Example sentences of "[num ord] [coord] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fourth and perhaps the largest reason for attending to causation is that we do well to avoid the general conceptual uncertainty that must be part of an inquiry which leaves undefined any of its fundamental ideas which are open to definition . |
| 2 | But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle . |
| 3 | They are badly needed : as Green has said , ‘ It would be easy for clinical research to become the first and indeed the greatest casualty of reductions in size in London . ’ |
| 4 | For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion . |
| 5 | True , the first and perhaps the second blackmail payments had come in before he was obliged to pay for his teeth at the beginning of June , but he had blithely paid two hundred and fifty for them in cash when the demand came . |
| 6 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 7 | The tentacle pores are small ; those of the first and sometimes the second arm segment armed with two large , rounded tentacle scales , the others only have one . |
| 8 | I think I 'll have you Christopher please to read yours about monster , so I 'll have the two monster ones first and then the two home ones . |
| 9 | Weaving traditions in this region are extremely old , stretching back to the 2nd and perhaps the 3rd millennium BC . |
| 10 | Duncan Shearer scored his first but hardly the finest goal of the season . |
| 11 | The people slide past like fish and I 'm sucked down the street , heading for the next and then the next set of lights . |
| 12 | It is the third and possibly the second group to which ‘ new subcultural theory ’ applies . |