Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operation of news values constitutes the second set of pressures . |
| 2 | In this model , modelling land-use and transportation policies represents the first stage of this air quality simulation system ( Gross , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 4 | Other subjects used the first part of the show included the Dart Valley railway , the Red Arrows and computer graphics . |
| 5 | By contrast , most British supporters walk the last part of the way to the stadium and derive a greater sense of excitement , anticipation and being part of a crowd . |
| 6 | Losses on domestic mortgage indemnity policies alone , where insurers stand the first slice of losses on the sale of repossessed houses , were cut from £257 million in 1991 to £160 million . |
| 7 | As foreseen under the peace agreement , officials of the two parties began the first meeting of their Joint Political and Military Commission , together with Soviet , US and Portuguese representatives , in Luanda on June 17 . |
| 8 | ( b ) Some microprogrammed computers allow the next micro-instruction to be specified by loading into the control store SAR the contents of some portion of a processor register . |
| 9 | A formal launch of the permanent exhibition , created by Liverpool 's Walton Group , will take place next May to coincide with a magnificent modern armada of more than 40 warships to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 10 | Looking out over the Brussels skyline , it occurs to me that Carter may well not have that many more opportunities to have the last laugh on a scale like this . |
| 11 | The making of the images becomes the first part of the drama , in which ( for example ) the work is inspected by the teacher in role as new Mayor , who commissions a statue to commemorate the return of the children of Hamelin ! |
| 12 | PLANS to celebrate the 150th anniversary of North Road station , Darlington , take a step forward next week when the town 's Railway Preservation Society meets the borough council to consider possible cash help . |
| 13 | WORLD champion Stephen Hendry was in a hurry in Blackpool yesterday as he took only 58 minutes to reach the fourth round of the £140,000 Regal Welsh Open . |
| 14 | The patrols searching the first group of farms around the village of Pontino were the only ones to bring the Captain anything when they returned , muddy and exhausted , after their double shift . |
| 15 | Other plates recall the 50th Anniversary of Dunkirk and the Golden Jubilee of the Air Training Corps . |
| 16 | So we combine those two hypothes hypotheses right , we get S T equals alpha delta gamma plus open brackets open the second set of brackets one minus delta close brackets open brackets , one minus gamma close brackets into S T minus one minus open brackets , one minus delta one minus gamma into S T minus two right , plus beta , delta , gamma into P T minus one plus E T minus open brackets , one minus gamma times E T minus one , right . |
| 17 | Bombardment of the inner forts followed , and for some three weeks attempts — desultory at best — were made by trawlers to sweep the first line of mines . |
| 18 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 19 | More than 800 delegates from socialist and social democratic parties in 132 countries attended the 19th congress of the Socialist International ( SI ) held in Berlin on Sept. 15-17 . |
| 20 | Fire crews tackled the second blaze in three days in an empty house in Trent Street , Middlesbrough yesterday . |
| 21 | PLANS to reopen the sixth form of a Darlington school have been shelved . |
| 22 | Disappointed governors at Hummersknott School in Darlington have had to shelve their plans to reopen the sixth form after being told that they have no legal right of appeal against Durham county council 's rejection of the scheme . |
| 23 | The following study attempts to avoid the first problem by increasing the data available for the calculation of ROC curves and to address the second problem by using a much more varied selection of stimuli . |
| 24 | Although teething troubles dogged the first week of pedestrianisation in Darlington traders and shoppers generally welcomed the scheme . |
| 25 | EC monitors reported the first use of Soviet-made ground to ground missiles on Dec. 30 south of Zagreb . |
| 26 | The celebrations surrounding the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Queen were used as means of playing down class differences and uniting the country around slogans like ‘ coats off for Britain ’ . |
| 27 | Jiang 's visit to the Soviet Union was the first by a CCP general secretary since Mao Zedong 's 1957 visit to Moscow for celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution [ see pp. 15899-902 ] . |
| 28 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 29 | ‘ I allowed about 11 days to do the first chunk of recording — and she did it in five , ’ says the 49-year-old composer . |
| 30 | On May 15 Soviet troops began the second stage of their withdrawal from Mongolia , to complete a 75 per cent reduction in their numbers [ for first phase of this withdrawal , which started in May 1989 , see p. 36657 ] . |