Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [num ord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typical justification for undergraduate courses involves the last of the issues related to academic courses : the distinction between ‘ content ’ and ‘ process ’ . |
| 2 | The other girl laid the last of the flowers in position , and slammed the van doors shut . |
| 3 | These arguments then lead us to support the third of the options for change set out in the 1992 Green Paper . |
| 4 | The police do n't think we 've heard the last of the attackers who seem prepared to endanger many lives in an attempt to reach their targets . |
| 5 | WELL THERE GOES THE LAST OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS . |
| 6 | Spatz bowed , then returned behind his desk , opening the first of the files , running his finger over the apparently blank page , the warmth of his touch bringing the characters alive briefly on the specially treated paper . |
| 7 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |
| 8 | Devouring the last of the berries were redwing , too . |
| 9 | In 1525 , parliament was sufficiently alarmed by ‘ the damnable opinions of heresy ’ of ‘ the heretic Luther and his disciples ’ to pass the first of the acts which sought to prevent Lutheran literature being brought into the kingdom . |
| 10 | They were passing the last of the houses now . |
| 11 | Note that for a book written by more than two people your textual reference can normally just give the first of the names , followed by " et al. " |
| 12 | But as she mounted the first of the steps to the front door she sensed someone close to her . |
| 13 | Spatz studied the first of the files for a while , then held it out to Hammond . |
| 14 | China has just freed the last of the students jailed after the pro-democracy demonstrations four years ago , and this is seen as a sign of wanting improved relations with the west . |
| 15 | Defence cut-backs have seen the last of the choppers in a resident form and the SAAF now maintains a Forward Air Force Command Post with a basic infra-structure to handle SAAF operations from the airport , should they be required . |
| 16 | I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either . |
| 17 | I will not attempt to summarise the close reasoning of that part of the judgment under appeal which explains the reasons why , but for the authority of Reg. v. Director of Serious Fraud Office , Ex parte Saunders , 138 N.L.J. 243 , the Divisional Court would , in company with Mr. Russell Q.C. , have preferred the first of the grounds of relief , but I believe that the following quotations [ 1992 ] 1 All E.R. |
| 18 | I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either . |
| 19 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 20 | Yet Poulantzas ' wish to argue hypothetically is peculiarly revealing ; for as well as drawing attention to the slight explanatory power of his theory it raises the third of the questions with which I began — the question of whether he has really succeeded in casting off voluntarism . |
| 21 | ‘ We have to cross the first of the cordilleras according to the map you showed me . ’ |
| 22 | Although he was only to win a third of the tickets that Rudi had won , this dog was used extensively by successful breeders , which is the true test of a great dog . |
| 23 | The recent collapse of the Communist Party , which used to win a third of the votes , has taken away the vital ingredient of fear that held the system together . |
| 24 | When he came within sight of the front door , the car was parked outside and two men helping a third up the steps . |
| 25 | And last night lawyer Peter Edwards , who represents a third of the inmates , said : ‘ What we have here is nurses who are no better than thugs . ’ |
| 26 | In 1982 , Lloyd identified those needs and filled the vacuum by providing the first of the clubs that the 1990's tennis player — and his family — desired . |
| 27 | Soon she would have to use the last of the rushes . |
| 28 | ‘ We had better get her away from here , ’ said the Medjay healer , removing the last of the flies and quickly wrapping the corpse in a linen sheet before any more could settle . |
| 29 | As he reached them he heard the first of the police sirens in the distance . |
| 30 | Julie pointed out with devastating logic as she corrected the last of the school-books piled up on the large oak refectory table in front of her . |