Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it may not be reasonable to go as far as official opinion , there was some truth in Stalin 's retrospective judgement at the 12th Party Congress : |
| 2 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 3 | If there are two parties each putting forward programmes which they are pledged to carry out if elected to government , and which they are able to carry out because they possess sufficient internal cohesion , then the electorate in choosing a programme ( and a programme at that which has been drawn up to appeal to their interests ) mandates a party to carry out its programme and holds the party accountable for its adequate fulfillment at the next election . |
| 4 | He urged me to look elsewhere — particularly in the fields owned by an old lady at the next farm called Low Birk Hatt , because they were far more colourful than his . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , I used to be able to play with the slide at the 12th fret and reach all the way back to hit the top string at the seventh fret with my first finger . |
| 6 | You did a fresh lot at the last moment . ’ |
| 7 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 8 | The French couple at the next table heard the scurrilous word and stared reproachfully at this affront to their palates . |
| 9 | The one person whose placement broke down ( WG ) moved to a large institution and then to a small private home at the last datapoint , where her level of participation shows some decrement . |
| 10 | The Soviet Union accepted division at the 38th parallel . |
| 11 | The committee reported that all teams had completed the tasks successfully and it agreed to initial a protocol of the joint inspection at the third session to be held in Beijing in November . |
| 12 | WHEN constituency boundaries have been re-arranged , Labour will probably need to gain an extra 75 seats if it is to win an overall majority at the next election . |
| 13 | In this duplex , the Dcm recognition sequence is tagged by a cytosine-5-fluoro function at the second position in the upper strand , C[5-FC]AGG , whereas the lower strand carries the unmodified sequence CCTGG . |
| 14 | A very gallant gentleman at the next table came over and for no particular reason , kissed my hand ! |
| 15 | It was a silent final , one of the decisive points being David Smith 's decision to quietly take an easy single at the fourth end rather than wait for a more decisive 2 at the later end . |
| 16 | On 29th May 1176 Frederick was defeated at the battle of Lagnano because Henry the Lion , continually striving to increase his own power , had deserted the imperial cause at the last minute . |
| 17 | Does he incorporate the votes of everyone who voted Labour or Liberal Democrat at the last election and use that as part of his mandate to enforce his unwanted policies on the Scottish people ? |
| 18 | It occurs all over the hierarchy , but is seen in its most blatant form at the second level . |
| 19 | Obediently , resignedly , he swings the car round in a dangerous U-turn at the next intersection and they flash back towards the airport , the jewel factories and towerblocks of the Bangkok suburbs thinning out again to the dim outlines of swampy fields pierced by palmtree plantations . |
| 20 | Such work as ‘ Reading for Learning in Science ’ ( Davies and Greene ) and Michael Hoey 's work based on Eugene Winter 's pioneering analysis of academic discourse are possible models for a serious contribution at the second level . |
| 21 | of the Leader 's inspiring speech at the last Party Congress . |
| 22 | I 've spent 13 years travelling the world with badminton — I was coach to the Australian side at the last World Championships — and it will be nice to spend some time at home . |
| 23 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 24 | The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union , in a shock move — one which stems from desperation — saddled Simpkin with the post of national coach at the last meeting of its executive committee in March . |
| 25 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 26 | The houses will then almost certainly return to the rates established on the previous day at the next round of assistance . |
| 27 | Nucleotides are numbered on the left beginning at the first nucleotide of the cDNA . |
| 28 | If a positive image is required , a whole plate negative film sheet can be substituted for photographic paper at the first stage : this intermediate negative is developed and then contact printed . |
| 29 | In principle there was no distinction between indirect interference at the first stage and such interference at a remoter stage , but the more indirect and remote the interference , the more difficult it may be to establish on the facts that A did intend to interfere with the particular contract relied on by the plaintiff and that that interference was a necessary consequence of A 's wrongful act . |
| 30 | ‘ Sorry about that , cariad , but Niall needed an urgent report at the last minute . |