Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the strength of its hearings for the first eighteen applications the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art duly stopped all the drawings and starred the group , thus indicating its special status only the sixth time this has ever happened . |
| 2 | For the first two weeks the office treated it as a joke . |
| 3 | For the first few days the hands and feet become too sore to practise with , but in time they become sufficiently conditioned to withstand the constant impact and calluses begin to develop in the key areas . |
| 4 | For the first few weeks the cast used the bedrooms as dressing rooms . |
| 5 | For the first few years the Sunday School met in a private house , possibly that of a Mr Thomas Leathem . |
| 6 | For the first few years the maximum carriage length remained at 42ft . |
| 7 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 8 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 9 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 10 | After 1839 the number of staff gradually increased but for the first 20 years the work was confined to southern Britain , limited by the availability of Ordnance Survey maps . |
| 11 | For the last fourteen years the trade union movement has shouldered the blame for the Labour Party 's dismal showing in the general elections . |
| 12 | For the last six months the momentum has grown we 've been lectured to by ex-leaders of the Party by ex-parliamentary stars by Give-us-a-Meal Roy by budding prima donnas by the wagon-load , telling us how we should be gagged ! |
| 13 | For the last six months the managers brought into the firm by Robert Maxwell have been trying to strike a deal to wrench it from the quagmire of his estate . |
| 14 | For the last four years the widow had been forbidden to leave her husband 's side , and her legs had so deteriorated that ( it being considered lèse-majesté ; to crawl ) she had herself carried about her diminutive space by her " slaves " , the " lesser widows " . |
| 15 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 16 | For the last 14 years the show has been put on at the Apollo Theatre , with adoring parents almost filling its eighteen hundred seats as those true troopers give their all for the gang show . |
| 17 | For the last hundred years the picturesque ruins of the Augustinian nunnery ( founded around 1200 ) have been cared for by the Iona Cathedrals Trust . |
| 18 | For the last two years the public have been asked to nominate winners for the Korn/Ferry prize but this year it will be decided by a judging panel alone . |
| 19 | He explained that for the last two years the unit has been funded with money from the Department of Education and Science channelled through Durham County Council . |
| 20 | However , I buy this product regularly and for the last three months the price displayed on the shelf has been £1 . |
| 21 | ‘ For the last three years the boy has been my ward . |
| 22 | For the last three years the number of fires recorded during the Amazon burning season , July to October , has fallen , partly because of government action and partly because the economic slump has affected cattle ranchers and farmers . |
| 23 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 24 | He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme . |
| 25 | For the last few years the sum has been £1 0 . |
| 26 | For the last 40 years the firm 's been using the shaft to dump waste oil , solvents and even raw sewage from its toilets . |
| 27 | For the last ten years the singers have included choirs from Mapplewell Junior School , Staincross Ladies Choir and , retaining the connection with miners , the North Gawber Male Voice Choir . |
| 28 | For the last ten years the spending of the City Council has risen beyond belief . |
| 29 | For the last seventy-three years the Bishop of Durham was a scholar ; five bishops in succession ranging from one who was among the leading minds of Europe to one who was more a publicist than a scholar but who still had academic interests . |
| 30 | For the last several years the transformation has been led by one particular member of that leadership , who was designated the ‘ project manager ’ of the entire change effort . |