Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each movement is complete in itself but must flow into the next and become part of the total choreographic design . |
| 2 | There are literally thousands of Latin words occurring in texts of interest to the local historian — and these may date from the sixth or seventh centuries down to the seventeenth . |
| 3 | So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I 'll wish for the first and last dance tonight and as many as you can spare in between , ’ Harry rejoined , and was pleased to see that Cora-Beth was actually blushing . |
| 5 | It would date to the 1st or 2nd century AD . |
| 6 | Besides the Foundation stories , Asimov 's best known book was probably his second , I , Robot ( 1950 ) , in which he promulgated three unalterable ‘ Laws of Robotics ’ — first , that a robot may not harm a human being , or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm ; secondly , that a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except when this would conflict with the first law ; and thirdly , that a robot must protect itself , except when this would conflict with the first and second laws . |
| 7 | In this article I will deal with the first and the last — ‘ professional clearance ’ and confidentiality . |
| 8 | Versatile Rodber , who can play in the second or back row , will continue his club career at Northampton . |