Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [that] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not possible to arrange that the second derivatives as well as the first derivatives of the coefficients all simultaneously vanish , because there are insufficient free variables . |
| 2 | I was interested to see that the first thing for which the Cambodians and Vietnamese asked — even before getting rid of mines in Cambodia — was English language training . |
| 3 | Leapor 's plays have an obviously public character , yet it is interesting to observe that the second play was written ‘ At the Request of a Friend ’ [ ML , 2 , 225 ] ; presumably , that friend was Freemantle . |
| 4 | For the post-war generations in the developed nations reared on the statistics of economic and social improvement , it will not be easy to accept that the twenty-first century threatens humanity with hard times and lowered standards of living . |
| 5 | The managers may feel that it is appropriate to insist that the second investor 's director bring to the board something additional , such as technical expertise or contacts . |
| 6 | It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since . |
| 7 | Elsewhere , I have elaborated at length on the reasons why it is implausible to suggest that the first hunters were the ruling males of what Freud termed the ‘ primal hordes ’ , but rather the unmated , younger males of the all-male groups , Freud 's ‘ sons ’ . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) . |
| 9 | Thus , even though Britain 's population density is double that of China , and per capita resource consumption and pollution far greater , it becomes possible to believe that the third world is threatening ‘ our ’ global environment . |
| 10 | It is important to remember that the last steam train to arrive at Waterloo was the 14.07 ex . |
| 11 | It is important to note that the third party 's liability does not depend on establishing a breach of the order by the person enjoined . |
| 12 | Thus it would be difficult to say that the second person of the trinity is somehow male and the third female . |
| 13 | It is also necessary to show that the third party ‘ has knowingly assisted [ the ] nominated trustee in a fraudulent and dishonest disposition of the trust property . ’ |
| 14 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |