Example sentences of "it [num ord] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | That places it FOURTH in the premier league of top-earning ‘ industries ’ . |
| 2 | They explained it first in these terms : |
| 3 | Though 62 per cent put APR first in importance for disclosure , only 22 per cent put it first in importance among credit terms they actually consider when they are buying . |
| 4 | Within a few months of publication , however , Sony unveiled the first handheld , self-contained CD-ROM system , launching it first in Japan and then in Europe and the United States . |
| 5 | In fact her resistance to the ‘ sense ’ of the question is due to the fact that she understands it first in the context of legal discourse : ‘ She had a brief glimpse of a mediaeval bureaucrat … issuing a proclamation : ‘ From 23.59 on the 16th April 1340 , dipthongisation will be optional in the County of Kent ’ ' ( 5 ) . |
| 6 | Do n't forget to say you saw it first in Ski survey , February/March issue 1991 ! |
| 7 | Possibly de Moivre was one of Bayes 's teachers , so that Bayes may have learned of the problem directly from him , although he may equally have encountered it first in his writings or in the Observations on Man , His Frame , His Duty , And His Expectations ( 1749 ) by David Hartley [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | I noticed it first in a school photo , when I looked along the rows , she was there , only it was n't , it was a boy called Robbie Cullen . |
| 9 | For this reason , it is better to refer at some stage to the primary source of an idea , even if you came across it first in a secondary source . |
| 10 | ‘ Central Office did not know the name of the child until Wednesday morning when we read it first in the Independent and subsequently in the Daily Express . ’ |
| 11 | There was one , Robert Hardy , for instance , rumoured to be twelfth or was it twentieth in line to the throne ? |