Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 2 | GERMANY caved in yesterday and shot down the controversial party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the V2 rocket . |
| 3 | The proper way to put the last sentence would be to say : ‘ If B is charged with such-and-such a crime , he will have a good defence . ’ |
| 4 | The former title-holder , Jansher Khan , also from Pakistan , plays Bryan Beeson , who became the second Briton to reach the last eight by overcoming Jason Nicolle , 15-7 , 15-13 , 15-6 in a tussle of English giant-killers . |
| 5 | Chapman had put the Town on a firm footing that would see them to a third championship the following year to become the first club to win the title three years in succession ; and two years after that they were runners-up . |
| 6 | Angel One landed lightly alongside the still twitching body of his victim and immediately re-aligned his fighting stance , facing in the opposite direction to meet the next attack . |
| 7 | On rational grounds South Africa would seem the ideal place to host the next tournament . |
| 8 | Sharpe threw the Dragoon 's blade off then desperately backswung the long sword to meet the second man 's charge . |
| 9 | The second day , and some of the third , belonged to Andrew Hudson , who drew strength from the eerie vacuum to become the first to score a century on Test debut for South Africa in 104 years . |
| 10 | Once you have explored the first match — which you can do using the left and right arrow keys , press the Down arrow to find the next record ( pressing the up arrow goes to the previous record ) . |
| 11 | For him the attraction of skyline walking is obvious — once you have made the initial effort to climb the first peak , everything else that follows is usually progressively less strenuous . |
| 12 | Now , if , so that is a slack variable in DP , then , where we have swapped labels i and j in the final sum in the first line to obtain the second line . |
| 13 | Before then the only way to reach the last village at this end of the island was by boat or along a narrow path which clung to the hillside above precipitous cliffs . |
| 14 | The party could not rely on the achievements of the past decade to win the next election . |
| 15 | The chief innovation is allowing the third umpire to make the first move in decision-making , which the TCCB admits could lead to : ‘ Suspension of a decision already made ’ . |
| 16 | In addition he served with great distinction in the Edinburgh Eye Infirmary and , having reached the statutory rule of fifteen years service , ‘ retired ’ from the Royal Infirmary to become the first surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 17 | About 200 owners are expected to take part in Euro Expo '93 at the site of the original factory to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the De Lorean Owners ' Association , a worldwide body with more than 2,000 members . |
| 18 | ‘ Another Clerk ’ wrote the next day to say the first writer must be blind to his own interests . |
| 19 | With very few exceptions , judges are required to be selected from amongst practising barristers and it is difficult for anyone without a private income to survive the first years of practice . |
| 20 | The motion , tabled when the government invoked a technical measure to pass the first reading of the 1993 budget without a division , failed when the Communist Party ( PCF ) deputies once again refused to back it , saying that they would not vote with the right . |
| 21 | Members of the Committee of Arab Local Councils announced on Oct. 2 that they would form a political party to contest the next parliamentary elections . |
| 22 | Assurances that a new era was underway were made at a civic banquet to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the People 's Republic . |
| 23 | I knew I had done the right thing , and now there would be no second monster to follow the first . |
| 24 | The Comintern 's aim was to convert a nationalist struggle into a broader social struggle ( in accordance with part of its remit ) , but Comintern officials made no serious attempt to fulfil the second part of the resolutions adopted at the Sixth Congress by setting up a Communist party in Nicaragua , which could have given the Sandinista movement an organisational base and therefore the possibility of continuity ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , pp. 363–97 ) . |
| 25 | If we are to pay out a large sum to cover the last cargo there must be some corroboration . |
| 26 | Here , Mr. Christopher Lawrence-Price had kindly lent his charming first floor flat to Miss Deborah Bennett , to give a little party to celebrate the fifth year of successfully working on her own in marketing and public relations . |
| 27 | Ian Shiels , the non playing team organiser explained that ‘ New players have recently joined which gives us a better opportunity to reach the second division . ’ |
| 28 | It is a good touch to have the first two cards the ones your ‘ opponent ’ turned over . |
| 29 | This is a good moment to recall the last trickle of white immigration to arouse official panic . |
| 30 | A GROUP of Darlington nuns have started a 35-day journey to establish the first multi-racial Carmelite convent in the southern African country of Bophuthatswana . |