Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] to [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 At the end of each season , the bottom three clubs in the First Division are relegated to the Second Division for the next season .
2 The majority are dated to the seventh century , the exception being that from Shrivenham ( Oxfordshire ) which dates to the second half of the sixth century or later ( pers. comm .
3 Once the critical bond at the crack tip has broken , the peak stress concentration is transferred to the next bond , and so on , like a ladder in a silk stocking .
4 Then the first capacitor is coupled to the second one again , and so on .
5 If the desired key is higher than this , the key is compared to the third quartile record ( if less , to the first quartile record ) .
6 A small amount of mixed low-viscosity resin/ hardener is applied to the first face , which is mounted on the lapped surface of the slide .
7 The melody is given to the 1st violins ( also divisi ) in octaves .
8 The gullibility of the electorate was tested to the nth degree by the promises of ; more taxi licences , a ‘ better ’ carnival , ‘ good and plenty water ’ and the equally uninspired promise from one candidate that , if reelected , he would abolish dog licences .
9 Adjuvant bile acid therapy was administered to the last 56 patients who underwent successful percutaneous cholecystolithotomies .
10 A rent review is a procedure enabling a landlord and tenant to revise the amount of the rent payable under the terms of their lease to reflect changes in rental levels or circumstances : if they do not agree on the rental , the revision is referred to a third party .
11 Enright , the demonstrative " this ' highlights the spatial dimension of an implied situation of utterance , and therefore mobilises a poetic persona functioning as deictic centre even if no explicit reference is made to a first person speaker .
12 When the sample is completely molten the dilatometer is transferred to a second thermostat set at the temperature selected for crystallization to take place and allowed to equilibrate .
13 Responsibility for drafting the bill and printing is borne by the Member although financial assistance is given to the first ten members and drafting assistance is given to any member whose bill appears to have a chance of becoming law .
14 Comity considerations were viewed with much more favour , and reference was made to the Second Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States which , in a recent revision , had identified factors to be weighed in cases of discovery abroad :
15 About 125,000 metric tons of toxic waste are sent to the Third World from Europe each year .
16 Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture .
17 The second point is related to the first : the scientific research-programme that is AI includes a number of significantly different approaches .
18 The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot .
19 In circuitous , typical Talmudic fashion , the most important business was left to the last .
20 The values placed upon formal education are transmitted to the second generation Asians and consequently many achieve educational success .
21 Part of the proceeds of a Credit is transferred to a second beneficiary ( or to more than one second beneficiary ) who presents his documents to the advising bank whereupon the first beneficiary substitutes his invoices and claims a larger amount thus ensuring he receives his share of the proceeds .
22 If the distance is reduced to the half , the image will become twice as large , if the distance is reduced to a third , the image becomes three times larger and so on . ’
23 Edrophonium was given to the first 21 patients referred with non-cardiac chest pain .
24 The title was changed to The 4th Volunteer Battalion in 1887 , and to The 23rd ( County of London ) Battalion The London Regiment in 1908 .
25 In general , for a node i of the rth generation , we assign any node j ( ) not assigned to generations 1 , … , r , for which or is basic , to generation r + 1 and set P(j) = i This means that all the remaining nodes in our example are assigned to the third generation and P(3) = P(6) = 2 , P(8) = 7 .
26 The start time is given in VMS absolute time format : dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc where omitted fields default to system date and time ; month is abbreviated to the first three letters ( uppercase ) .
27 This average is related to the second moment of the distribution by the equation .
28 ( In the USA priority is given to the first to invent , not the first to file . )
29 When the second CLI command file terminates , control is returned to the first CLI command file .
30 Typically the results of an offline operation are returned to the last LIFESPAN user to set an operation in motion so it is possible , for example , that two users could share the workload on alternate months .
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