Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [noun] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 10 million cubic feet of gas represents easily Pakistan 's major energy resource but substantial investments will be required in compressors for the Sui field if production is to meet demand . |
| 2 | The ride down Northern Boulevard from La Guardia airport to the Queensboro bridge may not be the best way to see New York for the first time although Maxim caught glimpses of its towers jolting towards them over the grey horizon . |
| 3 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 4 | FOR the first time since peace was signed in El Salvador more than a year ago , blood has been spilled on the streets of San Salvador , the capital city . |
| 5 | The most tangible signs of this tendency to borrow more are highlighted in the Central Statistical Office 's Social Trends 1989 , which showed that household expenditure exceeded income in 1986 and 1987 for the first time since compilation of the information began . |
| 6 | The most tangible signs of this tendency to borrow more are highlighted in the Central Statistical Office 's Social Trends 1989 , which showed that household expenditure exceeded income in 1986 and 1987 for the first time since compilation of the information began . |
| 7 | She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . " |
| 8 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 9 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 10 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three-foot distance for the first time since puberty . |
| 11 | For the first time since Heaven , Ace thought of Julian , and the times they had sat in worn green leather armchairs , the hum of traffic from the A40 outside making waves in their glasses , knowing that the barman thought they were underage but also knowing that Ace intimidated him so much that he would n't say anything . |
| 12 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |
| 13 | THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights . |
| 14 | Just under 50 per cent will be available for the individual investor if demand warrants . |
| 15 | and Christopher Butler for the Official Solicitor as guardian ad litem for T. |
| 16 | Mowbray was suspended for the final game when victory against Hibs would have guaranteed a passport into Europe . |
| 17 | We asked the Secretary-General to make recommendations for a more effective role for the United Nations as peacekeeper and as peacemaker . |
| 18 | Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted . |
| 19 | On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control . |
| 20 | Some experts claim the difference may be as much as 15 per cent , but producers in Austria--which leads the rest of Europe in RME use--claim they can make RME for the same price as diesel . |
| 21 | The aid that we are most likely to use for the same reasons as video is the audio tape or cassette recorder . |
| 22 | Few there are who would speak in favour of cruelty to animals , as thus understood , and I take it that , whatever else our differences might be , at least we all agree that cruelty to other animals is morally vile , and morally vile for the same reasons as cruelty to human children , for example . |
| 23 | ( Hawks wear bells for the same reason as mountain cattle — so you can hear them when you ca n't see them . ) |
| 24 | Health warnings on advertisements do not work for the same reason as health warnings on labels — they represent a token gesture which will have no material effect . |
| 25 | As a screen Englishman , he felt it his duty to volunteer for the Royal Navy when war broke out and was amused to find that his newly-developed persona automatically promoted him to officer class . |
| 26 | Some people , upon seeing a title like that , would automatically opt for the pre-shaping method since maths is quite often a dirty word . |
| 27 | ‘ Net investment income has shown a satisfactory increase during the six months as interest charges continue to fall in line with significantly reduced borrowings . |
| 28 | If , during the three-month period after notice has been given by the tenant , the landlord lodges an objection to the proposed alterations , the tenant may apply to the County Court or High Court , depending on the value of the property , for a certificate authorizing the alterations . |
| 29 | The mean height increment during the first year after diagnosis was 4.4 ( 2.3 ) cm . |
| 30 | According to a book by Sunday Times journalists , an SAS soldier posed as the ex-UDR man after security forces learned he was on the IRA 's hit list . |