Example sentences of "[noun prp] in [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Brady turned down the loan deal — Boro keeper Steve Pears was injured — because he says he needs Bonner as cover for Gordon Marshall in next week 's UEFA Cup tie with Cologne . |
| 32 | Graham rated Dixon , who scored an own goal against Coventry in last season 's corresponding game , as Arsenal 's man-of-the-match in Monday 's 2–1 win at Crystal Palace , a result which increased the club 's winning run to five successive League games . |
| 33 | He can play himself into a commanding position — as he did against Courier in the French Open , Wheaton at Wimbledon and Sampras in last year 's ATP final — and then somehow , his judgement deserts him , every time . |
| 34 | Bert Whoriskey in third place also on 38pts missed his opportunity with an unfortunate six at the last . |
| 35 | And I 'm , I 'm faxing erm I 'm sorry , I 'm not gon na fax it , I 'm just going to send a letter to national office about The Savoy in First Leisure . |
| 36 | ( He thinks of Marlon Brando in Last Tango . ) |
| 37 | Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come . |
| 38 | The ‘ B ’ competition was won by Ropley , with Anstey B runners-up and St. Michaels in third place . |
| 39 | All the rafts reached the finish line at Chepstow , but for Herefordshire , it was disappointing to see a crew from the Home Counties win , with a raft from Cheshire in second place . |
| 40 | The Open Software Foundation will launch the next version of its Distributed Computing Environment , DCE 1.2 , at UniForum : it also confirmed version 1.2 of OSF/1 , released last month , is X/Open Co Ltd Portability Guide 4-compliant and says it plans to launch a full-featured Mach microkernel version of OSF/1 in first quarter 1994 . |
| 41 | The man who so impressed Jack Nicklaus in last year 's Open struck a four iron to eight feet for a two at the next and added three more birdies . |
| 42 | WC apps : 5 This is the Romanians ' first appearance in the finals since 1970 and after Steaua Bucharest 's supine performance against Milan in last season 's European Cup final it might be unwise to expect too much . |
| 43 | But Patterson was knocked down more times than any heavy-weight champ — with Joe Louis in second place . |
| 44 | Miss Cassan , 26 , gave notice of her ability when second behind Michael Whitaker and Monsanta in last year 's Silk Cut Jumping Derby at Hickstead , on Treffer , also owned by Fred Brown . |
| 45 | THE PROSPECT of a shake-up in the West German science establishment is being discussed in Bonn , following the runaway victory of Chancellor Helmut Kohl in last week 's general elections . |
| 46 | Ian McCulloch won the first round with Colin Sproull and Eddie in second and third place . |
| 47 | While Beck 's adventures were cut short , Nick Faldo , beaten by Lyle in last year 's final , went into overtime against David Frost of South Africa before coming through on the 38th hole . |
| 48 | John Reynolds was the top British qualifier in 17th place , with Shaun Emmett in 20th , McWilliams 24th , Niall Mackenzie 26th and Alan Scott , 31st . |
| 49 | Snooker : Stacey Hillyard , the women 's world number two , is the star name at the Braintree Sportsman Snooker Club Pro-Am today , which carries a £1,000 first prize.The financial package , with £400 to the runner-up , £100 to the semi-finalists and £40 to the quarter-finalist , has secured 96 entries.Mark King , who beat Peter Ebdon in last year 's final , defends his title . |
| 50 | The U's boss was not happy with the physical tactics employed by Rochdale in last Saturday 's 5–2 defeat at Spotland . |
| 51 | Darlington 's John Bradley ( Bath University ) is also in the third spot in the 100m butterfly , with Tynemouth 's David Warren in fifth place . |
| 52 | After Maban Dane had finished 14th ( 91.39 ) , Colchester Walkers ' John Hedgethorne reversed recent form to clock 94.48 in 15th , Glen Robertson came home 17th ( 96.25 ) , ahead of brother Duncan in 19th ( 98.54 ) . |
| 53 | So was Mr Lamont in last year 's , pre-election , Budget : ‘ I have no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT . ’ |
| 54 | Besides China in second place , India comes in at fifth place in the league , and Mexico and Brazil are also both bigger than Canada , currently the G7 's seventh man . |
| 55 | Jim Smith , the manager whose shrewd tactical plan stifled Liverpool in last week 's 1–1 draw at Highbury , has called for a 10 per cent improvement from his players in tonight 's replay — and more of the same from the supporters . |
| 56 | For the first time the report also compiled a " human freedom index " ( HFI ) which placed Sweden in first place and Iraq last . |
| 57 | Gothenburg showed their 3-1 victory in Holland two weeks ago was no fluke and fired a warning shot that Milan can expect a fight in Sweden in next month 's group B semi-final match . |
| 58 | Frank is driven out in the darkest darkness in Leeds , but he got a golden oppurtunity when he was selected for Drillos squad to play USA [ and Costa Rica — killers of Sweden in last WC for those who remember — my comm. ] later this month . |
| 59 | With Team 1 first Team 2 second and Ralph , Carter and Joseph in third the glass doors were smashed open . |
| 60 | Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s . |