Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 All sorts of people go to see performers after a first night .
2 He argues that the depression marks the exhaustion of firms ' ability to obtain profits from the last generation of innovations and their low profit rates force them to take radical steps .
3 The recession has left many folk unable , or hardly able , to meet payments on a first home , let alone a second .
4 Endill was led to the start of the line and told to shake hands with the first teacher , then the second , then the third and all the way along the line until the last .
5 SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory .
6 CCG will continue to provide services for the first year of operation and hopefully into the future .
7 Try to relate events to the Third World .
8 Despite lacking the cutting edge , Villa continued to create openings throughout the second half .
9 And I 'm almost having to bully kids in the fifth year at present into getting hold of the Echo at night and writing off to jobs because they believe they are of no value .
10 It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage .
11 She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow .
12 This method might be used to gather ideas for the next course of sermons , for example .
13 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 .
14 A NAFTA Trade Commission , taking precedence over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) dispute settlement mechanism , would be established to handle disputes in the first instance .
15 Let us clear the alternatives out of the way ; while they are often brought into discussions on the best methods of sharing knowledge with undergraduates , they have but limited scope , and there is no doubt that you must learn to handle lectures as the first step towards a fruitful co-operation with the staff at your college .
16 In a safety initiative designed to reduce accidents in the home , the Kitchen Specialists Association ( KSA ) has launched a new booklet — Greater Safety in the Kitchen — which highlights some of the more common causes of accidents in the home and offers advice on how to avoid mishaps in the first place .
17 They need either to win by more than 50 points or rely on Darlington RA beating Bishop Auckland if they are to pip Bishops for the third promotion place from Durham and Northumberland Division One .
18 Others had n't bothered to buy tickets in the first place .
19 Terrapins have been left here and in similar ponds around the country by bored pet owners for years , but the numbers have been growing thanks to children who have tired of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle craze that led them to buy terrapins in the first place .
20 Labour leaders were strongly criticised for embracing an ‘ unprincipled ’ U-turn away from unilateralism in an attempt to win votes at the next election .
21 There may be a general tendency to exaggerate ; couples seem to be more willing to abandon expectations of a third child than they are to opt for a third child after stating an earlier preference for two .
22 Correct positioning of water jets will ensure that the utensils are thoroughly cleaned first time round , thus removing the tiresome need to put pots through a second time .
23 In East Berlin yesterday officials turned away many would-be visitors from the West and gave warnings to opposition leaders in an attempt to avert demonstrations during the 40th anniversary celebrations today and tomorrow .
24 Provided that appropriate proportions of unc are subtracted from unc as they stand to give zeros in the first column , the array of numbers on the left in unc can be written down ; when the rest of unc is found , the third element of unc can be inserted , and so on .
25 Urbanization was the cause : the Thessalian cities do not start to mint coins till the fifth century and this implies the beginnings of political self-consciousness after prolonged backwardness .
26 But City are prone to concede goals in the last quarter of an hour and bang on the 75th minute the impressive young Dodd fed a wonderful 30-yard pass to Rod Wallace , who held off two defenders to equalise .
27 But even though Johan Cruyff had diluted his attacking creed by fielding an extra defender , Benfica stressed Barcelona 's defensive vulnerability when a simple pass through the middle allowed Cesar Brito to reduce arrears in the 28th minute .
28 John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’
29 Tony Harrison recounts a story about a meeting which is likely to become apocryphal : ‘ There had been over ten accidents in a year on one particular plant and a meeting was held to consider targets for the next year .
30 New Zealand continued to build stations after the Second World War .
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