Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( We will talk more about the role of visualizing in the next section . ) |
| 32 | ‘ To me , the whole starting issue is a red herring what we should be doing is looking at bringing the control of racing into the 20th century . ’ |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | The invention of printing in the 16th century had resulted in a rapid spread of literacy . |
| 35 | However , the under 20 age group includes 18–19-year-old mothers whose children , under conditions of relatively low levels of overall infant mortality , have about the same low , or even lower , risk of dying during the first year of life as those born to women in the age group 25–29 years and face a much lower risk than those born to mothers below 18 years of age . |
| 36 | There are currently 1.7 million people in the UK who have a TV but not a licence , and most will be doing a lot of viewing over the next couple of weeks . |
| 37 | She could recall the excitement of spending for the first time money she had actually earned . |
| 38 | Between them , the Waleses have established a way of operating over the last ten years that is unmistakably their own ; and quite unlike any other branch of the Royal Family . |
| 39 | However , like the paternalistic approach to the working class of the Peabody Trust and the Octavia Hill system of housing in the nineteenth century , which attempted to train tenants in the virtues of punctual payment and thrift by enforcing a ban on arrears , the housing benefit simply seeks to make people pay their rent by paying if for them . |
| 40 | The clerk is required to make the application available for inspection during normal office hours by members of the public from the date of lodging until the first day of the meeting at which it is to be considered ( subs . |
| 41 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 42 | Reading Neale 's articles in the immediate context of teaching for the first time a course dangerously titled , ‘ Television Theory ’ ( is there such a thing ? ) , |
| 43 | When elected in 1981 , the Mitterrand government harked back to the legacy of planning in the first postwar decades ( chapter 18 ) . |
| 44 | He could link both with a talent for seeing the future and the past from a sideways , yet very humanly understandable , perspective in short , bringing out the magic of travelling in the fourth dimension to the audience sitting at home . |