Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] [noun] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youngster of today who comes to grips for the first time with a personal computer little imagines the wealth of mathematical inventiveness invested in the design of the software and in the electronic circuitry itself . |
| 2 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 3 | They looked at each other for the first time with a long , speculative look , weighing up the possibilities honestly and in much the same terms . |
| 4 | Showing no remorse , Parrott compiled a 75-break ; he took the lead for the first time with a more orthodox run of 83 in the next and then forged 4–2 ahead with a superb 70 clearance to black in frame six after trailing 58–0 . |
| 5 | In this study , the new treatment strategy of ‘ anacidity enhanced antibiotic treatment ’ was compared for the first time with a previously evaluated triple therapy regimen ( H pylori eradication rate : 92% . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND took the Amateur Home International Championship for the first time with an 11-7 victory over the Republic of Ireland at Prestatyn yesterday . |
| 7 | In 1853 his whole collected works were published for the first time with an introduction in which the editor , George Offor , hailed them as a weapon in the struggle against ‘ the mighty efforts ’ which were then being made ‘ to enthral the country in the Satanic yoke of popery or its dark ill-shapen brother Puseyism ’ . |
| 8 | MOSSLEY bowling club won this season 's East Antrim Indoor League championship for the tenth time with a nineteen shot victory over Ballycarry OP in their final game . |
| 9 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 10 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 11 | The fact was that Algy had been living for the last year with a working-class architect called Len in a basement flat in Maida Vale . |
| 12 | Manor took the lead midway through the first half with a well-taken goal by Sean Annells . |
| 13 | David Ogilvy of AOPA ( see page 88 ) kicked off the second session with a talk on airfield closures . |
| 14 | He bit off the next words with an oath and pushed her away . |
| 15 | But despite leading after the first round with a 71 he failed to make the four-round cut . |
| 16 | We are still six points clear on top of the First Division with a game in hand . |
| 17 | Parkview lifted themselves off the bottom of the first division with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Premier Social ( Alan Povey ) , Johnny Bennett and Mickey Brown scoring . |
| 18 | The presentation of the first patient with a subacute sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy is typical of intoxication with inorganic arsenic . |
| 19 | Eager , it seemed , to atone for the embarrassment of Saturday 's 5-2 home defeat by Aston Villa , the London side could have scored three times in the opening nine minutes and went on to dominate the rest of the first half with an ease that pointed to only one result . |
| 20 | David Fuller A new French harpsichord source of the mid-18th century with an Eckard connection |
| 21 | Worse to come Chesterfield took the lead at the start of the second half with a goal from Paul Lemon . |
| 22 | The goal though , was against the run of play and sure enough , Rovers came back at the start of the second half with an equaliser from Kenny Irons . |
| 23 | Moffatt , whose long lay-off was due to a facial injury , made it eight wins in a row ( five inside the distance ) by forcing Dhalie into retirement at the end of the fourth round with a damaged shoulder . |
| 24 | Bevin agreed with Attlee about the need to forestall the Russians , and took the initiative in drafting a resolution for the General Assembly authorizing the crossing of the 38th parallel with a view to establishing a unified , independent , and democratic government of all Korea . |
| 25 | RCO had tried to brighten up their corner of the third floor with a few gallons of inexpensive paint . |
| 26 | Translated into seats , the result of the Norris poll shows that the Tories will be unopposed in the Commons throughout the next Parliament with a working majority of 650 , though psephologists may quibble about the low sample size — 30 — which could give a margin of error of about minus 60 per cent . |
| 27 | Mike Phelan looked like he may have discovered a passage into the second round with a fierce drive which spun off a defender with the goalkeeper stranded . |
| 28 | BALLYMONEY progressed into the second round with a comfortable victory over Dunmurry . |
| 29 | LONDON ZOO yesterday announced its latest mission — to take the institution safely into the 21st century with a £21 million development programme . |
| 30 | In the long term , Britain has to come into the next century with a partnership in Europe . |