Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [num] in [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SA , dismissed for 130 in the first innings , reached their target from the fourth ball of the final over , when Peter Sleep , in his testimonial season , inside-edged the winning single towards wicketkeeper Ian Healy off Queensland captain Carl Rackemann . |
| 2 | In 1950 there were 385,000 divorces in the United States compared with 264,000 in the last pre-war year , 1940 . |
| 3 | Student numbers have grown from 50,000 in the first year of operation to nearly 190,000 in session 1988–89 . |
| 4 | The crisis came at 5-5 in the second game , by which time Horner had begun to dig in . |
| 5 | On the main island of Curaçao which was allocated 14 seats , Liberia Peters 's centre-right National People 's Party ( Nationale Volkspartij — NVP — also known as the Partido Nashonal di Pueblo ) won seven seats ( compared with six in the last elections in November 1985 — see pp. 34291-92 ) . |
| 6 | There are now 25,000 swans on waterways compared with 19,000 in the last count in 1983 , according to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust . |
| 7 | After the election , there are likely to be about 30 Etonians on their benches , compared with 43 in the last Parliament and 68 the last time the party was led by one of their number ( Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 ) . |
| 8 | In the first half of the 1980s , there were only fifteen expropriations compared with 336 in the first half of the 1970s . |
| 9 | Their rhythm was temporarily upset when Boone and Prenn changed sides after losing the first three games and Boone served from 8–8 in the fourth game to 5–0 in the fifth . |
| 10 | Chasing a target of 182 off 45 overs , New Zealand finished on 164–7 in the first of two one-day warm-up games before the first Test which starts in Colombo on Friday . |
| 11 | P&O said that their tourist vehicle trade had rocketed to 45,680 in the first quarter compared to 24,000 in the same period last year . |
| 12 | The score had raced to 37 in the eighth over before Stewart Hutton took a fine catch in the gully to dismiss Sadiq Dudhia . |
| 13 | The present tax was introduced in 1965 in the first Budget of the Labour government elected in 1964 . |
| 14 | Court staffing levels would be increased by 400 in the next financial year and an extra £2 million had been allocated to the court service for this financial year . |
| 15 | Gooch and Atherton put on 168 in the first innings |
| 16 | He is urging Bord na Gaeilge to show its support for Belfast 's Irish speakers — estimated at 28,000 in the last census — by inviting one SDLP and one Sinn Fein councillor to attend . |
| 17 | Dave Heath got the fourth … the Wildcats finally stirred thanks to a goal from Bryan Larkin … the Kings kept going though … they led by 10-1 in the third period before Swindon came back with four late goals … it finished 11 … 5 … with fists flying as tempers flared towards the end … the second leg in two weeks time at Swindon should be a scorcher |
| 18 | It was first published in 1650 in the first edition of dances collected by John Playford and would certainly have been danced at the court of King Charles II . |
| 19 | The former world champion had saved four match points in rallying from 2–5 in the fourth set , which he eventually won on a tie-break , before winning the fifth set 6–0 but he had little to offer in the doubles , when he and Eric Jelen were beaten in straight sets . |
| 20 | Had Ross Brown been able to touch down on completion of his powerful break ( or Nick Penny been able to cleanly gather his pass ) off a Derrick Lee snipe after Scotland had levelled at 8-8 in the second half , then a steal might have materialised . |
| 21 | The message which I bring you is , that on the Government 's own figures , business failures will rise by 35,000 in the next 12 months and unemployment will rise much faster yet … ’ |