Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this has , of course , been made possible both by technological revolutions in transport and communication and by the lengthy period of free movements of the factors of production over a vast area of the globe which has developed since the second world war . |
| 2 | In this respect , at least , little has altered since the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Britain has fallen for the first time in almost three years . |
| 4 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the third month running . |
| 5 | Special circumstances are required to justify the er proposing the new settlement through the local plan structure planning process , and I believe that is exactly what has occurred over the last five years , and if I could just quickly run through paragraph thirty three of P P G three , and the your invitation for us to comment on the criteria set out there , first of all the first element , the ex the alternative must be erm seen to be a less satisfactory method of providing land for the new housing that is needed , that is the essence of what has occurred in the process which the County Council has undertaken over the last couple of years , all of the policy options available have been examined in great detail , have been subject to public consultation , public participation , d I believe clear view was that there were erm constraints operating on York which meant that not all of that additional development accommodated in the adjacent to the existing er York city villages surrounding York . |
| 6 | It is one of the world 's fastest-growing industries which has burgeoned since the Second World War , and especially since the 1960s . |
| 7 | Moscovici has referred to the second process by which social representations are produced as objectification . |
| 8 | WILL SUTHERLAND , skipper of one of the yachts in the British Steel Challenge round-the-world race , has resigned after the first leg from Southampton to Rio de Janeiro for personal reasons . |
| 9 | He needs to leap into the next league . |
| 10 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 11 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 12 | A quick dust , to get rid of the cobwebs , and it 's off to the track , adrenalin pumping , because that time has come for the first track workout of the summer . |
| 13 | It has come at the eleventh hour . |
| 14 | There are several other systems , regionally important , ethnically , culturally and/or theologically based but none has , as yet , had the pervasive success that capitalism has enjoyed in the twentieth century . |
| 15 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 16 | In the long term , Britain has to come into the next century with a partnership in Europe . |
| 17 | One society which has featured for the first time in this year 's results is the Standard building society . |
| 18 | Jimmy and Gwenda Cornell 's ARC team has grown since the first event in 1986 . |
| 19 | My mum has a passion fruit plant and it has grown for the first time . |
| 20 | Despite the law , the company has grown over the last year . |
| 21 | The number of people unemployed has risen for the twenty-second month in a row , the figure now stands at two point six , five million . |
| 22 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |
| 23 | It may be thought unwise to present a young a artist in repertoire as familiar and well-recorded as this , but one only needs to listen to the first minute of track one , the F major Sonata , to realise that Haefliger is in complete command and has something unique to offer , namely youthful energy , dash and charisma . |
| 24 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 25 | And although the Tude has plants in its waters , I am reluctant to believe that any of them are lilies ; for Chalais has suffered from the twentieth century as Aubeterre has not , and the Tude is polluted whereas the Dronne runs clear . |
| 26 | Material collected in south-east Ecuador has revealed for the first time Triassic marine sediments with bivalves , as well as Jurassic microfloras and Cretaceous macrofaunas . |
| 27 | An S-A-S officer who led a mission to prevent the Gulf conflict spreading throughout the Middle East has revealed for the first time what happened behind enemy lines . |
| 28 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 29 | This process has accelerated in the twentieth century and , we argue , reached completion in the twenty years following the Second World War . |
| 30 | Palace striker Chris Armstrong has confessed for the first time that manager Steve Coppell took a huge gamble signing him . |