Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The dream itself has no meaning ; the effect it has on the second person tells a great deal about that person .
2 Professional Studies in the early years of schooling is a course which extends throughout the first three years of the degree .
3 Fundamentally an actuary is a problem-solver and this is a thread which runs from the second half of the 18th Century to the present day .
4 There are three different rates of income tax : the new 20 per cent rate introduced in the 1992 Budget which applies to the first £2,000 of your taxable income ; the 25 per cent basic rate tax which applies to the next slice of taxable income between £2,000 and £23,700 ; and the 40 per cent higher rate tax which is levied on all taxable income over £23,700 .
5 It may be convenient for the last record to have a pointer which points to the first record in that list , in which case the list is a circular list , ring or chain ( see Figure 5.11 ) .
6 That level of investment , currently running at £1 billion a year , will be sustained by the Government over the public expenditure planning period which runs for the next three years and , I am quite confident , will run over the next 10 years .
7 There are three different rates of income tax : the new 20 per cent rate introduced in the 1992 Budget which applies to the first £2,000 of your taxable income ; the 25 per cent basic rate tax which applies to the next slice of taxable income between £2,000 and £23,700 ; and the 40 per cent higher rate tax which is levied on all taxable income over £23,700 .
8 It is another reminder of the sporting prowess of the man , who as Cabinet Secretary could prove a key player in the political drama which unfolds over the next few days .
9 Several weeks later I was talking to a friend who lives in the next town .
10 The Ionian cities were however less prosperous as a result of choosing Athens not Persia ; monumental building there declines in the fifth century .
11 A ‘ phototec ’ which will allow greater access to the museum 's photographic collection which dates from the nineteenth century .
12 It is a slim wooden rod which slips into the first ring of each curtain on the leading edge and , when not being used , hangs out of sight .
13 As she gradually picks up speed and moves towards the countryside she enters into the next stage of her journey .
14 The poem which appears in the first volume is relatively simple in its advice .
15 The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 .
16 The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century .
17 From the atria one passes into the first peristyle which has an Ionic colonnade and a central fountain .
18 Therefore if calves grazed from early spring are given an anthelmintic treatment in early July and moved immediately to a second pasture such as silage or hay aftermath , the level of infection which develops on the second pasture will be low .
19 The reason for the two limbs of this rule is purely technical to ensure that there is neither an exclusion of damages for breach of duty , nor an exclusion of any duty which exists in the first place .
20 a quack doctor who appears in the second book of Le Sage 's novel Gil Blas ( 1715 ) .
21 For example , although it is easy enough to decide which vowel one hears in ‘ beat ’ or ‘ bit ’ , it is much less easy to decide which vowel one hears in the second syllable of words such as , for example , ‘ easy ’ or ‘ busy ’ .
22 There is no twentieth-century master who belongs to the second half of this century .
23 So from the relationship that developed during that period we developed the collaboration which features in the first section of Passion .
24 In addition , there are seminars on various research issues , and a research workshop which meets in the third term .
25 Directing the news at the viewer is the idea behind the new Focus On Britain spot which comes in the second half .
26 In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question .
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