Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 2 | With severe skills shortages looming , UK companies must promote more women to the most senior positions if they are to stand any chance of competing globally in the next century . |
| 3 | an effective means of looking forward to the next appropriate teaching steps . |
| 4 | Peter Dutton , Corporate Recruitment Manager at Procter & Gamble 's UK head office in Newcastle , wrote : ‘ We do not use Headhunters at all , because we have a policy of recruiting only at the first level of management ( usually graduates direct from university ) and filling all more senior management positions by promotion from within . ’ |
| 5 | But then , urged on as it were by a series of multiple lightning flashes , it hesitated no more and , instead of increasing gradually from the first tentative shower , the water gushed forth in a vast fountain . |
| 6 | Where are the projects that might stop them from doing so in the first place ? |
| 7 | • If you make a move that takes you beyond the last circle on the grid , you must count back to complete that move before continuing forward with the next move . |
| 8 | If the squeeze on consumers prevents them from spending more in the next three years , and the government is committed to cutting public sector spending , the best hope of getting the economy growing and refilling the Chancellor 's revenue pots seems to lie with exporters . |
| 9 | ‘ I often feel that forwards waste too much time in scrummaging especially in the first six scrums of a game ’ , says Derek Bevan . |
| 10 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , Claire , of Warwick Street , Middlesbrough , can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 11 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , she can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 12 | Furthermore , if males are in short supply in one generation , they will be selectively favoured by contributing disproportionately to the next generation . |
| 13 | You will rejoin the main leisure route by turning right at the next main T-junction . |
| 14 | Whenever you catch yourself speeding up in a car to get through a red light , deliberately penalize yourself by turning right at the next corner . |
| 15 | By stocking slowly in the first six months you could increase this slightly , to 25″ . |