Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 This research attempts to provide the first detailed study of the formation of the modern medical profession within the context of local communities .
2 It was just a shame that some machine problems spoiled the second half of the year . ’
3 In 1966 , British post offices issued the first special Christmas stamps .
4 In this way children make the first crude distinctions between what is ‘ me ’ and what is ‘ not me ’ .
5 An example can be seen at the Didcot Railway Centre With the fine locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch , the GWR 's broad gauge trains formed the first real expresses and indeed the inaugural train from London to Bristol led to the comment that this must be the only time on record that an engineer had exceeded his promises !
6 The following study attempts to avoid the first problem by increasing the data available for the calculation of ROC curves and to address the second problem by using a much more varied selection of stimuli .
7 Buses — some of them upside-down and turned into barricades — were strewn across the square while a mountain of upended transport containers formed the last Christian front line .
8 Future joint space observatories include the first large gamma ray observatory in 1985 and a cooled telescope for studying very short radio waves in 1987 .
9 The national curriculum proposals form the first part of the Education Reform Bill , which also contains proposals in relation to open enrolments , financial delegation to schools , the establishment of grant maintained schools and various proposals for higher education .
10 Suppose that r is fixed ( for example by the balanced growth conditions see the next Lecture ) .
11 International law experts say the first reason is the strongest and the last the weakest .
12 Major construction projects included the second stage of the Sunchon Vinalon complex , the first stage of which was commissioned in October 1989 , the Sariwon potash fertilizer complex , a steel works , and power stations .
13 This fact has been demonstrated in official and independent research studies spanning the last century .
14 The ten day celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of railways arriving in Taunton went very well over the final weekend with a feast of motive power seen on the West Somerset Railway .
15 Formulation of Labour Government policies to support the Third Pillar — the projection and protection of British interests overseas — needed least reorientation of traditional British military thinking that had evolved from three centuries of global geo-political experience .
16 Ministers from 15 member countries attending the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) conference in Seoul on Nov. 12-14 issued a declaration at the close of the talks which set out the direction and role for APEC as " an exemplary model of open regional co-operation " , and agreed to co-operate to reduce trade barriers both within the region and worldwide , and to identify and promote the region 's interests .
17 Thirteen young Waverley Harriers attended the first Brighton & Hove open meeting at Withdean Stadium on Saturday .
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