Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
| 2 | Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx were n't convinced by the car 's handling characteristics , so unconvinced they collided at the first corner . |
| 3 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |
| 4 | Peter Bassett , from Chelsea , said that the present economic difficulties bore no relation to that which pertained under the last Labour government when the country had to be bailed out by the International Monetary Fund . |
| 5 | In 1979 I interviewed for the first ( and last ) time the newly elected Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 6 | Indeed he was appointed London correspondent for EVO when it was launched , a fact that initially escaped Miles , since he was unaware it existed until the third issue . |
| 7 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 8 | What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support ! |
| 9 | Between September 1915 and November 1918 he served in the 21st , 39th , and 47th divisions of the Royal Engineers in France and Belgium , and fought in the battle of Pilckem ridge in 1917 . |
| 10 | When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC . |
| 11 | This is perhaps not surprising : their preference for home care at the first interview indicates that they have a stronger commitment to looking after the dementia sufferer than those who said in the first interview that they would prefer institutional care . |
| 12 | Next morning , 19th July , all is quiet , and after breakfast I decided to pay a visit to the other Commando units ; 4 Commando and 3 Commando , lots of new faces , not many of those who landed on the 6th June are left . |
| 13 | Those who rebled within the first five days were then treated by further sclerotherapy and were randomised if and when they were free of bleeding for this period of time . |
| 14 | By the end of the decade , well over half of those who qualify for assistance will be aged over 80 , mainly those who served in the Second World War or their widows . |
| 15 | As I unveil this plaque to the glory of God and in memory of all those who served in the Hundredth Bomb Group in the cause of freedom from this airfield . |
| 16 | Erected in 1919 , it has an addendum for those who died in the Second World War . |
| 17 | Those who participated in the 8th plenum became members of the Tong-Bo , the central committee of the ICP . |
| 18 | Why , as urban sociologists such as those we reviewed in the last chapter argued , should a spatial or urban sociology not also be concerned with the class relations of production ? |
| 19 | In 1930 he presided at the eleventh International Veterinary Congress in London . |
| 20 | Mr Donald Dewar , Shadow Scottish Secretary , said Labour had fought an ‘ outstanding campaign ’ which would see it winning more than its present 48 of Scotland 's 72 seats at Westminster ; more , even , than the 50 it held at the last election . |
| 21 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 22 | A new campaign team headed by John Wakeham , the Secretary of State for Energy and a close political associate , was appointed to replace what had generally been regarded as the ineffective one used in the first ballot . |
| 23 | A total of 39 British players started the week this year , and not a single one got past the 3rd round . |
| 24 | The two who came in the first place . |
| 25 | So the first two or three hundred we did in the first year have now been resold twice . |
| 26 | In 1578 he subscribed to the first unsuccessful colonizing voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | The route became circular in 1906 , going to Bolton Abbey and back , and in 1915 it changed for the last time . |