Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 2 | The old Whig platform for constitutional reform was slowly taken up by the London Tories , with the result that by the last years of Anne 's reign they had largely absorbed their opponents ' former libertarian rhetoric . |
| 3 | However , one has to bear in mind that at the last meeting of the West Essex Health Authority erm they are saying that they ca n't carry on treating the same amount of people erm , because they 're overspend already this year and that they will not treat these er , extra contractual referrals without prior funding being approved and that was co , that was actually stated at the meeting last week . |
| 4 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 5 | Like ‘ violons ’ , this is a term that in the 17th century was used more broadly than the single word ‘ oboe ’ suggests . |
| 6 | There is a story that at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the award of Gauss ' doctorate , Gauss was about to light his pipe with a page from the original Disquisitiones . |
| 7 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
| 8 | Erm , it 's quite frankly about abusing women and it 's often the case that in the eighteenth century one 's sexuality was considered to begin much earlier than we do now . |
| 9 | German research minister Matthias Wissmann last week announced a major restructuring of medical research funding that for the first time establishes independent external refereeing for projects in universities and their associated clinics . |
| 10 | The International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation , Intelsat , owned by some 120 nations worldwide , is under such pressure to increase capacity that for the first time , it is to lease capacity on three satellites that it does not own . |
| 11 | Congress , I think it 's only right to draw to your attention that in item five B USDAW that at the last USDAW Conference there was a motion passed saying that there should be recognition for the independent trade union within USDAW which is ourselves , G M B Apex . |
| 12 | But it is beyond question that by the seventeenth century a distinct change of emphasis had occurred both in the goals which the majority of the ulema sought and in the terms whereby their success was judged by themselves and by others . |
| 13 | There was the added complication that for the first time there would be a period of five minutes or so when I would have to shut inside my satchel not only my outdoor shoes but my gym shoes as well . |
| 14 | It is probably no accident that among the first organs that it attacks are the crab 's testicles or ovaries ; it spares the organs that the crab needs to survive — as opposed to reproduce — till later . |
| 15 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 16 | It was an ancient custom that on the fourth day of her menstruation , when a woman had taken her ritual bath , her husband was honour-bound to have intercourse with her . |
| 17 | I refer to the decision of the Labour Group that in the first instance all Conference items should be submitted to the Labour Group Executive for approval before being placed on a committee agenda . |
| 18 | But it was an extension that in the first instance was of greatest benefit to the middle classes , who were , in both a social and a transportation sense , the mobile classes . |
| 19 | Roman was early ; Claudia left her office on the hour , closing the door with an irrational feeling that by the next time she saw it many things , including herself , would be irrevocably changed . |
| 20 | Indeed so high was their reputation for self-denial in this respect that in the first years of the twentieth century the brothers Paul and Jules Cambon , French ambassadors in London and Berlin respectively , entrusted their private correspondence regularly to the British diplomatic bag rather than sending it through the French ministry of foreign affairs or the French post office : if either of these channels had been used it would almost certainly have been opened and read . |
| 21 | I pursued the howling dog , hands clawed and teeth bared , stopping only when my rage was replaced by the realisation that for the first time in my life I 'd put another human being before myself . |
| 22 | If a court decides on a two-year probation order , during the first year the person is mandatorily banned under the Bill and there is nothing to stop the court ruling that during the second year he or she should attend a motor course . |
| 23 | To rid herself of the nightmare voice that for the first time had spoken clearly and terribly in the full rational light of day . |
| 24 | Scientists then often speak of ‘ the scales falling from the eyes ’ or of the ‘ lightning flash ’ that ‘ inundates ’ a previously obscure puzzle , enabling its components to be seen in a new way that for the first time permits its solution . |
| 25 | There is no doubt that in the 19th century the courts did consider the adequacy of consideration in restraint of trade cases , but more recently in M & S Drapers v Reynolds [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 9 Hodson LJ said " … although the position of the employee has to be considered , the court will not inquire into the adequacy of the consideration or weigh the advantages accruing to the covenantor under the contract against the disadvantages imposed on him by the restraint " . |
| 26 | He concluded with a promise that before the next session he would obtain a less expensive plan probably providing accommodation for the Foreign Colonial and India Offices , and although reception rooms should be included , the residence could be omitted . |
| 27 | And the final thing before , from me , before Mr starts for you , I wanted to welcome the fact that for the first year , there is a recognition of demographic growth change for social services , and I think that is most important . |
| 28 | Jimmy Carter 's presidency , like that of Gerald Ford , began on an optimistic note with commentators deriving satisfaction from the fact that for the first time for eight years president and Congress would be in the hands of the same party . |
| 29 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 30 | Worthy of note was the fact that for the first time in over 20 years we had a pensioner member playing in the event and whilst he does not want his name or score noted . |