Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he holed from 12 feet to keep his slender advantage after being bunkered at the sixteenth . |
| 2 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 3 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |
| 4 | AZUMAH NELSON of Ghana retained his WBC super-feather title in Lake Tahoe but Calvin Grove went the distance after being floored in the first round . |
| 5 | Swindon were facing financial ruin after being relegated from the first division last season … |
| 6 | Striker Ferdinand , one of the midweek heroes in the win at Coventry , was taken to hospital after being replaced in the second half . |
| 7 | FORMER British light-heavywight champion Steve McCarthy has been suspended for three months , fined £1,000 and banned from fighting abroad by the British Board of Control after being disqualified in the third round of a bout with Darius Michalczeski in Hamburg in September . |
| 8 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |
| 9 | The highly-rated defender , who has brought League scouts flocking to the Huish , looks certain to miss the game after being booked in the second round replay triumph at Hereford . |
| 10 | AFIRM of auctioneers which sold two oil paintings for £840 five months before the works fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's after being attributed to the 18th century master , George Stubbs , won its appeal yesterday against a judge 's ruling that it had been negligent . |
| 11 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 12 | It tells the story of an engineer who loses his job because of the effects of being gassed during the First World War . |
| 13 | he holds by virtue of being connected with the first company ; |
| 14 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that six local people have had to go private to avoid waiting and 40 remain on the waiting list with no prospect of being considered until the next financial year ? |
| 15 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 16 | The tradition of St Melangell was never forgotten and the little room at the east end , despite being rebuilt in the 18th century , has always been known as Cell-y-bedd ( the room of the grave ) . |
| 17 | A shield of arms ( to cite one simple example ) comprising a black cross nth scalloped edges on a yellow ( gold ) background progressed from being described in the thirteenth century as jaune o crois noire engrelee to today 's blazon or a cross engrailed sable . |
| 18 | Benredjeb gave former WBC champion Hodkinson a few problems before being stopped in the eighth round of a European featherweight title challenge in December 1989 . |
| 19 | She held posts in Northumberland and Dundee before being appointed as the first educational psychologist in Dumbarton . |
| 20 | The first generation Renault 5 was in production for 13 years before being replaced by the second generation Renault 5 ‘ SuperCinq ’ in 1985 . |
| 21 | Forest had chances to win , a traditionally exciting game , but Kingsley Black missed a series of opportunities before being substituted in the second half . |
| 22 | That shows that both the president 's National Party ( NP ) and the ANC intend to be prepared for the first non-racial elections for a constituent assembly ; it is also a clear sign that both of them are sure that they can convince the other parties that the path they have laid down is the one to follow . |
| 23 | By the mid-seventeenth century it had become normal for the wealth of the old people to be transferred to the next generation when they retired , perhaps in their sixties , but for the retired couple to retain houseroom in the family home ; and in order to make disputes less likely , these retirement arrangements were increasingly recorded in deeds . |
| 24 | The shop is to be extended into the next door house , 19 Main Street , after Sedgefield district councillors approved the plan . |
| 25 | In December 1924 a press release stated that Her Majesty the Queen had graciously given permission for the house to be exhibited at the ninth Ideal Home Exhibition to be held by the Daily Mail at Olympia the following March . |
| 26 | ‘ It is riveting stuff , especially to be treated to the first performance of a production that has attracted such rave reviews . |
| 27 | His proof of evidence , which is due to be heard within the next fortnight is , it transpires , being translated . |
| 28 | A decree issued on Sept. 16 stated that the profits of all wholly Omani-owned companies were to be taxed for the first time from the end of 1989 . |
| 29 | But if the terminal repeats explain how wandering members of the Alu family might get into a chromosome , what can explain how they came to be wandering in the first place ? |
| 30 | Frank Thompson , the father of Anthony , is masterminding the fund-raising activities to be arranged over the next year and is open to suggestions and , of course , contributions , from any source . |