Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked about how the two parts of the exhibition about fifty autograph works in the first part followed by a section on debatable works by pupils and followers were connected , Dr Brown agreed that the two parts were , in fact , rather distinct . |
| 2 | Only the defeat of Germany in 1945 made it possible for a satisfactory study of German war aims in the first world war to be undertaken . |
| 3 | A powerful recognition of this tenet comes in the fifth chapter of Paul 's letter to the Ephesians . |
| 4 | The origin of a different approach lies in the mid-nineteenth century in Lumley v. Gye . |
| 5 | ‘ If the gods will it that the old man dies in the next six months , he will die , and I will claim the credit . |
| 6 | Mr Beregovoy is expected to approve proposals for a Gallic form of personal equity plans in the next few weeks which would allow French investors up to £60,000 worth of shares each , free of dividend and capital gains tax . |
| 7 | We have made a survey of the overall mortgage costs in the last one , three and five years . |
| 8 | The route from Bombay 's Victoria Terminus perhaps the most impressive station in the world , and noted for its decorative friezes which are dedicated to the railways of North-East England , including Stephenson and the embryonic Stockton and Darlington Railway crosses 100 bridge spans in the first 24 miles , of which 22 were fabricated by DWEC ( 1878–1905 ) . |
| 9 | A similar thing occurs in the next quatrain where the hard plosive ‘ b ’ of ‘ by and by black night ’ is eased with the soothing ‘ s ’ of ‘ second self that seals ’ . |
| 10 | The Spennymoor super heavyweight forced the referee to step in after Hopper had pounded the more fancied Craig Parsons of Brighton into three standing counts in the second round . |
| 11 | is judged to be acceptable , because it can be ‘ completed ’ by squirted with the hose , and that exact phrase occurs in the first part of the sentence . |
| 12 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 13 | One answer to this problem may be found in the documents which record the surrender of their freedom by substantial peasant landholders in the eleventh century : the landlords bought their subjection for a substantial grant of land ; in return , by becoming serfs , the peasants agreed never to leave their plot of land . |
| 14 | The most egregious case occurs in the last entrée , in which |
| 15 | The principle of treatment by similars — that what a remedy could produce it could also cure — was as far as we know first put forward by the Greek physician Hippocrates in the fifth century B C. Over the centuries , however , it was forgotten or disregarded and it was not until the end of the eighteenth century that it was rediscovered empirically by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann . |
| 16 | Is there expectations that there will be any more redundancy costs in the second half ? |
| 17 | Foulds could only muster single figure totals in the next two as Doherty opened up a 2–1 lead . |
| 18 | Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century maiolica has in the last few years returned to popularity ( the recent exhibition of the maiolica collections of the Metropolitan Museum was regularly crowded , to the amazement of Met officials ) , though most of its present day collectors are Italian . |
| 19 | The third seed wasted two match points in the second set tie break before capitulating 4–6 7–6 6–3 to the big-serving Australian . |
| 20 | They had stood at one set all , but Hammond held two service breaks in the third . |
| 21 | The win , only Eastbourne 's third in the past decade , was achieved against a team whose five finals include two cup wins in the last 12 years . |
| 22 | But the real golden goose comes in the second round . |
| 23 | THERE were two century breaks in the fourth round of the Turtles of Rathkenny Ulstler Open Snooker Classic at Ballymena 147 Club last night . |
| 24 | Second question is about trainers … which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years … there 's only one … and we want the name |
| 25 | The second question is which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years |
| 26 | It plans new satellite launches in the next two years which will provide full global coverage . |
| 27 | Flint-based construction company David McLean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the on-shore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 28 | Flint-based construction company David McL5ean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the onshore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 29 | In the pipeline is Silver and Gold , a Tom O'Connor-hosted games show , and a new drama series , devised by Border 's chairman Melvyn Bragg , about English/Scottish border bandits in the 16th century . |
| 30 | Perhaps the most moving sentence in the whole book comes in the last chapter as he takes his leave of his reader : ‘ For it is not what you are nor what you have been that God regards with his most merciful eyes , but what you would like to be . ’ |