Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [prep] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historical year , now in general use in England for all everyday purposes and many official and ecclesiastical , begins on 1 January , and thus coincides with the Roman civil year which was widely used until at least the seventh century . |
| 2 | I think the er the Home Secretary will be becoming increasingly concerned er if there is n't a a conclusion by mid April but I think maybe er honourable friends on both sides of the house may want to onto when the last date should be . |
| 3 | The idea that there was a golden age of family obligations in the past was born out of a desire to ensure that increasing numbers of elderly people ( and other dependent groups ) in the population did not become too heavy a burden financially upon the wealthier classes ; hence the anxieties about whether working-class people had an adequate sense of ‘ filial affection ’ , which can be documented from at least the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | He sees relational and object models co-existing for at least the next 30 years . |
| 5 | Further , the fact that there has been such a steep rise in the number of divorces , combined with a fairly high rate of remarriage , means that a rising proportion of all marriages are of people marrying for at least the second time . |
| 6 | And ITN 's position as monopoly supplier of news to the Channel 3 stations ( current or future ) is assured for at least the next five , and probably 10 , years . |
| 7 | ( c. 1235–1296 ) , judge , was probably born in or before 1235 in Shropshire , perhaps at Hopton Castle , which his family had held since at least the mid-twelfth century as major knightly tenants of the honour of Clun . |