Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one seminar is brought to conclusion plans forge ahead for the next and 1992 is no exception . |
| 2 | Seymour committed suicide on 20 Apr. 1836 ; his illustrations appear only in the first two parts of PP ( Apr. , May 1836 ) . |
| 3 | International : Iran election feeds debate on ‘ Islamic solution ’ Iranians vote today for the first time since Khomeini died . |
| 4 | ‘ According to the witnesses we have consulted , it seems likely that the growth expectations set forth in the Second National Plan ( 1954–57 ) were in contradiction to the conventional wisdom at the beginning of the 1950s , which expected that only low rates of growth were possible … |
| 5 | The mill and brewery buildings date largely from the 18th and 19th centuries and are all in excellent condition . |
| 6 | Guests dine sumptuously in the 16th Century oak-panelled , non-smoking restaurant renowned for its award winning food . |
| 7 | Things change dramatically on the second repetition , however . |
| 8 | Stainrod contributed the first goal and , after Pat McGinlay had headed Hibs level early in the second half , the player-manager then conjured up two inspired substitutions which brought Dundee victory . |
| 9 | A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time . |
| 10 | In Priene some houses survive in part from the fourth to the second century B.C. , in Delos and Pompeii the structures date mainly from the second century B.C. Houses were inward-looking , few window and door openings breaking the blank exterior walls . |
| 11 | The suggestions put forward in the first three leaflets of the three-year campaign range from turning down the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights to installing double glazing . |
| 12 | Toys mean little in the first few weeks — you are all your baby needs . |
| 13 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
| 14 | It is to be regretted that teachers dwell disproportionately on the first of these conventional classroom for the sake of a permanent record . |
| 15 | How did these faulty presuppositions get there in the first place ? |
| 16 | And many of us , I dare say , have tacitly ( perhaps wistfully ) consigned Ruskin 's views to the ash-can of history , along with other Utopian systems put together in the nineteenth century which the desolate history of our own century has made no longer tenable . |
| 17 | RECORD profits from international cigarette sales and a dramatic recovery at Eagle Star insurance helped BAT Industries surge ahead in the third quarter . |
| 18 | Fundamentally , politicians in our system are almost always guided by two considerations : first , short-term gains , since their horizons stretch only to the next election ; second , public pressure if it is strong enough to suggest that votes depend on their response . |
| 19 | Over a third of the Group 's 104,000 UK employees hold shares through the Staff Profit Sharing Scheme and have seen the value of the shares grow significantly over the last five years as a result of the company 's continued success . |