Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | And the annual parish council meeting on the fourteenth of May . |
| 3 | I attended the last charity meeting on the thirtieth of November . |
| 4 | Last year we had the annual parish meeting on the thirtieth of April . |
| 5 | Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight . |
| 6 | Some astronomers have convincingly argued that a BL Lac object ( a clumsy terminology referring to the first of this class to be discovered ) is simply a quasar with one of its beams pointing straight at us . |
| 7 | ‘ I pay for everything , and he lit another cigarette and exhaled furiously , glaring through the smoke at Bunny munching on the last of his tea-cakes . |