Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Palace had an excellent second half to the season , climbed out of danger and finished in 11th place .
2 Weissman carried on courageously with a complex but fascinating lecture on RNA splicing , ignoring the loud hubbub and intermittent squawks from his own microphone , and pausing often to wait out an eruption of roars and whistles from next door .
3 He is seeking , in a manner that appears to lack the kind of subtlety that comes as second nature to China 's rulers , to call their bluff .
4 Strictly , the Revenue can argue that s343 does not apply until the hive-up agreement has become unconditional and been completed in accordance with its terms ( for example , the novating of liabilities and obtaining of third party consents ) , since s343 requires Newco to carry on the trade in succession to the transferor , not merely beneficially own it .
5 Meanwhile , England women also finished their team event with a splendid 3–0 win against Hungary and finished in fifth position , four places up on the last European Championships in Gothenburg .
6 But motor industry executives now expect the decline in sales that showed through last month to accelerate in the remainder of the year .
7 They have set up a special stand at the exhibition , which began on Tuesday and runs until next Saturday .
8 The Ulster veterans also retained their title beating Leinster 5–2 in the final match but the U-21 squad lost 6–0 to Leinster and finished in second place .
9 In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance .
10 Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach .
11 In a closely contested competition , ably refereed by Windscale 's superfit Keith Birkett , Windscale emerged victorious with two wins and a draw , with Winfrith coming second , followed by Harwell and Dounreay in third and fourth places respectively .
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