Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 2 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 3 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |
| 4 | He glanced down the codings listed on the last of the semi-opaque sheets and imprinted his authorisation . |
| 5 | Moving with them to north Africa , he was initially held in enforced inactivity behind the lines , a problem which he solved in characteristic style : ‘ The Battle of Alamein began on the 23rd of October , 1942 . |
| 6 | It was vessels employed in the last of these uses which were most commonly decorated with religious figures and scenes . |
| 7 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 8 | Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark . |
| 9 | They had left Ridgery Butts on the 24th of April , it was now the 27th and the outlaws ' camp could not be far ahead . |
| 10 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 11 | the sun rose on the last of Alamein . |
| 12 | Note that the law relating to the last of these excuses , concerning distance to school from home and transport arrangements , has been amended following the decision of the House of Lords in Rogers v Essex County Council ( 1986 ) . |
| 13 | And the annual parish council meeting on the fourteenth of May . |
| 14 | The County Planning Committee meet on the seventh of December to cons to consider British Coal application for colliery waste at Gascoigne Wood . |
| 15 | In front of the King , the marshes and mud-flats of Earnbank were already filled with struggling men as his own dismounted vanguard disposed of the last of the fifty intruders from the Forth landing . |
| 16 | The track continues west along the edge of the escarpment before turning left to the first of many little lakes — Parabaun . |
| 17 | Everyday objects are of course the stock-in-trade of Arman , whose retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum continues until the 26th of this month . |
| 18 | I move that the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the sixteenth of July be signed as a correct record . |
| 19 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 20 | The quiet period starts on the eighteenth of May and it goes right through until the twenty first of June . |
| 21 | I have a room booked for the thirtieth of July and I 'd like a word with the manager . |
| 22 | A postponement was suggested , and the next committee meeting decided on the 7th of September . |
| 23 | The A178 Tees Road closes for the first of three successive Sundays tomorrow , between Greatham Creek and the B1277 Brenda Road . |
| 24 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 25 | The minutes of the meeting held on the twentieth of October have been er distributed . |
| 26 | Item two , minutes of the meeting held on the eleventh of October . |
| 27 | Item twenty four meeting held on the eleventh of January are received those in favour please say aye . |
| 28 | As we received the Minutes of the Personnel Meeting held on the eighteenth of October , nineteen ninety-three . |
| 29 | Er minutes of the meeting held on the tenth of January were read and approved . |
| 30 | As Haig-Thomas and I returned to camp , the summits of the Arussi mountains far in the distance glowed in the last of the setting sun . |