Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 2 | , personnel secretary at Ipswich , has successfully completed the first stage of a three year course in personnel management at the Suffolk College . |
| 3 | The keeper , who has not played a first team game since October , made several fine saves to keep a Palace-dominated opening period goalless . |
| 4 | Black could operate on the right for there is no challenge now from Robbie Dennison ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ) who did not sign his new contract until earlier this week and has not played a first team game this season — missing out also on the club 's Scandinavian tour . |
| 5 | Ball , who has not started a first team match since the Shrewsbury trip in mid February , beat two defenders before rifling home a glorious 15-yard strike in the 52nd minute . |
| 6 | The industrious biographer of Bernard Shaw has just completed the fourth volume , but it appears as if bricks , not books , will finish him off . |
| 7 | An appeal for funds has just raised the first £100,000 , enabling the Museum to further improve the facilities offered to the visitors to this already fascinating centre of British aviation and motoring . |
| 8 | DEVELOPERS are planning to clone an historic Liverpool terrace which has just undergone the first phase of a multi-million pound facelift . |
| 9 | ‘ My God , ’ she said , sounding a bit like a vicar who has just discovered the Third World , ‘ this makes one 's own problems seem pretty small , does n't it ? ’ |
| 10 | André has just delivered the third baby this week . |
| 11 | Charles , who has just failed the first year of a law degree and is hard up , put up a notice on the fence : " Danger — Keep Out — No Liability Accepted . " |
| 12 | Cypress has just got the first silicon on the HyperSparc CPU , according to Electronic Engineering Times , and it 's reportedly almost completely functional . |
| 13 | Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked . |
| 14 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 15 | The region 's Women 's Desk has already entered the second year of its life . |
| 16 | - A letter appears in a national newspaper expressing disbelief that the writer has already spotted the first penny-for-the-guy collector/Christmas tree/artificial snow sprayed on shop window/Valentine cards on sale . |
| 17 | Corporate Wedgwood has also received the first order for its new Caspian pattern for Amberley Castle , Arundel — the only 900-year-old castle in the world which is used as an hotel . |
| 18 | The four accountants convicted in the £40m Blue Arrow trial ( see ACCOUNTANCY , March , p 14 ) have had their convictions overturned , and , in the face of criticism from the Appeal Court , the Serious Fraud Office has also abandoned a second trial . |
| 19 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 20 | In the UK policy has typically followed the second route , seeking to regulate rather than remove monopolies . |
| 21 | The United Kingdom has now taken the first step towards European Monetary Union which is intended to lead eventually to a single European currency . |
| 22 | Coming soon are a new wetsuit and high cut trousers and Nigel has now finished the first sea kayak with another on the way . |
| 23 | Erm , the first one is called a lapse erm , and that happens when the person who 's speaking , has n't selected the next speaker , or nobody who 's self-selected . |
| 24 | The movement has even reached the last bastion of the British banger , pub grub . |
| 25 | Rob has recently completed the first leg of the Round the World Yacht Race . |
| 26 | Well the first one 's already had the first chance |