Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within manufacture , the precise form of division depends in the first instance on the historical precursors of the capitalistic form of production in the given branch of industry — whether the ‘ manufacturer ’ ( a ) draws together previously separate trades into one workshop to produce a common product or ( b ) splits up a previously unified craft production process into its component tasks . |
| 2 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 3 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 4 | Mix a teaspoon of sugar into the first glass , a teaspoon of tea leaves into the second glass and a teaspoon of washing powder into the third . |
| 5 | Catholicism is presented as a potential remedy , but the philosophy of indeterminacy appears for the first time in this novel as a rival discourse . |
| 6 | British Architectural Library ( London ) has more than 400 metres of shelving of manuscript works from the seventeenth century onwards , on all manner of architectural topics ; there are more than 250,000 drawings and 50,000 photographs on architecture and topography . |
| 7 | Black has been the colour of evening suits since the 19th century , but in the Thirties , smart gents followed the Prince of Wales 's liking for midnight blue instead of black . |
| 8 | The DoE sees the duty as self regulating , since each holder of waste checks on the next ( and sometimes previous ) holder in the chain . |
| 9 | I 've had £230-worth of parking fines in the last couple of months ! ’ |
| 10 | The theme of deception continues through the 12th , only a six- or seven-iron to 155 yards but all water and bunkers . |
| 11 | There were an awful lot of teething troubles in the first year or so , but it is working very well . |
| 12 | of the spring records in the second half of May and a similar proportion of autumn reports in the second half of August . |
| 13 | At the same time , however , the formation of these new nations resembled in other important respects the creation of nation states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , and even earlier . |
| 14 | A few examples have been found made from silver , which was a metal commonly used for finger rings in the 1st century AD . |
| 15 | And we hit the bar as well , so it goes to the ninetieth minute does n't it , that 's what it is , a fifteen round fight goes to the last second does n't it as some boxers have found out . |
| 16 | In particular , I am pleased to note a number of important developments stemming from action points in the first Plan . |
| 17 | The Vancouver convention ( originated by Index Medicus and the National Library of Medicine ) , which states that articles contributed by more than six authors are cited in reference lists as the first six authors et al , offers an indirect method of assessing the stringency of criteria for selecting authors . |
| 18 | The IRA 's bombing campaign cost the taxpayer a staggering £102.5m in compensation claims over the last 12 months . |
| 19 | The IRA 's bombing campaign cost the taxpayer a staggering £102.5m in compensation claims over the last 12 months . |
| 20 | This is shown in percentile bands with the fiftieth percentile line shown in the middle ( i.e. fifty out of one hundred children at that age will be of that weight or height ) . |
| 21 | This in turn links with the second great issue : just how , and to whom , should the council of ministers — and , by extension , the EC central bank — be accountable . |
| 22 | This statement in turn leads onto the second question : Why ? |
| 23 | Gunmen opened fire , killing 14 occupants of the bus , including a Dane , Rasmussen Testerto , described in press reports as the first Western tourist to fall victim to the fighting in Sri Lanka ; a Japanese tourist had been shot dead in 1985 . |
| 24 | To a significant extent ( witness our results on payment increases between the first and second repetition ) they were successful . |
| 25 | The expanding copper and tin mines of west Cornwall depended on mule trains until the second quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 26 | WOMEN exposed to flu germs in the fifth or sixth months of pregnancy risk having a schizophrenic baby , researchers warned today . |
| 27 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
| 28 | What evidence is there of this kind of behaviour at football matches before the First World War or in the inter-war period ? |
| 29 | A catalogue of disorderly incidents have occurred at baseball matches in the last two decades . |
| 30 | There was improvement in all the major lines during the half year except Personal Property which was adversely affected by weather claims in the first quarter . |