Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much depends on Wright , still seeking his first England goal , and Shearer , who play together for only the second time . |
| 2 | It was bitterly cold , and light trickled in on only every second twist in the stairs . |
| 3 | Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner . |
| 4 | Up to virtually the last minute I 'd assumed that we , or at least yours truly , were going on the plane as well . |
| 5 | All regions have now drawn up at least a first round of projects for inclusion on the shopping lists . |
| 6 | He ‘ established methods of work , and initiated courses of improvement ’ under which by 1890 the average general death rate of Liverpool was declared by Sir John Simon [ q.v. ] to have been reduced by ‘ probably at least a fourth part ’ of the rate which prevailed when he became medical officer of health . |
| 7 | When the polarisation is unavailable as well ( as on overcast days , for example ) , bees fall back on yet a third system , based on landmarks , and there is no reason to suppose we have exhausted the set of fail-safe plans built into bees . |
| 8 | On the most recent occasion , supervisor Melvyn Relly had his vehicle stolen within minutes of arriving at the office , and with faint hope of success , Nick Graham , surveyor , drove Melvyn out to where the last car was recovered along streets neighbouring the Nottingham office . |
| 9 | Only half a dozen men and I were left , but almost at once a third plane arrived , and having been warned that they dared not wait as there were Jap planes about , we got on board and the plane took oft almost empty . |