Example sentences of "[pron] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exploratory talks were held in Beijing on in November and December [ see pp. 37860 ; 37818 ] , after which a first round of full normalization talks was held in Pyongyang in late January 1991 and a second in Tokyo in mid-March [ see p. 38098 ] . |
| 2 | The first mineral to crystallize is usually olivine , which carries on crystallizing as the magma cools until a temperature is reached at which a second mineral , pyroxene , begins to appear , and then , as the temperature drops still further , these two continue to crystallize together . |
| 3 | Of the 9,009 papers those on which a second preference was indicated were transferred in the same way as Paisley 's surplus . |
| 4 | The figure by which a second borrower 's income can be multiplied , or by which the two incomes added may be multiplied . |
| 5 | It did n't help that , intellectually , I knew that she was reliving her own feelings about the way in which a second child — me — had wrecked her marriage . |
| 6 | The lesions may present at any age and they have always been recorded as solitary , except in one case , and possibly in anothr , in which a second polyp was resected from the site of anastomosis of the previous operation six months before . |
| 7 | Several were in groups of four , three standing slabs of stone over which a fourth lay as a roof , others lay tumbled in meaningless heaps , but still others seemed to be set in distinguishable lines and circles . |
| 8 | THE first black woman MP represents a poor area in which a third are non-whites and health and housing are big issues . |
| 9 | The possessions of William Willesley of Leckhamstead , who died in 1521 , amounted to 57s. 9d. , of which a third represented the value of three mares , while the rest consisted of clothes and bedding . |
| 10 | We are saying much the same thing when we derive the antithesis between sexuality and civilization from the circumstance that sexual love is a relationship between two individuals in which a third can only be superfluous or disturbing , whereas civilization depends on relationships between a considerable number of individuals . |
| 11 | Finally , an act of aggression is coercive and , unlike the commencement of proceedings which accords with the obligation upon States to settle disputes peacefully , involves the commission of an illegal act to which a third party must respond . |
| 12 | This draft also has a separate provision relating to the imposition of conditions by the parties to a treaty , which a third party must observe if it wishes to take advantage of the relevant right . |
| 13 | Adhesion is not defined in the Vienna Convention but is accepted as a way in which a third party can become bound to certain parts of a treaty , but not its entirety . |
| 14 | The frontage was subsequently occupied by a building ( 3a ) on lias and Hamstone footings , measuring 18 by 6.5 m ( 59 by 21 ft ) , which originally comprised two rooms to which a third was added on the north . |
| 15 | Price Waterhouse surveyed 120 companies across Scotland of which a third were reckoned by the respondents to be appropriate for an MBO . |
| 16 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 17 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 18 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 19 | Checking his watch , he poured himself a last drink and sank into one of the easy chairs before the fire . |
| 20 | The left-armer denied himself a sixth by wasting a cowardly bouncer on Malcolm . |
| 21 | The Undo command gives you a second chance when you delete a block of text in error by allowing you to replace it in the document exactly where it came from . |
| 22 | It throws into combat the best players from all corners of the country and , unlike the old final trial game , it gives you a second chance if you play badly first time out . |
| 23 | And you are left in this condition during the operation , then at the end of the operation they give you a second injection that reverses the first one that paralysed you . |
| 24 | All of these recommendations , however , are only to give you a first taste of the scope of theatrical writing . |
| 25 | This would help to ensure that you have mastered its main ideas on this crucial topic , and give you a first taste of the strategy in practice . |
| 26 | They 've just given you a first read . |
| 27 | So do n't forget the one thousand who do n't think any of them are a good team , add all those up and that will give you a fourth equation . |
| 28 | My second Oscar was entirely due to Morecambe and Wise and they sent me a telegram to prove it : ‘ Stick with us and we 'll get you a third ’ , I think it was . |
| 29 | ‘ I give you a third of the buy-price of the Degas . ’ |
| 30 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |