Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been caused by infected suburban foxes from the east ( where until last month there was no vaccination programme ) finding their way into the city centre and crossing what was once the border into West Berlin . |
| 2 | News of Pantisocracy had reached Cambridge before him , where at first it was the cause of disbelieving mirth . |
| 3 | Some of these are particularly striking because they occur in circumstances where at first sight one would expect nothing interesting to happen . |
| 4 | She almost wept with relief as his strong fingers closed round her hand and guided her to the safety of a broad platform of stone , where at last it was possible to stand upright . |
| 5 | He want into the huge dining room , where at last he found Alfred arranging bottles on the serving tables . |
| 6 | See I , mind you whenever I 'm late you see I can get on it for twenty pence except for first thing in morning . |
| 7 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that in my constituency there has been no major industry since 1979 , except for last year when two British companies sold their businesses to the Taiwanese ? |
| 8 | Well except for third party , how long |
| 9 | What had enriched the rich was not their insulation from imports ( rich countries do , in fact , import massively all sorts of goods ) but their success in manufactured exports , where higher prices could be commanded than for Third World raw materials . |
| 10 | Scudamore has reached the half century in 12 fewer days than during last season 's fantastic voyage into jumping history . |
| 11 | The signing was unorthodox , many of the gestures modified and difficult to read ; there was no fingerspelling at all other than of first letters of names . |
| 12 | Again , that this is the case is not contradicted by the fact that , in many spheres , I may have much more in common with first world men than with third world women . |
| 13 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 14 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 15 | In recognition of this fact , there has been a significant entrance of women into mainstream media — much more in western than in Third World countries , but to a noticeable extent in the latter as well . |
| 16 | " You 'll be better off investing in OTC stocks , " Harvard dealers urged ; they were paid a higher commission on OTC than on third market sales . |
| 17 | Although at first sight , the great abundance of bogs and freshwater lochs on the Outer Hebrides suggests an abundance of suitable sites for palaeoecological studies , on closer examination several are unsuitable for detailed investigation . |
| 18 | I was using a hand-pump , and then an electric pump to stimulate my milk supply , although at first I was too distressed and unmotivated to do it as often as necessary and consequently did n't produce anything when I did pump . |
| 19 | The Renaissance State consisted , at bottom , of an ever-expanding bureaucracy which , although at first a working bureaucracy , had by the end of the sixteenth century become a parasitic bureaucracy ; and this ever expanding bureaucracy was sustained on an equally expanding margin of ‘ waste ’ : ‘ waste ’ which lay between the taxes imposed on the subjects and the revenue collected by the Crown . |
| 20 | Although at first mainly farmers , by the nineteenth century many more were substantial tradesmen , manufacturers , or professional men , suffering , like the Birmingham banker Samuel Tertius Galton , from ‘ commercial weariness ’ . |
| 21 | Although at first sight the quotations reproduced above may seem to have said all that needs to be said , it will be worthwhile trying to specify exactly the mechanisms by which associative mediation theory generates the effects that need to be explained . |
| 22 | The Romans tended to be suspicious of novelty , and the word ‘ novus ’ had for them a sinister ring , although their memory of the past reminded them that change had often come about , although at first resisted . |
| 23 | Although at first , women had to wear white dustcoats and men 's hats , new uniforms were eventually provided which suited the female figure . |
| 24 | They met between George 's window and the open door at the end of the car and although at first they looked moderately at peace with each other , the encounter deteriorated rapidly . |
| 25 | But although at first the converse might appear to be true , I believe it 's actually more difficult ( and therefore expensive ) to assemble a worthwhile bass that functions with pleasing efficiency — particularly in this cost-conscious area . |
| 26 | Although at first TANU was at a disadvantage in not having its own daily paper , it probably benefited from the publicity , albeit negative , given by the Government press . |
| 27 | Although at first it was hard to connect this short , shy woman with her six feet-five and 16-stone son , the likeness between the two soon became clear . |
| 28 | ALAN CLARK , former trade minister , saved Henderson from jail by admitting Government knew of sanctions busting although at first he denied approval was given . |
| 29 | The three authors , all former Red Guards ( Li Yi Zhe was their collective pen name ) had been arrested for expressing their radical views in ‘ On Socialist Democracy and the Legal System ’ , although at first Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang had suggested that they supported the main ideas of the poster . |
| 30 | Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you . |