Example sentences of "[adv] on [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not have been difficult to fill this page with a glowing report based entirely on first impressions . |
| 2 | Mervyn Hillier died suddenly on 25th December 1990 . |
| 3 | Whilst at work , William Patterson dies suddenly on 27th September . |
| 4 | I do get nervous , but not necessarily on first nights . |
| 5 | Guardian angels had survived the Reformation , though they led a less secure existence than in the Catholic Church , which in 1621 had decreed a festival of guardian angels , to be celebrated annually on 2nd October . |
| 6 | Hayling would take over as managing editor until somebody else could be found — he 'd done well enough on last year 's dummy . |
| 7 | They did so on 3rd January 1973 and emphasised the public consternation at the government 's apparent inability to take effective action against the assassins . |
| 8 | So on first consideration it seems odd that in the early days of planning The Possessed Dostoevsky should write to his friend Maikov and describe his new venture as ‘ like Crime and Punishment but even nearer to reality , even more urgent , and directly concerned with the most important contemporary question ’ . |
| 9 | Common sense told me the news would break sooner or later , even if it was n't until my funeral , so on first being diagnosed , I had rung Clifford , with a statement to give to the press , should it become necessary , to the effect that my job was to make people forget their problems and not to talk about mine . |
| 10 | In October 1537 , a son was born but Jane died in the confinement Henry remained without a wife until January 1540 , when he married Anne of Cleves , a German princess , but that marriage was dissolved without being consummated , so on 28th . |
| 11 | He arranged by telephone to visit Florey at the Oxford laboratory and did so on 2nd September . |
| 12 | King George III was overtaken by his mental illness , so on 5th . |
| 13 | Japanese troops moved into Burma from Thailand and Malaya and advanced threateningly on Rangoon , so on 30th January 1942 my wife and three children left the city on a crowded river steamer , to go north to Mandalay and from there on by road to Maymyo . |
| 14 | Well up , well I 've only got about er , we 're only on ninth one just |
| 15 | I wish the Bill well not only on Second Reading but in Committee . |
| 16 | Anyhow — it was Lyles at play or post work recreation when they gathered two teams together on 3rd May and had a good game of football at the Cumbernauld Sports Centre . |
| 17 | The owners and crew of the " Glenad " fishing boat which was driven ashore on 2nd February write to thank all those who helped in their rescue . |
| 18 | Finally on 5th August 1902 , he committed suicide . |
| 19 | Every year for thirty-four years it came back , earning itself the name of súlukongur — ‘ king of the gannets ’ — till finally on 11th May 1894 , it was shot . |
| 20 | This never took place ; successive dates were arranged , but the House had other more pressing business , and finally on 10th August the Speaker ordered the Bill to be withdrawn . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , John was unable to recover from the hunger , thirst and cold he had endured alone for so long and he died peacefully on 3rd November , 1835 , 3 days after he was rescued . |
| 22 | MPs were taken by surprise when Labour managed to secure an emergency debate yesterday on last week 's announcement that a defeat on the social chapter would not prevent ratification of the treaty . |
| 23 | And here we find that the term is widely rather than narrowly defined to include an offence which carries a sentence of three years or more on first conviction ; or involves the use of violence ; or results in substantial financial gain ; or involves conduct by a large number of people in pursuit of a common purpose . |
| 24 | The Goldsmiths confirmed Chorleton 's re-appointment formally on 19th May 1557 , when they acknowledged that he had actually been in office since the previous Lady Day . |
| 25 | The ‘ 92 Diocesan Pilgrimage will be screened , hopefully on 17th December , the last in series . |
| 26 | Between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on 28th and 29th January , 100,000 copies of the best-selling paperbacks were on offer free to all under-25s visiting the Fnac stores . |
| 27 | The next monthly meeting of the Circle is at the Groucho Club , Dean Street , Soho , at 6 p.m. on 26th January . |
| 28 | He spoke once during the second reading debate , spoke or intervened thirteen times in committee , once on report , and once on third reading . |
| 29 | In 1841 , Sir Robert Peel had again become Prime Minister , and records illustrate that the population of Chiswick had risen to 5,811 — also on 9th . |
| 30 | Also on next month 's Megatape … |