Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Many kings in the past have kept collections of animals and in the 12th Century A.D. King Henry I founded the first British zoo . |
2 | Syria , or rather Antiochus , pollutes the Temple of Jerusalem on the eve of a final war which will give him victory over Egypt , but which will soon be followed by the deliverance of the Jews and by the Last Judgement : " And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake , some to everlasting life and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence " ( 12.2 ) . |
3 | Sam Reed had set up two of the goals and in the second half it was his cross that led to Grant 's second goal . |
4 | This year BMW will make about 580,000 cars and for the first time outstrip Mercedes . |
5 | All the trouble and strife is behind you today is a golden glow beh today , a golden glow begins to settle over all of your relationships and during the next month many of you may be thinking of making serious commitments . |
6 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
7 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
8 | The entrance is by a flight of steps and from the first floor . |
9 | Before describing and assessing the binomial and Black and Scholes option pricing models it is appropriate at this point to examine the factors which are expected to influence option premiums and in the next section to have a brief look at the various investment strategies that may be created with options and securities . |
10 | The couple begin to lead separate lives and for the first time there is public concern over the marriage . |
11 | There had still been nothing of that kind from John 's kidnappers and for the first time I began to have serious doubts about whether he was alive ; I began to feel less sure of it deep inside , where it mattered . |
12 | You 've said you want to bring your people out of the Dark Ages and into the nineteenth century . |
13 | But back came Spurs and in the eighth minute , they took the all important lead . |
14 | In Northampton , the Pratts were innholders from the reign of Henry VIII to George I , the Lyons family lasted for four generations and in the mid-seventeenth century had three brothers who were prominent in the trade , and the Peaches eventually acquired quite a chain of inns . |
15 | Demand for his services exceeded his capacity to meet the many requests and in the second year of the scheme he acquired a car to provide greater mobility . |
16 | The sun as the source of light , heat and life was worshipped from very early times and from the Second Dynasty became a predominant deity . |
17 | The most obvious targets were the remaining northern provinces of Vizcaya , Santander , Gijón and Oviedo , cut off from the rest of the Republic in three directions by Nationalist troops and on the fourth side by the sea . |
18 | But titles and businesses ca n't survive as landmarks and in the last advertising revenue increasingly moved into the proliferating newspaper magazine supplements . |
19 | Her sexuality was supposed to be greatly intensified during the first three days and on the fourth day she was supposed to be the most fertile for conception . |
20 | I was only on the drug for seven days and by the seventh day , I 'd suddenly turned into some sort of maniac . |
21 | Trainees would attend for forty weeks and in the second half of their training they would pass on skills acquired ( e.g. in computing or photography ) to the new intake of trainees . |
22 | But much wider issues than the construction of the Finance Act 1976 have been raised in these appeals and for the first time this House has been asked to consider a detailed argument upon the extent to which reference can properly be made before a court of law in the United Kingdom to proceedings in Parliament recorded in Hansard . |
23 | I found the proper cracks and set off jamming in between the bulging , blocky flutes that reminded so much of the solid Sennen cracks and of the second pitch of Doorpost — but they were rounded , too , and the cracks not deep — in places like a Lundy cliff , complete with grit and tufts of grass and alarming rattles . |
24 | All involved in the chain from installation to servicing , fully understand the design and function of plants and over the last decade an increasing awareness of the environment has concentrated concern for the situations in which people live , work and play . |
25 | ‘ I have been in the game as player , coach and manager for 30 years and for the first time in the last three months I can feel the adrenalin starting to flow again , ’ said Totten . |
26 | After all these years and after the last time , I feel I must take things easy . ’ |
27 | This did recommend involvement of the voluntary sector on joint liaison committees and for the first time give access for voluntary agencies to make direct application to health boards without having to seek prior sponsorship from the local authority . |
28 | The Magyars had expansionist aims and by the thirteenth century they had missionized much territory and brought Croatia within their kingdom . |
29 | Up to this point , West had shown up with 4 Clubs and 3 Hearts and on the last Club had discarded a Spade . |
30 | The DTI — the Department of Trade and Industry — started to check up on one or two deals and at the first whiff of them he was away on his toes . |