Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The keys once stretched south from Florida almost to Cuba , each tiny island linked to the next by a bridge . |
| 32 | But the kindergarten 's fervour for imperial federation declined during the First World War , when the strength of dominion nationalism became apparent , and they moved towards more informal notions of imperial co-operation . |
| 33 | Also commended was PC Stephen Huntrod who saved the life of a drunken youth stranded on the fourth floor of a derelict building in Stanley last November . |
| 34 | A similar situation obtained in the second example which unsurprisingly proved much more difficult because it is unfamiliar and the numbers are more complex . |
| 35 | A joint statement released after the first day of the summit stressed that both Germanys had to act responsibly , and take into account the concerns and interests of their neighbours and allies in East and West . |
| 36 | ( These were paid at a rate of 12p per mile with 100 per cent of the extra cost paid in the first year ; 75 per cent in the second ; 50 per cent in the third ; 25 per cent in the fourth and nothing thereafter . ) |
| 37 | Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis . |
| 38 | But the working group settled on the third satellite : the Infrared Space Observatory ( ISO ) . |
| 39 | Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year . |
| 40 | ‘ In the undoubted progress realized in the eighteenth century ’ , writes Vilar , ‘ was implicit a relationship between the various regions of the Peninsula quite distinct from that of the siglo de oro . |
| 41 | On March 23 the Slovak parliament rejected for the third time a motion proclaiming Slovakia 's sovereignty . |
| 42 | We were never meant to fall for Satan but despite the poet 's efforts to make sure we do n't , we can not forget the magnificent figure encountered in the first two books . |
| 43 | It was a national architecture formed in the thirteenth century , |
| 44 | Only a magnificent sand shot at the 72nd got Curtis Strange into a play-off for his country 's national title , although once in it he dominated . |
| 45 | JOSE CANSECO 'S 484ft third-inning home run in the fourth game of the American League Championship play-off series helped Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory against Toronto Blue Jays . |
| 46 | He was a founding member of the John Birch Society , an ultra-right group named after the first US soldier to be killed in the Korean War . |
| 47 | ‘ When the goldsmithing business expanded in the thirteenth century , it was moved out here because of the danger of fire from the furnaces , ’ he explained . |
| 48 | Across the open space one could look down on the town , a busy , self-important place boosted in the last few years by highrise office blocks full of income-tax men and VAT clerks . |
| 49 | At one time confined to the south and east of the country , the stock dove spread as arable farming expanded in the 19th century ; but the introduction of organo-chlorine seed dressings in the 1960s was a disaster . |
| 50 | Cold reality returned on the second evening . |
| 51 | It has in turn important implications for the question of the burden of the national debt discussed in the next section . |
| 52 | Champions ' Challenge prior to the Panasonic European Open at Walton Heath saw some spectacular golf and some equally spectacular scoring — not least from Nick Faldo , who aced his 6-iron tee shot at the 9th . |
| 53 | Finally , the national forum recommended by the first Haycocks Report should perform the same function for courses for part-time teachers . |
| 54 | What progress has the human family made in the last two decades towards fulfilling the basic needs of its poorest members ? |
| 55 | Only through the use of such a modification was it possible to have access to the complete lexicon provided with the second version of the ANLT . |
| 56 | The feudal bond established in the first place a special relationship between the lord and a man whom we should call a cavalry officer , whom they called a vassal . |
| 57 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 58 | Taking note of the great suffering caused by the Second World War , " particularly the loss of their homes suffered by numerous Germans and Poles due to expulsion or resettlement " , the treaty confirmed that the Polish-German border , as determined by the July 1950 agreement between Poland and East Germany , by later implementing agreements ( of January 1951 and May 1989 ) and by the December 1970 Warsaw Treaty , was inviolable . |
| 59 | THE government 's programme of forcibly repatriating Vietnamese boat people will proceed despite the international outcry provoked by the first removal operation on Monday night . |
| 60 | He holed a great putt on the last for a five and we both shot 71s because Nick hit a poor second shot on the last and he took a bogey five as well . |