Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury .
2 Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries .
3 BRITAIN 'S Samantha Purvis finished fifth in the consolation final of the women 's 200 metres butterfly in a time two and a half seconds slower than her British record .
4 Thailand , the only country in Asia now on the blackest of the Americans ' three blacklists , and therefore in greatest danger of sanctions , fired the official in charge of the enforcement of intellectual property rights on April 20th and launched a series of high-profile raids on counterfeiters .
5 The Standard 's report on the course opening ( May 16th , 1908 ) concentrated on every detail of the combatants ' 36 holes .
6 Tony Starling partnered A Swetka of the USA to reach the semi-final of the Men 's 70 doubles .
7 The second fastest qualifier in the 200m individual medley is Esso England junior squad member Susan Rolph ( Newcastle ) , also the likely gold medallist in the girls ' 14 years 100m backstroke .
8 England youth squad member Lee Dalzell ( GatesheadWhickham ) clearly heads the qualifiers in the girls ' 15 years 100m breaststroke .
9 A trio of English runners featured in the women 's 1500 metres where the two 800 metres runners got the better of the specialist at the distance , Christina Cahill .
10 Blaydon Harrier Kirsty Wade faces Liz McColgan in the women 's 1500 metres , fresh from a 1,000 metres win in 2 mins 40 secs at Leeds on Tuesday .
11 We witnessed a magnificent Olympic example in the women 's 400 metres hurdles when American fashion plates Sandra Farmer-Patrick and Janeene Vickers , fingers painted , outfits slashed at the midriff and bobs in their hair like French maids , were run into oblivion by Britain 's plain Sally Gunnell .
12 One of the keenest tussles will be in the women 's 50 metres , when the holder , Ruth Williams , takes on her Darlington clubmate , Helen Blanchard .
13 In the archery , Simon Terry won his second bronze medal , joining Steve Hallard and Richard Priestman to take third place in the men 's 70 metres team event .
14 In the consolation events , Brigitte Newbury won the Ladies ' 50 singles , while Harri Gibbon was runner-up in the Men 's 70 singles .
15 ATHLETICS : Six-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis 's 1992 outdoor season started with a surprise defeat to Santa Monica Track Club teammate Mike Marsh in the men 's 100 metres at Walnut , California on Saturday .
16 One woman told Elizabeth Roberts that she had resorted to taking her wedding ring to the pawnbrokers ' three times : ‘ each time I was caught with babies ’ .
17 Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) .
  Next page