Example sentences of "[num ord] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the features of the day will be a series of mini-lectures on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas in Action programmes , I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics and , hopefully , whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on June the fourteenth to hear more . |
| 2 | But a night-marish six at the 164-yard 17th undid all the good work and it took a birdie at the last to rescue a par round . |
| 3 | The first involves teaching the patient alternative means of dealing with the feelings of tension which precede cutting , and the second involves psychotherapeutic measures aimed at improving the patient 's self-esteem , and her ability to communicate feelings and needs . |
| 4 | The second involves more work but it means that an immersion heater can also be fitted , provided the coil is carefully positioned — see drawings on page 54 . |
| 5 | Charlton Curry , the second placed Liberal , said that Conservatism had ‘ departed once and for all ’ from Co Durham and ( with a nod to Mr Fallon and one or two of his predecessors ) was just about right . |
| 6 | Oh th these are old but these are er second repair these are these two . |
| 7 | The Duke of Bedford was appointed Grand Visitor and Samuel Whitbread the Second became Perpetual President . |
| 8 | In the ‘ rational ’ decision-making model , the policy-maker first specifies the objectives that he is trying to achieve , second musters all the evidence necessary for an analysis of alternative ways of achieving these objectives and , third , chooses the most cost-effective means of achieving these objectives . |
| 9 | The two-hour reduction will be introduced in phases , with the second becoming effective in November 199l . |
| 10 | The second involved 15 Squadron Washington WF533 which was being flown by Ken White 's crew , with F/L Rust as captain . |
| 11 | Leave the second slit open , or fill it with compost or sand , and use it to water the cuttings with a can in dry weather , without splashing and wetting the foliage . |
| 12 | The second lick this month is one of Albert Lee 's , taken from the Emmylou Harris song Two More Bottles of Wine ( from the 1978 album ‘ To Daddy ’ — Warner Bros . |
| 13 | England have been shown up for the lack of quality in their line-up , although Gooch 's illness here , Michael Atherton 's illness in Calcutta and the stupidity of leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test and Atherton on the second Test all contributed to an unexpectedly one-sided contest . |
| 14 | The teachers demonstrate and explain the progression from basic turns to parallel in the first video and the second covers various types of turn for steeper terrain . |
| 15 | The second has one twist placed in it and the third has two twists in it . |
| 16 | The first tentacle pore on the arm has no arm spines associated with it , the second has one spine the third has two and subsequent ones have three or four . |
| 17 | The first has a high impedance input and a 3-band graphic EQ with a parametric midrange control , and the second has low and high impedance inputs in conjunction with a 2-band graphic . |
| 18 | The second has more to do with society and can not be changed readily . |
| 19 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 20 | Owr unlucky 4-too defeet at Northtown was overshaded by the second sendingoff this season 4 Trever Probe after an hi kicking insident , in which the refereez jaw was broken . |
| 21 | The second came seven minutes later . |
| 22 | The second surveyed 1,500 individuals of whom half were participants in the old Job Training Scheme and the rest were a matched sample by a broad set of labour market characteristics . |
| 23 | The Terry Pratchett is his second Discworld this year , Lords and Ladies ( Corgi ) ; the Colin Dexter is of course an Inspector Morse , The Way Through the Woods ( Pan ) — it is a C format in April ; and Elvi |
| 24 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 25 | British Gas is to cut prices for domestic users by a further two per cent , the second cut this year . |
| 26 | The second excommunicated all clergy who did homage to laymen for ecclesiastical possessions , as well as those who associated with them afterwards . |
| 27 | The second challenge that management faces is giving its organization of specialists a common vision , a view of the whole . |
| 28 | I am writing to congratulate Steffi Graf on her win at Brighton as she displayed her tremendous strength by coming back from a set and 2–4 down in the second to win 5–7 6–4 6–1 , and lift the title for a record 5th time . |
| 29 | The two contentions can seem analogous , but the second concerns overt motive , the first a highly arguable interpretation . |
| 30 | The second requires much more thought . |