Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions . |
| 2 | Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy . |
| 3 | Michael Martin , the Felsted captain , and William Cooper shared in a second wicket partnership of 239 , both scoring centuries , before Martin declared half an hour after lunch at 246 for one . |
| 4 | The peace process continued in a fourth round of bilateral negotiations in Washington last week . |
| 5 | Border shared in a fourth wicket stand of 147 in 35 overs with Damien Martyn , who continued his impressive run . |
| 6 | Today there are six teams playing in a fourth division and a viable programme underway with at least 500 Chinese players involved . |
| 7 | When the machines move in a second time to desilt the river bed , they will of course send the silt further down the river for yet more diggers to tackle downstream . |
| 8 | So paragraphing may present some bilingual writers working in a second language with greater difficulties than writers whose experience is confined to the language and culture in which they are writing . |
| 9 | Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion . |
| 10 | This is the strategy pursued in a second tradition in cross-national industrial relations research . |
| 11 | And things got no better for City in the second half when first Kevin Sheedy hammered in a 57th minute free-kick and then Quinn doubled his tally for the night seven minutes from time with a delightful chip . |
| 12 | Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation . |
| 13 | I think there is only one jumper , world record holder Javier Satomayor , who would be capable of doing what Steve did in a first outing . ’ |
| 14 | It consists of particles suspended in a second medium . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it was no more than Scotland deserved for perseverance , and a fitting punishment for the obstinate Maltese when Nevin squeezed in a third goal in the 85th minute to ensure Scotland 's opening victory of this World Cup campaign . |
| 16 | Lee Sharpe 's fourth goal in three games opened the way after seven minutes , Cantona rapped in a 45th minute penalty and Steve Bruce wrapped it up with an 88th minute header . |
| 17 | For example initial expenditure by both partners could be on a first phase of access and servicing , with the grant receivable by virtue of that expenditure reinvested in a second phase , and so one . |
| 18 | Sunderland made no attempt to sit on their lead , however , and looked just as likely as Norwich to score in a second half which comfortably surpassed the first in entertainment value . |
| 19 | The couple live in a 13th century prebendary with a magic and a mood of its own . |
| 20 | As goalkeeper Tony Meola produced a string of fantastic saves , England 's self-belief ebbed into the Foxboro turf and it was no real shock when budding rock musician Alexi Lalas powered in a 72nd minute header |