Example sentences of "[verb] in the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Modern ’ type-faces , first designed in the 18th century by men like Bodoni and Baskerville , emphasised the contrast between the thick and thin parts of a letter . |
| 2 | Having reviewed the authorities which dealt with the construction of restraint of trade clauses , the court applied the following rules : ( a ) The question of construction should be approached in the first instance without regard to the question of legality or illegality. ( b ) The clause should be construed with reference to the object sought to be obtained . |
| 3 | Hinde House was one of ten comprehensive schools approached in the first year with a view to the launching of a school/industry partnership . |
| 4 | It seems reasonable to suggest that the natural theme we is omitted in the second sentence in order to foreground the rheme . |
| 5 | Buffalo will know in the next couple of days whether Kelly will be fit to face Houston again in the first round of the play-offs next weekend . |
| 6 | This liability would fall in the first instance on the resident owner , then the resident tenant and so on . |
| 7 | The origin of a different approach lies in the mid-nineteenth century in Lumley v. Gye . |
| 8 | Egypt : Well Disuq-1 drilled in the first half of 1992 tested only sub-commercial quantities of gas . |
| 9 | The deception , trick or ruse that forms the one essential element in the interaction of the fabliau characters is most frequently an impromptu action , very commonly occurring in the first instance as an example of a native cunning attributed to women , an ingenuity in lying and deceit that women have . |
| 10 | The same writer , using the same mix of ink , also headed several of the vocal numbers with the page numbers on which they appear in the second volume of Orpheus Britannicus , published in 1702 . |
| 11 | With a native version of Novell Inc NetWare due on Sparc next year ( UX No 423 ) , Banyan Systems Inc 's rival Vines network operating system is now being ported to the Sun RISC and is expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 12 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 13 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 14 | Sampling is expected in the second half of next year with volume following in early 1994 . |
| 15 | The current-account imbalances in the three largest economies , West Germany , Japan and the USA , shrank more than was expected in the second half of 1989 . |
| 16 | The first product to come from the alliance is expected in the second quarter of 1994 , and is intended to form a base on which network operators can develop specific software applications . |
| 17 | Expected in the last half of 1993 , the company is intent on doubling Pentium 's performance and moving three instructions through the 2.2m transistor chip every cycle . |
| 18 | As Sir John Fortescue was to write in the second half of the fifteenth century , ‘ a King 's war is a legal trial by battle [ when ] he seeks the right he can not obtain by peaceful means ’ . |
| 19 | CD 's second novel , written for serialization in Richard Bentley 's monthly magazine , Bentley 's Miscellany , of which CD was the first editor , the first instalment appearing in the second issue of Feb. 1837 . |
| 20 | Well , no what I 'm , what I 'm denying is I 'm questioning your assertion on what 's been happening in the last couple of weeks that we should react to that on a pa on er er report that has n't been released , right ? |
| 21 | The Portadown player had to work in the first couple of frames but after that he stepped up a gear and dismissed the English player almost scornfully . |
| 22 | This is the anti-socialist , specifically anti-Marxist bent of the elitist theory as it unfolds in the last decade of the nineteenth century ’ ( Meisel , 1958 , p. 10 ) . |
| 23 | Sergeant Tom Durrant , Royal Engineers and 1 Commando , was badly wounded in the first exchange of fire as the ML 's commandos and naval crew brought their light weapons to bear on the German destroyer . |
| 24 | For the four clubs Rovers are due to meet in the next stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup are setting the pace in Italy 's Serie B. |
| 25 | He will also know that manufacturing investment actually rose in the third quarter of last year . |
| 26 | Resolved , That this House welcomes Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 's Autumn Statement , which reaffirmed the Government 's forecast of a modest recovery in the second half of 1991 , with growth gathering pace in 1992 ; notes that the total output of the British economy rose in the third quarter of 1991 , providing further confirmation of this forecast ; and congratulates the Government on its sound and prudent economic policies , which have reduced inflation from nearly 11 per cent . |
| 27 | It 's all anonymous , you 're not e e e nobody know who it is , it 's for it 's for a dictionary and they want new words that are commonly used and they do n't want and all old words that never get used it 'll be dropped in the next edition of the dictionary . |
| 28 | In these ‘ policed provinces ’ crime was to be reported in the first instance to headmen who would in turn notify the police of serious offences . |
| 29 | He is confident that a further cut in borrowings will be reported in the next report to shareholders . |
| 30 | The exterior was decorated in the eighteenth century with Baroque frescoes ( 865 ) . |