Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has only been in the last year or so that the Government has started to grapple with major areas of social policy like education and housing . |
| 2 | She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo . |
| 3 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 4 | Had it not been for the First World War I might have been sent to school in England , separated indefinitely from my parents , as was the fate of so many English children whose fathers served in India or elsewhere in the East . |
| 5 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 6 | If it does come , say the Swiss , it may not be until the second week in January . |
| 7 | Celibacy , originally a voluntary charism , became a requirement for ordination , although it would not be until the eleventh century that this law would be fully imposed on the Latin Church . |
| 8 | Even if fusion becomes an energy producer , realistic commercial production will not be until the mid-21st century , which is beyond the interest span of the average member of Congress . |
| 9 | Having obtained B , we now select a pivotal element in it for the next step ; the selection is arbitrary except that the element must be nonzero and must not be in the second row , which contains the unit . |
| 10 | They should not be in the first rank of share prices to be marked down , but would nevertheless be most unlikely to buck the market trend . |
| 11 | ‘ We could still be in the Third Division in a week 's time . |
| 12 | The figures that I read out are for the first year . |
| 13 | Of the hedgerow shrubs which still hold fruits , the hips of the various species of rose may well be the most obvious , often being among the last fruits to be eaten by hungry wintering thrushes . |
| 14 | All the talk now was of the Second Front , and everyone thought that the Army would have to land in France to finish off the war . |
| 15 | The acid clearance data presented here are from the second group of subjects ( 23 patients and 23 volunteers ) . |
| 16 | They should n't be in the third division . |
| 17 | The ATSR is proving to be a perceptive eye above the skies , but it wo n't be until the next century until scientists can fully analyse what weather and climate is in store for the generations to come . |
| 18 | Otherwise , what can be seen of Patrington today is of the 18th century or later . |
| 19 | Thanks to Scottish Amicable and here 's to the next competition . |
| 20 | This was known as — ‘ Here 's to the next time ’ and was followed by a man 's voice which says — ‘ Good evening ladies and gentlemen . |
| 21 | Here 's to the 800th issue , due out on Monday 17th of July in the year 2000 . |
| 22 | The evaluation reported here is of the first versions of the lexical access component ( LA ) and of the project 's acoustic-phonetic front-end ( SEGLAB ) . |
| 23 | A possible place to save the contents of the program counter ( that is , the address of the instruction following the subroutine call ) is in a suitable store location in the subroutine , typically its first location ; the subroutine jump will then be to the second location of the subroutine . |
| 24 | That is laudable , but Scottish can field Lions , internationals and ‘ B ’ internationals and yet are in the Third Division . |
| 25 | I do nt think anyone would argue that Strach should nt be in the first team . |