Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The results suggest , however , that a significant part of warming in the last century is not greenhouse-related " , he commented . |
| 2 | ‘ I have given up hope of racing in the first round at Snetterton , later this month , ’ he admitted . |
| 3 | First , we aim to set out what has happened to the total level of spending in the last 12 years . |
| 4 | With the considerable degree of replanting in the last few centuries it is possible that the Weald now exhibits a more wooded aspect than at any time since the early medieval period . |
| 5 | The likelihood of dying in the first year is increased by no more than twofold . |
| 6 | And , of course , the payment of dividend itself re-instates the 40% tax rate and defeats the tax motive for incorporating in the first place . |
| 7 | They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches . |
| 8 | The way it just sort of ends in the first sentence . ’ |
| 9 | If you only want the bloody music , whe I , what 's the point of taping in the first place ! |
| 10 | He could have given us a picture of Halling in the 16th century , but we will come to that later when investigating his own life here at Halling . |
| 11 | What was the , what was the point in averaging in the first place ? |
| 12 | Do n't forget Leeds winning instead — the best scenario would be Leeds winning on goal difference by scoring in the last minute . |
| 13 | A big quake east of the Rocky Mountains — and one greater than magnitude 6 has a 50 to 60 per cent chance of occurring in the next 25 years — could make California 's Loma Prieta seem trifling . |
| 14 | ‘ But I wo n't know how bad the damage is until I see the physio tomorrow , and then I may have an idea if I have a chance of playing in the first league game . ’ |
| 15 | The unfortunate animal in question is incarcerated in a closed box which also contains a radioactive atom with a 50-50 chance of decaying in the next hour , emitting a y-ray in the process . |
| 16 | There are two reasons for this : first , it provides a complete and convincing display of the art of drawing in the second half of the fifteenth century , with outstanding exhibits lent by major collections worldwide . |
| 17 | He even lost his Rothmans Grand Prix title by losing in the first round to world No 52 , Welshman Tony Chappel , while in the grip of fear . |
| 18 | This is equivalent to obtaining one tableau from the other by pivoting in the jth column while ( 9.8 ) has a non-negative solution with . |
| 19 | Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 1ANDREW COLE , on loan from Arsenal , saved Bristol City last night by equalising in the 66th minute against Middlesbrough after the visitors seemed to have taken command in the first half . |
| 20 | to prevent liability from arising in the first place ( e.g. ‘ Seller gives no warranty as to fitness for purpose or merchantable quality ’ ) ; |
| 21 | Because the pattern of trading in the first year of the market was so confined by technical and political constraints it would be unsafe to generalise from it . |
| 22 | The report starts by reviewing the pattern of spending in the first two years of the fund . |
| 23 | In Ireland the prospect of playing in the second World Cup brought the arm-wrestling contest between the powerful Irish Universities and the students union to an end . |
| 24 | ( We will talk more about the role of visualizing in the next section . ) |
| 25 | The invention of printing in the fifteenth century steadily did away with the need for handwritten books , and it is interesting to note that from that time onwards various styles of calligraphy developed for different purposes . |
| 26 | The invention of printing in the 16th century had resulted in a rapid spread of literacy . |
| 27 | Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place . |
| 28 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 29 | Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place . |
| 30 | The criminal law took a strong line against duelling in the nineteenth century , despite the notions of honour which still regarded it as appropriate or correct for settling certain disputes . |