Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some universities , such as Cambridge and Nottingham , divide first degree courses into ‘ Part I ’ and ‘ Part II ’ , the former usually but not always occupying the first two years , with some transfer between subjects possible at the second stage . |
| 2 | Trident was hugely expensive — £10 billion at the first assessment alone . |
| 3 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 4 | Provision for legislation for Marine Nature Reserves was only included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1987 at the last minute , after much pressure was brought to bear on Peers and MP 's by conservation bodies such as WWF and the Marine Conservation Society . |
| 5 | The only real worry is that , to finance a strategy driven by buying other firms , Hanson keeps a large cash balance — £7 billion at the last count . |
| 6 | He flicked the file open at the last letter . |
| 7 | Wayne 's World , in which he plays the villain , had grossed $110 million at the last count . |
| 8 | The ban on activities of the republican Communist Party ( CP ) , which had been lifted on Sept. 23 , was reimposed on Oct. 2 at the second vote in the Supreme Soviet . |
| 9 | It 's not as huge as a Jeff Beck model , being just under an inch deep at the 12th fret , nor is it anywhere near as vee-shaped as a Clapton Strat , but it 's still a sizeable handful , except down by the first couple of frets where it 's a fair bit shallower , in good ‘ 59 fashion . |
| 10 | Shandon Park 's Philip Purdy turned in a storming display to demolish Hugh O'Neill by 5 and 4 finishing with an eagle 3 at the 14th hole where he steered a three iron to 12 feet and rolled the putt . |
| 11 | Nagata encountered few problems in her 68 , which included four birdies and an eagle , while American Kim Lasken holed an 80-yard approach for an eagle 3 at the third hole in her 69 . |
| 12 | Sample ( some ) of almost 80 different brews available at the Sixth Chappel Beer Festival at the East Anglian Railway Museum between September 9 and 12 . |
| 13 | These show that the property portfolio is worth about £1.2 billion at present prices compared with £1.7 billion at the last year end . |
| 14 | Piggott realised his chance was minimal and Reid could be forgiven that Lester might wish to switch to Dr. Devious at the last minute . |
| 15 | You need to cover strings 1 and 2 with finger 1 at the 12th fret . |
| 16 | In fact it is only because he is trying so hard to get it right that he can be said to get it wrong at all , and the gauche hero is above all the example of social over-anxiety , like Betjeman 's subaltern weak for love on a Hampshire tennis-court : his palms moist at the first handshake , one imagines , his over-careful manners a veneer masking racking uncertainties , and an over-developed sense of social duty enforcing its own inner punishment . |
| 17 | The Open champion 's engine room is his ability to keep the ball in play , but Seve Ballesteros 's spluttered and died as he took a six-over-par TEN at the 10th hole . |
| 18 | The prospectus shows borrowings of £48.3 million dwarfed shareholders ' funds of £19.8 million at the last balance sheet date on 9 January . |
| 19 | Medau Blue featured large when we quizzed you on your views and the National Display Team wore Medau Blue at the last Reunion . |
| 20 | The ministers agreed to hold " regular meetings " , the next being scheduled for September 1990 at the next session of the UN General Assembly . |
| 21 | Roundhay3 , Richmond50MARTIN LIVESEY , Richmond 's free-scoring outside-half , cast off any doubts about his fitness by leading his club 's impressive surge back into Courage League Two at the first attempt . |
| 22 | The Terry 's cash would be very useful to UB , which is chaired by Bob Clarke , who is known to be keen to cut the group 's high gearing — debt amounted to about £540 million at the last count — and pave the way for even more expansion . |
| 23 | ‘ We saw nothing today to convince us that we ca n't get out of North One at the first attempt , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Dread of failure , as much as positive enthusiasm for Labour 's change of direction , was a driving motivation for offering the most appealing face possible at the next election . |
| 25 | The American 's triple bogey eight at the fourth hole had him gasping for air in the suffocating heat as he stumbled out in 41 . |
| 26 | He toiled endlessly to rescue Wales with Mouland scoring a triple bogey six at the fourth hole before Woosnam nursed him to a 72 . |