Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floor , laid down between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , is now largely roped off from the thousands of tourists who visit the basilica each month . |
| 2 | The route has now taken a bit of hammering with a Yugoslav bagging the third ascent and Sean Myles and Andy Pollitt steaming in for the fourth and fifth ascents soon afterwards . |
| 3 | Rostand had grown rich on the royalties from his astonishing verse drama , Cyrano de Bergerac , which was first performed in 1897 and so successfully that its author was reportedly made a knight of the Légion d'Honneur on the opening night in between the fourth and fifth acts . |
| 4 | Ampofo was being outboxed , but then amazingly put his opponent down in the third and fifth rounds . |
| 5 | Kevin Tamati 's men led 24-2 at the break with Coleman going over in the 32nd and 34th minutes . |
| 6 | The oral tradition lived on into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |
| 7 | Summing up on the first and second reasons , it is evident that the main objection to Article 86 legislation is that business does not relish the prospect of fines for abuse of monopoly power , because it would have to take competition policy more seriously in future . |
| 8 | The rest we had to transport up to the second and fourth floors , up steep , dark steps ! |
| 9 | Going back inside the house , the two staircases up to the first and second floors were dark as neither had windows , the only light available came from open bedroom doors . |
| 10 | Independent fieldwork for an honours thesis is carried out between the third and fourth years of study . |
| 11 | He listened to Nigel Cramer for several minutes , nodded and gave his own orders to the dozen men who had clambered out of the second and third helicopters . |
| 12 | We shall look back upon the 19th and early 20th century as the golden age of the written word and printed page . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm just really happy I was able to come back in the second and third sets , ’ said Sukova , who held three set points in the first set , including two in the tie-break , before Sanchez took the decider 9–7 . |
| 14 | Before that the village 's only successful days had occurred back in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , when it was a centre of the Basque whaling trade . |
| 15 | There , in this country , more so than any other country in Europe , there 's a tradition of adults abusing children quite legitimately as well in the form of beating them and erm indeed headmasters of Eton back in the eighteenth and nineteenth century were often selected , not because of their scholarly ability , but because of their size and strength . |
| 16 | The system of Heliopolis can be traced back to the Second and Third Dynasties . |
| 17 | The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine . |
| 18 | This housed oriental manuscripts , many of poetry , mysticism and jurisprudence , going back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 19 | The origins of Coombe House lie in the 14th century ( the surrounding farms date back to the 10th and 11th ) ; today it is a Georgian building with an attractive garden , the perimeter of which has been left to flourish without the interfering hand of man . |
| 20 | He decided to go on to the second and third caves , determined to find what he was looking for . |
| 21 | All the increases that he has just quoted — in the number of pupils staying on to the fifth and sixth years and in the number of social workers — are down to the fact that all the regional authorities in Scotland are controlled by the Labour party and they see as their spending priorities the need to create educational opportunities for young people and to provide home helps for old people . |
| 22 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 23 | ‘ I used to mess about in the third and fourth forms , but now I do n't … |
| 24 | Let's must hope Smith 's mind is on the game tomorrow , when Redditch are at Hitchin to contest a place in the FA Cup 's final qualifying round before the Third and Fourth Division sides enter . |