Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of people go to see performers after a first night . |
| 2 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 3 | They meet , and make plans for the next day . |
| 4 | ‘ We are bringing Danu into the twentieth century . ’ |
| 5 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 6 | A lower level of subsidence claims was reported and , apart from the Perth floods which cost the Homeowners account $3m in the first quarter , the account continued to benefit from the absence of severe weather losses . |
| 7 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 8 | He later urged voters to support Lissouba in the second round and , according to sources close to the two parties , on Aug. 11 UPADS entered into a formal electoral alliance with the PCT . |
| 9 | Until vernacular opera made progress during the second half of the eighteenth century , ‘ opera ’ was almost synonymous with Italian opera from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 10 | With this announcement the powers which had occupied and divided Germany after the Second World War effectively accepted the inevitability of early German unification , although the statement contained no indication of the four powers ' preferred timetables for unification or for the two-plus-four negotiations . |
| 11 | We then laid plans for the next voyage . |
| 12 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
| 13 | The distinctive characteristic of these writers was their belief in progress : the belief , in particular , that the system of international relations that had given rise to the First World War was capable of being transformed into a fundamentally more peaceful and just world order ; that under the impact of the awakening of democracy , the growth of the ‘ international mind ’ , the development of the League of Nations , the good works of men of peace or the enlightenment spread by their own teachings , it was in fact being transformed ; and that their responsibility as students of international relations was to assist this march of progress to overcome the ignorance , the prejudices , the ill-will , and the sinister interests that stood in its way . |
| 14 | The majority of actual examples investigated by Johnson revealed profiles of the second type , so that it may be concluded that much of the material forming the bar is eroded from the sea floor . |
| 15 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 16 | WHY IS IT EASIER TO LOSE WEIGHT IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO ? |
| 17 | The model is now being further refined using data from the first well and will be used for the rest of the development programme . |
| 18 | Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner . |
| 19 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 20 | Our informants had a well-articulated theory of the relation between ‘ work-in-school ’ and success in a life career that allowed them to see work-in-school as the first rung of their adult moral careers . |
| 21 | Forest began to lose momentum in the second half and found themselves forced to defend for longer periods . |
| 22 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 23 | Uniform start date to be Thursdays , and matches to include Saturday as the third day . |
| 24 | However , Newell made amends in the 64th minute when he raced on to a hopeful through ball , rounded Hitchcock and fired home . |
| 25 | Both missed with other attempts before Stephens made amends in the second half , landing another three penalties and kicking three conversions . |
| 26 | The Don made amends in the second innings with a memorable 103 not out and the crowds held a ‘ bob in ’ collection to buy their idol a piano . |
| 27 | The concept of a constitutional amendment as a means of returning to fiscal probity had gathered momentum throughout the first half of 1992 . |
| 28 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 29 | He was struck by the way that the buffalo hide pictures from the last century , drawn by his great-great grandfathers , showed the monastery as it was now , in 1997 . |
| 30 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |