Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same year an Act was passed declaring that from henceforth the boundaries of all the royal forests should be taken to extend no further than those ‘ commonly reputed , used or taken in the twentieth year of the reign of James I [ 1622–23 ] . |
| 2 | The cubs , all between three and seven weeks old , have been found orphaned or abandoned over the last few weeks . |
| 3 | It was this that led to the first hints of how the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity might affect each other — a glimpse of the shape of a quantum theory of gravity yet to come . |
| 4 | The nave arcade , with its capitals and columns , is the most interesting and dates from the eleventh century ( 401 ) . |
| 5 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 6 | You start with one vowel , go on to another and end with the third . |
| 7 | They left within two days of his release , leaving me tired , dazed , relieved and waiting for the Second Son to come ‘ home ’ for yet another week-end . |
| 8 | The main reason for this is that the simple plan and elevation of the original cathedral have become obscured by later work , for the cathedral was being continuously added to , altered and developed from the eleventh to the sixteenth century . |
| 9 | The first one was still exploding through my cortex as I gulped the second and reached for the third . |
| 10 | She will arrive on September 1st and depart on the 2nd and I trust you will make her welcome as I know all our mother 's daughters would . |
| 11 | The British pairing of Colette Hall and local girl Sarah Loosemore was unable to win a set in the doubles against Lisa Albano and Emmons , despite leading 5–4 and serving in the second . |
| 12 | Built in 1490 and reconstructed in the sixteenth century , this picturesque dwelling was reputedly occupied by the great Protestant Reformer from 1561 to 1572 . |
| 13 | It is possible that the origin is naval and dates from the 16th Century when ‘ sucking the monkey ’ described the tapping and topping up of a coconut with rum before the milk mix was sucked from it . |
| 14 | The main house is long and low and dates from the 16th and 17th centuries . |
| 15 | ‘ I saw him on the television the other night it was his run and cross down the left that led to the first goal against England . |
| 16 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
| 17 | But all that changed at the next , as the loose horses stopped and swerved broadside to the take-off side of the fence . |
| 18 | The Bernt Carlsson Trust , which is chaired by Mrs Glenys Kinnock , wife of the Labour leader , pledges to ‘ aid the poor and distressed in the third world ’ . |
| 19 | If the company has been dormant from the time of its formation , the special resolution will be effective if passed before the first general meeting at which accounts are to be laid . |
| 20 | Now she has followed this up with her second book , The Kitchen God 's Wife ( Flamingo , £5.99 , published April 23 ) , which is as powerful and moving as the first . |
| 21 | Debt-laden disco operator European Leisure is suspending dividend payments as it struggles to service bank loans in the face of heavy debts and the recession.The group is still in the black but trading in the first two months of the year has been ‘ difficult and stable ’ . |
| 22 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |
| 23 | The match seemed as good as settled by the first evening . |
| 24 | The horror stories of Eastern Europe can be more than matched from the Third World . |
| 25 | In Scotia , which had not been mentioned as part of the Archbishop Adalbert 's spiritual kingdom , a few members of the Norman party left at short notice , to be more than replaced in the next week or two by friends and kinsmen who wanted their posts . |
| 26 | Even before 1905 , a solidly-based mass press had come into being , and in the last decade of the Empire there was an explosion in the publication of newspapers , while the number of books appearing more than trebled in the first decade and a half of the century . |
| 27 | This view characterises most sociological explanations of crime , including those that fall into the third category of causal explanation : invention . |
| 28 | A mock battle ensued — at least , she hoped it was mock — then the pair went racing soundlessly off to push the unlatched communicating door ajar and disappear into the next room . |
| 29 | Twice Michael had lashed out at him and hurt him , only to be contrite and loving in the next breath . |
| 30 | Lizzie jelfs and Caroline Billingham all qualified but fell in the first round … |