Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |
| 2 | The high reputation and influence of Anatolian rugs declined rapidly after the First World War , when the creator of modern Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , set about purging the country of Armenians and Greeks . |
| 3 | It was not until the 1870s that in British science grams and centimetres replaced ounces , troy or avoirdupois , and cubic inches ; while in engineering the old units lasted well into the twentieth century . |
| 4 | However , he would n't be surprised if it was announced at DECUS in Cannes in September and first shipments came right after the first of the year . |
| 5 | The visitors scored again in the 61st minute , a sweeping move rewarded as Williams timed his pass perfectly from about 30 yards for full-back Anthony Clement to score . |
| 6 | Nails pulled furiously on the last of his cigarette , threw it down and stamped on it . |
| 7 | Demands for licences grew steadily during the fourteenth century , but endowment of the religious orders never regained its earlier level , and alienations were increasingly directed to the establishment of chantries and secular institutions ; by mid-century almost as many licences were for the secular as for the religious churches , but this has more to do with declining enthusiasm for the vastly endowed monastic orders and the growing popular appeal of the mendicants who lived from alms , and not from farming extensive estates . |
| 8 | Although the overall number of night visits increased sharply in the first year after the introduction of the contract ( for example , in Berkshire it rose by a half over the previous year p 762 ) , the absolute number of night visits made by the deputising service may have altered much less , without much cost saving . |
| 9 | American oil companies did well in the first quarter , helped by fat profits on refining . |
| 10 | As a centre of culture , and a meeting place of civilizations , Cordoba remained vitally important through the days when the Jewish philosopher Maimonides was born there in the twelfth century and the Arab philosopher Averroes lived there in the thirteenth ; as a representative of a medieval city it is as eccentric as Palermo — indeed far more so ; for the cathedral at its centre is a mosque slightly disguised ; and the beauty and immense and impressive size of the mosque are constant reminders to the modern visitor that Christendom was a poor relation to Islam , perhaps in many senses , in the period between the eighth and the tenth centuries when it was built . |
| 11 | The systematic publication of coins from excavations began only in the twentieth century , and one of the most substantial early publications was of the coins recovered during the American excavations at Sardis in Asia Minor . |
| 12 | The universities are not formally sub-divided , but informal groupings based on origin and type distinguish between Oxbridge ( Oxford and Cambridge ) , the large federal university of London founded in the early nineteenth century , the larger ‘ civic ’ universities established later in the nineteenth century in provincial cities ( e.g. Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Bristol ) , the smaller civics such as Exeter , Hull or Leicester , the ‘ new ’ universities founded ab initio in the 1960s , such as Lancaster , Essex and Sussex , the ‘ ex-CATS ’ such as Aston , Salford and Bradford , which were upgraded from Colleges of Advanced Technology at around the same time , and the Scottish , Welsh and two Northern Irish universities . |
| 13 | The Falangists fell mostly into the first category , while Great Britain was the model society for those for whom monarchy was the ultimate political goal . |
| 14 | The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London . |
| 15 | Bombay : Prices fell sharply for the second day running . |
| 16 | Most country houses and palaces did so until the twentieth century . |
| 17 | Domestic exports performed badly during the first half of 1990 , but growth in the re-export trade partly compensated . |
| 18 | The nadir pressures of the first transient UOS relaxations that occurred during the common cavity episodes differed significantly from the first transient UOS relaxations that occurred before the common cavity ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 19 | It was introduced in embryonic form for all children in 1976 , and child tax allowances disappeared altogether over the next two years . |
| 20 | Later they were supplied by specialist brickmakers whose numbers increased greatly during the last quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | The output of goods and services declined sharply in the fourth quarter ; preliminary estimates suggested that gross national product ( GNP ) in the quarter fell at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent ( after adjustments for inflation and seasonal factors ) , the sharpest fall since the third quarter of 1982 when GNP fell at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent . |
| 23 | Thankfully all men and women returned safely from the Second World War , so a sum of money was given to the hall and a brass plaque erected declaring it to be a memorial village hall . |
| 24 | The fortunes of individual towns varied considerably over the sixteenth and seventeenth century but many still bear considerable marks of their former prosperity . |
| 25 | Wolves went ahead in the 29th minute when Mark Burke converted a low cross from Robbie Dennison and Wolves always looked good value for their lead . |
| 26 | The importance of ministers grew especially in the eighteenth century . |
| 27 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 28 | ( The rape and incest clauses applied only until the 13th week of gestation . ) |