Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two methods of resolving the first problem are : |
| 2 | Some large firms have found it impossible to match competitors ' spending : Jaguar found it could not afford the costs of developing the next generation of engines and models and was forced to sell out to Ford in 1989 for £1.6 billion . |
| 3 | The other system is known as record-playback and involves the skilled craft operator going through the physical motions of machining the first piece of the batch with the machine in record mode . |
| 4 | She has reintroduced a Dutch Open , and has made impressive strides in terms of organising the first European-based Solheim Cup , the women 's equivalent of the Ryder Cup . |
| 5 | Clearly , groups of two bases would be insufficient , because there would be only 4 2 = 16 ordered pairs ( that is , there are four ways of choosing the first base , and , for each choice , four ways of choosing the second ) , and hence only 16 different amino acids could be specified . |
| 6 | Ryder has spoken to NME about the pressures of touring the last LP , ‘ Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches ’ , recording their new LP ‘ … |
| 7 | Last season , of course , we fancied our chances of reaching the second round quite comfortably as our opening opponents were lowly Hellingborough . |
| 8 | The most fundamental events in people 's lives are strongly affected by their social class , ranging from their chances of surviving the first year of life through likely age of marriage and number of children to the kind of diseases they are most likely to die of ( Reid 1977 ) . |
| 9 | Even the teenage mothers ' infants had good chances of surviving the first year of life , if their fathers were 25–29 years old . |
| 10 | MIDDLESBROUGH Mohawks face a nervous wait for the safe arrival of Norman Findlay from the United States to boost their chances of lifting the Second Division championship at Wembley on Sunday . |
| 11 | Attitudes outside Parliament were very similar , and would have reduced Labour 's chances of winning the next election if they had advocated non-nuclear defence in 1957 . |
| 12 | The first function connects economic conditions-unemployment , inflation and the rate of economic growth-to the incumbent 's party political popularity and hence his or her chances of winning the next election . |
| 13 | The Lord President also made the following observation in relation to the consequences of sustaining the first ground , 1959 S.C . |
| 14 | The result revives Swindon 's flagging hopes of reaching the Second Division promotion playoffs . |
| 15 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 16 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |