Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Of more than 16000 heart transplantations performed since the first human to human operation in 1967 , over 1700 patients survived more than 5 years after surgery . |
2 | An initial phase of discrimination training will establish a tendency to make certain ( different ) responses to the critical stimuli , but the change in the nature of the task for the second phase should mean that the specific response patterns acquired in the first phase will be irrelevant . |
3 | For patients with iterative studies , only mean gastric cell densities obtained from the last set of biopsy specimens or from the gastrectomy specimen were taken in consideration . |
4 | He estimated that 25% of subject searches and 18% of author/title searches failed at the first attempt . |
5 | At the moment the price for North Sea oil is just over $18 , $4 less than average industry forecasts made during the last few years when we were building our portfolio . |
6 | I noticed there are horse treks arranged for the next three days . |
7 | No such partnership arrangements extended to the second category of districts , though they were invited to draw up programmes ; in the case of the third category , local authorities simply made use of the powers of the Act . |
8 | The unexpected reduction in the number of criminal legal aid orders granted over the last few months means that expenditure will in any event be lower than originally expected . |
9 | The original Biblia Pauperum is an illuminated manuscript of Old and New Testament scenes produced in the 14th century for the Dutch court and now held in the British Library . |
10 | The migration component has to be based on estimates gauged from a variety of sources like the Electoral Register , the NHS Central Register , the International Passenger Survey , and the migration patterns revealed by the last census . |
11 | Compared with the compensation payments introduced during the first stage of price liberalization , these went up from 750 lei to 2,100 lei per month for workers , and from 400 lei to 1,470 lei for pensioners , while there were also increases in child benefits , maternity benefits and student grants . |
12 | Slinging siege engines used in the twelfth century had long wooden arms powered by heavy weights . |
13 | Therefore , in the test runs described in the next chapter we cut down the utterance length to no more than 10 words . |
14 | The rich variety of pub types created during the 19th century has subsequently been largely lost by redevelopment and remodelling . |
15 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
16 | The oral papillae appear to be arranged in two series : a superficial series edging the side of the jaw and a series within the mouth slit which might be oral tentacle scales associated with the first and second oral tentacle pores . |
17 | There are no tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore . |
18 | The jaw : the characters are : ( a ) the shape of the jaw ; ( b ) the shape and arrangement of the apical and oral papillae ; ( c ) the shape of the adoral and oral shields ; ( d ) in species of the Ophiotominae the arrangement of the tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore and their alignment with the oral papillae. 3 . |
19 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
20 | Ophioprium is now defined as follows : the jaws longer than wide with one or two large apical papillae flanked on each side by 4–6 pointed oral papillae distal to which up to 4 elongated spine-like tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , the distal scales markedly distinct from the oral papillae ; the adoral shields long narrow often partially overlain by the large oral shield ; disk covered by scales obscured by dense covering of spinelets and or granules ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm open armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales . |
21 | Thee are 1–4 pointed apical papillae flanked on each side by 4–5 pointed oral papillae ; there are 2 , sometimes more larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , distal to be oral papillae . |
22 | France 's total wine exports declined for the first time in a decade last year . |
23 | The move implements cancellation provisions contained in the second and third life assurance directive . |
24 | Rennie House now has three new conference rooms located on the third floor for general use . |
25 | After falling throughout 1989 , commodity prices rallied in the first part of 1990 . |
26 | The lecture modules selected in the first term by individual students determine the ‘ flavour ’ of the degree course to be followed , and may indeed determine its title . |
27 | Air France has reduced costs , with 3,000 job cuts planned over the next two years and the sale of its headquarters . |
28 | Dress is the correct riding clothes described in the first part of the series . |
29 | German war records rescued after the last war showed that Hitler 's use of astrology was one of the major causes for his demise . |
30 | There are many exciting new product launches planned for the next few months and the prospects for 1991 look very good . |