Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
| 2 | Approval of the treaty had at first been opposed by West Germany 's Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) on the grounds that it offered inadequate protection for East German industry , and that environmental guarantees were insufficient . |
| 3 | The central part of the island seemed at first to belong to another and less dramatic world . |
| 4 | Before I left Britain one of the best-kept secrets of the war had at last been revealed — the breaking by the Bletchley Park mathematicians of the ciphers encoded by the German Enigma machine : this priceless intelligence had enabled us to sink all the Bismarck 's supply ships , monitor the movements of Tirpitz so that attacks could be launched on her ( see page 144 ) and destroy many U-boats at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 5 | The Pipes and Drums of the RUC finished in fifth place , to complete one of their most successful seasons . |
| 6 | The muffled voice behind the door sank at last into hopeless silence . |
| 7 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 8 | Diana was overwhelmed by the horror spotlighted in last week 's Mirror shock issue on the African nation 's famine . |