Example sentences of "[prep] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four years after first wanting to sell , Allison Gregg and Alan Neale hope they have found a way out of their flat and their nightmare . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought we agreed no more after first 500 unless get all captives , ’ read Alton Keel 's notes , quoting Weinberger at the end of the day . |
| 3 | After one week of ascorbic acid ( 1 g orally daily ) his fasting gastric juice ascorbate was 692 µmol/l ( 36 hours after last oral vitamin dose ) , plasma vitamin C having risen to 128 µmol/l . |
| 4 | We set out for out next four hours stint in good spirits . |
| 5 | Other affluent Western countries , which the migrants would accept as second best , wo n't take them either . |
| 6 | Other affluent Western countries , which the migrants would accept as second best , wo n't take them either . |
| 7 | This tendency to see alternatives as second best , it is argued , inhibits decisions . |
| 8 | Following the 1948 Act efforts were made to foster a deprived child where possible and homes were regarded on the whole as second best . |
| 9 | Catherine , pictured here holding the trophy with great pride won gold and silver in the team events and a silver as second top lady in the individual masters competition . |
| 10 | All those entered on parts 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 and 9 of the SPR are now described as first level practitioners , while those entered on parts 2 , 4 , 6 and 7 are described as second level practitioners . |
| 11 | The trip must be taken between 1st January–30th June 1993 , excluding 1st–8th April . |
| 12 | Complaint about second local history book |
| 13 | GETRONICS BIDS FOR SECOND DUTCH DIGITAL CELLULAR LICENCE , TEAMED WITH RABOBANK , BACK IN THE FRAY |
| 14 | I refused to settle for second best , unless I absolutely had to , ’ she says . |
| 15 | We could become a country of citizens , not subjects , striving for excellence rather than settling for second best . |
| 16 | Japan has had to settle for second best . |
| 17 | Last week , Francis sent out the strongest possible signal that he wo n't settle for second best at Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 18 | Others were less ready to settle for second best . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Colin Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 20 | So , when it comes to replacement parts , why settle for second best ? |
| 21 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 22 | If you go for second best ( because the pressure is on to fill the job tomorrow , or because you ca n't afford the best ) you will inevitably end up at the bottom of the heap with all the other monkeys . |
| 23 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
| 24 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 25 | In the junior race last year 's newcomer winner , James Courtney from Dundrod , had to settle for second best , with Ballymoney 's Phillip Read 11th . |
| 26 | Keegan knows that Tommy will not settle for second best indefinitely and if he has decided that Srnecek is his favourite then £500,000 would represent good business . |
| 27 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 28 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 29 | Competencies for second level nurses ( parts 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 of the Register ) |
| 30 | In cells that are oscillating , the magnitude of this influx component through second messenger-operated channels is often rather small and has little effect on the intracellular level of calcium during the interval between spikes , mainly because it is rapidly sequestered by the internal stores . |