Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of the political meetings at the second branch a councillor had voiced typically conservative views on education , stressing the need to encourage the brightest and discourage bad behaviour by the cane . |
| 2 | A disputed paragraph regarding representation in the Soviet of the Republics was passed with the required two-thirds majority at the fourth vote , after a minor adjustment . |
| 3 | These steps were agreed by the government , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and 17 other political groups at the first meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( CODESA ) in December [ see pp. 38662-63 ] . |
| 4 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 5 | While it may not be reasonable to go as far as official opinion , there was some truth in Stalin 's retrospective judgement at the 12th Party Congress : |
| 6 | The day before we left , we celebrated Ned 's 21st with lunch in a good restaurant ( the popping of the champagne cork causing much alarm and despondency among the old dears at the next table ) . |
| 7 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 8 | Bonington also takes repeated swipes at the 19th century climbing establishment as represented by the Alpine Club , glossing over in the process the AC 's extraordinary and valuable role in the exploration not only of the Alps but the greater ranges . |
| 9 | Would it be possible to have another look at the last provision that the Minister mentioned , which imposes on local authorities a duty to provide sites for travellers ? |
| 10 | If there are two parties each putting forward programmes which they are pledged to carry out if elected to government , and which they are able to carry out because they possess sufficient internal cohesion , then the electorate in choosing a programme ( and a programme at that which has been drawn up to appeal to their interests ) mandates a party to carry out its programme and holds the party accountable for its adequate fulfillment at the next election . |
| 11 | He urged me to look elsewhere — particularly in the fields owned by an old lady at the next farm called Low Birk Hatt , because they were far more colourful than his . |
| 12 | Apart from the fact that polite letters of rejection are a matter of common courtesy there is also the more pragmatic point that something may go wrong with the new arrangement — the employee may change his/her mind , become ill , move away unexpectedly , take up another job at the last minute . |
| 13 | The Tory-held seats at the last election which Labour would expect to win in the North-East are Darlington , Tynemouth , and Langbaurgh . |
| 14 | ‘ Yeah , I used to be able to play with the slide at the 12th fret and reach all the way back to hit the top string at the seventh fret with my first finger . |
| 15 | You did a fresh lot at the last moment . ’ |
| 16 | But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare . |
| 17 | Michael Russell , the party 's vice-convener for publicity , accused Labour of selling out on all the promises it made to Scottish voters at the last election . |
| 18 | Give yourself a few lessons at the first opportunity . |
| 19 | On behalf of the Labour party , I invite you to join the vast majority of people in this country at the next election and to vote Labour . |
| 20 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 21 | The French couple at the next table heard the scurrilous word and stared reproachfully at this affront to their palates . |
| 22 | The hierarchy is arranged so that groups of strong and weak elements at the lowest level themselves form strong or weak elements at the next level up and so on throughout the hierarchy , somewhat in the manner of the hierarchical structure of syntax . |
| 23 | The one person whose placement broke down ( WG ) moved to a large institution and then to a small private home at the last datapoint , where her level of participation shows some decrement . |
| 24 | The Soviet Union accepted division at the 38th parallel . |
| 25 | Allen held a 5–4 advantage at the 5th end and over the next four raced into a commanding 13–6 lead . |
| 26 | Her choice of the 2,000 canvasses at the 20th Century British Art Fair in London was … a portrait of herself . |
| 27 | The committee reported that all teams had completed the tasks successfully and it agreed to initial a protocol of the joint inspection at the third session to be held in Beijing in November . |
| 28 | WHEN constituency boundaries have been re-arranged , Labour will probably need to gain an extra 75 seats if it is to win an overall majority at the next election . |
| 29 | In this duplex , the Dcm recognition sequence is tagged by a cytosine-5-fluoro function at the second position in the upper strand , C[5-FC]AGG , whereas the lower strand carries the unmodified sequence CCTGG . |
| 30 | A very gallant gentleman at the next table came over and for no particular reason , kissed my hand ! |