements . |
| 5 | Failure of these countries to join the convention and to register as pioneer investors would mean loss of privileges such as first pick on available mining sites and any priority in the allocation of production authorisations . |
| 6 | Much of the catechesis in Primary School is linked to events such as first reception of the sacraments , which tends to strengthen the bonds of home , school and parish . |
| 7 | The glossary has been increased to include the latest computer terms — such as fourth generation languages , viewdata , and mouse . |
| 8 | And until that changes — which is to say until human nature does — the opinion polls , spot on as they frequently are , will continue to experience gratifying humiliations such as last week 's . |
| 9 | For most of the time there was no editorial pressure , though extrinsic factors , such as last minute ads , could suddenly , and annoyingly , reduce my space . |
| 10 | Although it may have mishandled some details , such as last week 's round of Arab-Israeli talks ( see page 65 ) , its big decisions — to bring its troops swiftly home , to maintain the siege around Iraq , to establish a haven for Iraqi Kurds and to push Israel and the Arabs into long-overdue negotiation — have mostly been right . |
| 11 | Major air crashes , such as last September 's accident in Amsterdam and the United Airlines DC 10 engine break-up at Sioux City in 1989 , have been attributed to structural failure , and have brought under scrutiny the reliability of airframe inspection techniques . |
| 12 | Regardless of the Indonesian investigation , will the Minister tell us exactly what the Government intend to do to convey to Indonesia the message that the international community simply will not tolerate outrages such as last week 's massacre of innocent mourners in East Timor ? |
| 13 | Now , however , celebrities tend to give their time to causes rather than direct events — though the occasional deserving disasters , such as last year 's Jamaican hurricane , squeeze through . |
| 14 | Er , sometimes it 's for tax reasons , sometimes it 's for er , for , for , for erm , er , reasons such as last year when er , we wrote down our , our stake by some seventy one million erm , it was because at that point the financing for B Sky B was not yet er , at all clear because the shareholders had been unable to agree at that point erm , that they would guarantee the two hundred or so million that er , needed to go in before the er , project became successful and so there was a genuine doubt on the financing . |
| 15 | The Coalition is able to organise events which all the opposition parties attend , such as last weekend 's conference to respond to the Government 's stock-taking announcement . |
| 16 | The MOI could also be helpful in liaising between film companies and government departments , and even put finance into the occasional film such as 49th Parallel ( 1941 , The Invaders in US ) , Powell-Pressburger's skilful piece of star-studded propaganda . |
| 17 | Frinton 's broad residential streets have names such as Third Avenue , or Fourth Avenue , but the resemblance to Manhattan is only nominal . |
| 18 | This tip can also be useful for utilities such as third party print spoolers and other programs that need to ‘ see ’ what you are sending to a port . |
| 19 | The United Nations should itself play a greater role , especially in issues such as Third World development , environmental assistance and the peaceful use of outer space . |
| 20 | In one of the book 's earliest essays , titled Feminism a Transformational Politic , Hooks argues that some white feminists incorrectly locate the roots of wide-ranging global crises such as third world famine , ecological devastation , industrial contamination and the possibility of nuclear destruction solely in the fact of patriarchal domination . |
| 21 | Liberal MP for Hull for twenty-five years , was elevated to the peerage in 1904 as first Baron Nunburnholme . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not prepared to go all around the world with England any more as third or fourth choice . ’ |
| 23 | Creevey was educated at Newcome 's School , Hackney , which favoured ‘ the sons of noblemen and gentlemen ’ , from c .1780 to 1787 , when he was admitted to Queens ' College , Cambridge , whence he graduated in 1789 as seventh wrangler . |
| 24 | Forte chief executive Rocco Forte , who was elected unopposed as first president of the BHRCA , told the AGM at London 's Inn on the Park that the new name ‘ is more appropriate for the challenges we will face in the future ’ . |