Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nizan 's preferences are clearly for the second and third hypotheses which interconnect . |
| 2 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 4 | It was a generally constructive attempt to discuss the fact that 2 or 3 per cent of the population of most big European countries is now from the Third World , something which those who rhapsodise about the ‘ European identity ’ often ignore . |
| 5 | Recognizing amongst the life-filled Indonesian islands a way of being and mind as alien as it was complementary to Western thought , Wallace 's writings were also amongst the first to gleam with an enlightened futurism . |
| 6 | The farmers are now among the first to use biological insecticides , becoming increasingly popular as a replacement to conventional chemical ones , to protect the environment and overcome the problem of resistance , which insects can develop after extended exposure to the same chemical . |
| 7 | Brothers and colleagues statistics show that the majority of car accidents are mainly within the first year of people passing their driving test . |
| 8 | Gloucester against Bridgend … that 's the game tonight … its more than a run out too … next week the cherry and whites are back in the first division fight at Northampton … but no chance of planning ahead six first teamers are missing |
| 9 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |
| 10 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the process of selling Official Airline Guides is now into the second round , with Reed Elsevier as the leading contender . |
| 12 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |
| 13 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 14 | This affinity alone suggests that , like some examples of individual arrangements of squares , the multiple configurations are also of the second quarter of the fourth century . |
| 15 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |