Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 2 | The possibility of getting that accommodation encourages many refugees to come here in the first place . |
| 3 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 4 | We have 60 bottles to give away to the first readers to answer the following question and send their answer , with their name and address , to : . |
| 5 | Finally , David Stirling intended to take a small party and penetrate right through the enemy lines to join up with the First Army , which had landed in Algeria . |
| 6 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 7 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 8 | We do n't want any costs to come out of the second year cos that 's where we make our profit . |
| 9 | GARDEN PLANTS FOR FREE The Gardener has 5 copies of Alan and Adrian Bloom 's Blooms of Bressingham Garden Plants to give away to the first five readers whose names are drawn from the postbag after 31 December 1992 . |
| 10 | We have 20 copies to give away to the first 20 readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 9 1992 , send your name and address on an adhesive label to Business Executive Diaries Ltd , Cornerways , Brenchley Road , Brenchley , Tonbridge , Kent TN12 7PB . |
| 11 | It 's required post-club viewing , and we have 20 copies to give away to the first 20 correct answers ( drawn out on June 25 ) to the following . |
| 12 | We have 250 copies to give away to the first readers to write to Noilly Prat Booklet Offer , . |
| 13 | In addition , the 16 teams to go through to the third round will each receive an illustrated copy of The Guinness Book of Cricket Facts and Feats . |
| 14 | Every few blocks , a building or two had been gutted , walls standing , roofs collapsed , as if random artillery shelling had taken out the commercial heart of the city , leaving a few lucky businesses to struggle on until the next round . |
| 15 | Yeah it 's like with me , I mean of course do n't forget that I 've got a good two hundred pounds to come on about the fifth of December from the British Legion 's savings . |
| 16 | Clinton needs 2,145 delegates to win outright on the first Democratic Party ballot at the July convention . |
| 17 | We have 150 single packs to give away to the first 150 names drawn from the postbag on 7 March . |
| 18 | Do n't expect meetings , discussions or journeys to go smoothly between the 12th and 16th . |
| 19 | By opening the way for military forces to serve overseas for the first time since 1945 , the Peace Keeping Operations ( PKO ) bill marked a significant shift in Japanese foreign policy . |
| 20 | The move came four months after the Diet had approved a law permitting Japanese forces to serve overseas for the first time since the end of the Pacific War [ see pp. 38962-63 ] , and followed a request from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali . |
| 21 | ‘ There is a big opportunity for our young players to play regularly in the first eleven . |
| 22 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 23 | We have 500 booklets to give away to the first readers to write to John West/1H , Gramby Marketing Services Ltd , School Lane , Denham Maasey , Altrincham , Cheshire WA14 5SZ . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you know , before this I went out and bought Tesco 's own-brand baked beans to live on for the next month , ’ she remarked , rather unconvincingly . |
| 25 | There are 400 commitments to take forward in the next year — from proposals for new standards for indoor air quality to work on the major international agreements which we hope will be signed at the earth summit in Brazil in June 1992 . |
| 26 | Tasks to carry forward to the next meeting . |
| 27 | Critics believe there 'd be no need to build such expensive treatment plants to extract nitrates if farmers were given incentives to use less in the first place . |