Example sentences of "to [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience of recession in the 1980s has redirected our attention to a longer-term temporal pattern in economic events , which was first applied to nineteenth century international change . |
| 2 | Lord Hailsham , however , used twentieth century reasoning and applied it to nineteenth century cases . |
| 3 | Among the diverse local archives , the presence in Edinburgh of the General Register Office , with access to nineteenth century vital registers as well as census enumeration books , encourages work on the demography of Scotland in the period 1855–1939 . |
| 4 | Item No 2 : is a leather decoration from the 16th to 17th century . |
| 5 | Above right : Belt and harness fittings , 16th to 17th century |
| 6 | Below left : Various buckles , 16th to 17th century together with Cask key , 17th century |
| 7 | ‘ We 're not there yet , because it 's not mathematically certain we can stay up , ’ insisted manager Ian Branfoot , whose team have now crept up to 17th place . |
| 8 | Scarborough badly need to pick up points after slumping down to 17th place after suffering a run of just one League win in nine games . |
| 9 | Item No 5 : is a sandwich-type buckle-plate , dating from the 14th to 15th century . |
| 10 | At 0800 hrs the contents of 0.410 had been passed on as AC/188 [ KP 96 ] , to 15th Army Group , with a copy for information to Gen Morgan , the Chief of Staff at AFHQ . |
| 11 | This was in a signal sent to 15th Army Group and Eighth Army at 1234 hrs the following day , 15 May [ KP 116 ] , correcting an error in the reference in para 2 of Robertson 's signal to a directive issued in respect of arrestable categories0 Such a directive , it was pointed out , had not " yet been issued " . |
| 12 | Fabliau(s) is in fact the form this word took in the dialect of the north-eastern corner of France in the twelfth to fourteenth century ( the final -s is a nominative singular case marker that is lost during this period ) . |
| 13 | The Actuarial profession has its foundations in the practice of life assurance in the early to mid-19th century . |
| 14 | In the male , maturity is achieved a little later as a rule — around the fifteenth to sixteenth year , but |
| 15 | With the exception of Mona Lisa , it examines in depth only recently cleaned paintings , analysing changes in colour thinking from fifteenth to sixteenth century , from the Cennini system to that of the post-Leonardo artists . |
| 16 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 17 | He had ‘ guested ’ for the Palace effectively during the 1st World War and proved his ability in the best possible way for Northampton Town against us in the two seasons immediately after it so , when Manager Edmund Goodman needed a duality centre-forward to replace Bert Menlove , who had moved to 1st Division Sheffield United in March 1922 , he acted with decision and haste . |
| 18 | He was then posted as a troop commander to 1st Regiment RA at Singapore , where he was mentioned in despatches for his timely use of 3.7-inch guns in the fight against Communist terrorists . |
| 19 | Preface to 1st edition |
| 20 | FIRST CENTURY B.C. TO SECOND CENTURY A.D. |
| 21 | The outgoing Defence Minister , Gen. Le Duc Anh , had been promoted at the seventh CPV congress to second ranking member of the politburo , from where he controlled foreign policy . |
| 22 | The 18-year-old 's third Test century came from only 135 balls , and contained 14 fours : he hit two more before giving a catch to second slip , where Moody had earlier dropped Kapil Dev on 0 . |
| 23 | A quality innings of 46 from Crowe ended after 135 minutes when he had to play a Lewis leg-cutter and the ball carried to second slip Hick , who lunged forward to reach and hold it . |
| 24 | Stewart made the mistake of moving too far across his stumps and then trying to flick a straight ball to leg , while Hick went third ball after lunch to a sloppy drive at Kapil Dev and an edge to second slip . |
| 25 | West Ham are without Gale and Brady for their visit to Second Division leaders Sheffield United . |
| 26 | Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 27 | Graham stayed until January 1966 and saw Palace to Second Division maturity and stability . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Saints yesterday sold winger David Lee to Second Division Bolton in a £200,000 deal . |
| 29 | Under pressure Steve Coppell and Crystal Palace face a tough trip to Second Division Hartlepool . |
| 30 | But the home tie with West Ham in the next round went to Second Division West Bromwich Albion . |