Example sentences of "[noun sg] provided the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Threadgill led Middlesbrough and Cleveland to team victory , following on from the junior boys team success , when the club provided the first four runners home , spearheaded by Alan Aitchison . |
| 2 | The second point of considerable interest is that this court case provided the first occasion anywhere in the world where a sign language interpreter was appointed by a court to assist in the questioning of , and providing answers from , a deaf person . |
| 3 | The highly charged atmosphere created by the boycott and the Bensonhurst trial provided the first severe test for the city 's first black mayor , David Dinkins . |
| 4 | Its sound provided the first syllable of Poirot 's name ‘ poir ’ , and for the second one need look no further than the French word ‘ perdreau ’ , meaning ‘ a young partridge ’ . |
| 5 | Mrs Baggley 's evidence provided the first unshakeable facts about Paul 's whereabouts after he had left his home on the evening of his murder . |
| 6 | The tour provided the first opportunity for many years for people to call openly for the restoration of human rights , legalization of political parties and the scrapping of the Tinkhundla ( chieftancy ) system [ see p. 38048 ] . |
| 7 | The private view of the inaugural exhibition in the new Arts Centre provided the first event of their calendar for 1992 . |
| 8 | A report by a Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food provided the first official acknowledgment that lead fall-out from cars contributed significantly to the lead content of food . |
| 9 | But for many of the poor , CAP provided the first opportunity to participate in decisions which vitally affected their lives . |
| 10 | The Scottish heat provided the next three places in Dave Walker and Sheila Adamson of Edinburgh , Angela Forsyth and Ian Crorie ( Stirling and Edinburgh ) and Jill Arthur and James Forbes ( Dunblane ) . |