Example sentences of "[verb] the [num ord] hurdle [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they pass that test they still have to pass the second hurdle of being " in consumer use " when the defect arises . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Tom McKean was relieved to avoid one of his familiar acts of self-destruction as he successfully negotiated the first hurdle of his quest for gold in the 800m . |
| 3 | Thus the F.C.C. was held to have surmounted the first hurdle of entitlement to enter the inquiry , but fell at the second because it had misconstrued the meaning of successor in title . |
| 4 | Welsh wizard Jackson , who took silver in Seoul , hit the fourth hurdle in his second round heat and nearly fell . |
| 5 | It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered . |