Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 2 | Flockmasters had to forget the last decade when seat-of-the-pants management brought reasonable returns from a supported market . |
| 3 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 4 | The acoustic front-end failed to detect the first vowel . |
| 5 | Liberal attempts to find a middle way between radical demands for outright confiscation of noble land and conservative rejection of land reform failed to save the Second Duma . |
| 6 | Celebrations planned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of independence , on July 5 , were cancelled . |
| 7 | The majority of those present at the 26th June Q.T. Day voted to hold the next A.G.M. on a Saturday afternoon . |
| 8 | Ants had to play the first quarter one player short and did well to hold the Saracens to 9–9 . |
| 9 | Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows . |
| 10 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 11 | And Shirley happened to come the next day and I about it . |
| 12 | Cockfield Fell managed to escape the 18th Century Enclosure Acts and remains a valuable area of common land . |
| 13 | By the time the Board decided to build a second power station at Hinkley Point in the 1960s , an accepting local population had got accustomed to an industrial development in the middle of the countryside . |
| 14 | A CONSIDERABLE future opened up for Gary Mason here last night when he knocked out Tyrell Biggs as the bell rang to end the seventh round . |
| 15 | As they prepared to leave and resume their homeward journey , Jack decided to take a last look around the parcels office . |
| 16 | Then Gabriel went to visit the second brother , who was now running a great farm , with dairies , and butcheries where they sold meat , and tanneries where they sold boots and saddles and all kinds of things made out of leather . |
| 17 | But he withstood some solid blows and finally saw off Biggs with a right to the temple as the bell sounded to end the seventh round . |
| 18 | Of these societies ( outside those areas of disseminated settlement where the parish tended to become the first unit beyond the family and that of those neighbouring farmers who helped each other out at harvest and ploughing ) the most significant was the pueblo . |
| 19 | Beset by mounting criticism at home , and abroad , over the way the issue had been handled , the Japanese government agreed to defer the fifth group of demands and in May 1915 delivered the remainder in the form of an ultimatum . |
| 20 | The government is this lunchtime expected to announce the third wave of Scottish hospitals to be given self governing status . |
| 21 | Without any shade of doubt , France deserved to win the first official Five Nations championship and — would have probably grabbed the Grand Slam as well — but for the Twickenham goal posts . |
| 22 | • Adhesive Knit to hold the 2nd skin in place and reduce friction . |
| 23 | In 1975 , the BCA decided to publish the second edition of the scheme in parts , commencing in 1977 with the Introductory volume and Classes J ( Education ) , P ( Religion ) and Q ( Social Welfare ) . |
| 24 | The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole . |
| 25 | Japan offered to host a third conference . |
| 26 | The inability of the States of Western Europe to play a decisive role in the solution of these new questions was shown clearly by the impotent resentment with which the French government had to watch the first partition of Poland in 1772 and the Russian annexation of the Crimea in 1783–84 . |
| 27 | Hence the value of meals sacrificed to make the last film is also the marginal utility of the last meal times the number of meals sacrificed . |
| 28 | And equilibrium in the film industry , by equating the marginal utility of films to the marginal utility of the meals sacrificed to make the last film , guarantees that society 's resources are allocated efficiently . |
| 29 | The government intended to achieve the first aim primarily through council housing , relegating privately-built housing to a secondary position . |
| 30 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |