Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The sorry story began on 18th March 1612 , when a teenage beggar girl , Alizon Device , flew into a rage when a pedlar refused to give her some pins . |
2 | One commercial , or perhaps ‘ propaganda film ’ is a better description , that does this is a controversial piece arguing against Third World debt and calling on viewers to lobby their MPs . |
3 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
4 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
5 | There is an excellent chapter ‘ Must I exercise ? ’ which boasts a complimentary piece written from first hand experience , on the Medau method . |
6 | And some of the worst excesses during this period came from Third World governments , such as Sanjay Ghandi 's notorious sterilisation campaign in India in 1976 . |
7 | I sa , as I say , I met this morning with the three members from Potter Street erm we do have various alternative proposals for sa ways forward should the village back out and what I can say to you at this stage is that we have another meeting scheduled for next week , we will be meeting with the Resident 's Associations keeping them fully informed erm we will ensure that the letter goes back to Mrs who and the other Resident 's Associations who expressed concern there and that we will be taking , I hope , I hope because I 'm gon na have to say if Woolwich back out we 're going out we 're going have to move very fast and do some quite erm in-depth work . |
8 | This behaviour seems at first sight to be the opposite of that seen during wound closure . |
9 | The attack on the 39 year old woman happened on 30th April at Swindon College . |
10 | Yes we have , er I mean , the er there are wasps years recorded way back from Gilbert White 's time ; there have been certain , wasp years , but in terms of people wanting action against wasps nests , er our own pest control branches throughout the country , er did a telephone survey ten days ago , and er in many parts , they range from er forty percent increase to eighty percent increase to one hundred percent increase in some parts of the country ; this season compared with last season . |
11 | Vasulka has developed visually compelling techniques , which he uses to create an electronic opera based on 20th century history . |
12 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
13 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
14 | This competition ends on 28th February 1993 . |
15 | This competition closes on 30th September 1992 . |
16 | This competition closes on 31st October 1992 , when the winners will be drawn at random . |
17 | I 'm having a yearly detailed print done of last year , |
18 | this year compared with last year . |
19 | I mean holiday prices were , were sort of scheduled to go up this year compared to last year 's , probably sort of eight , nine , ten per cent . |
20 | On the 30 September 1834 the lease was surrendered and a fresh indenture made from 1st October between Lady le Fleming , and Taylor , one Richard Gaunt of Leek , and now John Barratt who had left Grassington to live in Coniston . |
21 | Charles , a solid top 10 performer for years , this time lies in sixth position and another name with royal links , William , comes third . |
22 | Thus , in the developed countries , the minimum risk of a late fetal death occurs among second order births , followed by an increase with rising birth order . |
23 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |
24 | The Indian batting , though , was often at sea , and their selectors will have much thinking to do before next winter 's tough series against South Africa and England . |
25 | Initially , the establishment ( in 1989 ) of an entire museum devoted to 10th century design seemed to constitute a threat to the status of the V&A as an up-to-date institution . |
26 | DOWN may or may not have meant it but they have certainly succeeded in providing Derry with an extra incentive to triumph in next Sunday 's Ulster championship glamour tie . |
27 | Argentina 's Jorge Recalde , who had been Sainz 's main challenger through the six-day rally fell to third place , 59 minutes behind the leader after both the rear and front drive shafts of his Lancia HF Integrale failed . |
28 | The Canadian government had until 26th August to appeal against the ruling and has already lodged an appeal . |
29 | It was certainly a more honest confession than George Bush ever managed , and by saying that he has been forced into this decision by an expanding deficit which has gone ‘ beyond even the worst official government estimates from last year ’ , he is also confronting Americans with some central truths about their economic situation . |
30 | The garish shirt that caused a myotonic goat to faint at first sight may have little effect once the animal has grown used to its owner 's poor taste . |