Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also included are props Dan Jackart and Paul Szabo , who showed well in France , along with flanker Al Charron , now fully recovered after breaking ribs in the last game against the All Blacks , and centre Tom Woods , like Cardinal a 1987 World Cup starter in New Zealand . |
| 2 | After giving details of the first four murders , Mr John said : ‘ There has been a fifth development , a murder in south London , which bears features similar to the others we are investigating . ’ |
| 3 | Curricular novelties continued : the Headmaster , himself a Classicist , reported on Speech Day : we have made the experiment of allowing boys in the 5th to choose their own work for two hours a week , with the interesting result that a dozen boys have chosen to do Greek . " |
| 4 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 5 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 6 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 7 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 8 | There are logical conditions of experiencing objects of the second category , but colour always figures as an object of the first category , as in the following passage : |
| 9 | Despite the growing demographic and other pressures on the NHS , it has reduced the real costs of treating patients in the last ten years . |
| 10 | The third column of figure 8.4 shows the result of taking logs of the second column . |
| 11 | Shortages in the supply of wrapping materials during the Second World War meant that extremes of economy were necessary . |
| 12 | It might appear that chaining or tagging would always be preferable to the simpler system of storing records in the next available position . |
| 13 | Moving the suspension of standing orders at the next meeting of Cork County Council , Councillor Gene Fitzgerald TD complained that the first council members heard of the planning decision was when they read of it in the morning paper . |
| 14 | A Ridge had been recorded in a list of nailers in the village back in Queen Anne 's reign and the family 's connection with metal hand crafts was not broken until 1970 when John Henry Ridge retired ( at the age of ninety-one ) from his part-time occupation of making gimlets in the last of Ecclesfield 's little smithies . |
| 15 | And let us no longer worry about begging questions against the second scenario , and simply say ‘ conventional meaning ’ rather than ‘ constant significance ’ . |
| 16 | I mean , we can , we can start by we I mean we can get people set up for doing things from the first of March ca n't we ? |
| 17 | Although , as discussed in Chapter 4 , most search consultants encounter difficulties in attracting candidates on behalf of clients who insist on remaining anonymous for at least the initial stages of the search , many clients see this as a real plus in using headhunters in the first place . |
| 18 | This is a voyage of discovery during which guests stay in selfcatering apartments on the 12th century Melazzano Estate , about a mile from ancient town of Greve in Chianti . |
| 19 | The distribution of mortgage interest tax relief , which stood at £4.9 billion before the rise in lending rates during the second half of 1988 , is indicative of all tax benefits . |
| 20 | ‘ For instance , would openness deter complainants from making complaints in the first place ? |
| 21 | Further difficulties lay in raising funds in the first place . |
| 22 | Acceptance of a proof of debt for voting purposes at the first meeting is not the same as acceptance by the trustee of a proof for dividend and the trustee is not bound by the earlier decision of the official receiver . |
| 23 | San Jose , California-based Conner Peripherals Inc warns that it expects to report a loss from operations for the second quarter ending June 30 , adding that the expected loss reflects ongoing price competition , excess capacity and a transition in product demand to 200Mb and higher capacity drives ; a continuation of factors affecting the second quarter , as well as a seasonal slowdown in the summer , could also lead to operating losses in the third quarter , the firm said . |
| 24 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
| 25 | He confessed that he might inadvertently have been guilty of the second on occasion and freely admitted to taking gifts of the third kind , which he regarded as entirely permissible . |
| 26 | As prone as most journalists to leaving matters to the last minute , Tchaikovsky ‘ regarded this work as very light , insignificant , and so as not to overlook the deadline for each piece , he got his servant [ Alyosha ] to remind him each month of the date of delivery ’ . |
| 27 | Two TODAY reporters took their children on skiing trips for the first time . |
| 28 | The first was passed by with a view to concentrating efforts on the second . |
| 29 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 30 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |