Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] of the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission could have put forward the first of these amendments separately from the Fifth Directive , and may have chosen its course in order to revive consideration of the Fifth Directive as a whole . |
| 2 | Gen. Phoune Sipaseuth visited China in late April 1991 to attend celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries . |
| 3 | This means that , for both sentences , it is only the arrival of the word cats which allows the listener to complete interpretation of the first clause . |
| 4 | To treat women of the eighteenth century narrowly as pioneers or precursors of modern feminism has the unfortunate effect of visiting a new teleology on eighteenth century studies . |
| 5 | ‘ We are trying to position ourselves to take advantage of the next break in the weather . ’ |
| 6 | While on this topic , it is convenient to anticipate part of the next chapter where future pecuniary loss is considered . |
| 7 | Negotiations by Tyne Tees to broadcast highlights of the first leg of the tie on Wednesday night broke down , leaving thousands of fans disappointed . |
| 8 | This radiation is required in order to prevent violation of the second law . |
| 9 | But what finally convinced me that the emission was real was that the spectrum of the emitted particles was exactly that which would be emitted by a hot body , and that the black hole was emitting particles at exactly the correct rate to prevent violations of the second law . |