Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb -s] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Stevenson checks the first few metres of each weaving when it is removed from the loom . |
| 2 | Richards Shipbuilders has the first four Gem-class minesweepers under construction in its East Anglian yards at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft . |
| 3 | Excluding Belgium , the United Kingdom has the second lowest life expectancy for females in the Community , but as Table 3 demonstrates , the differences are small . |
| 4 | A measure of the scheme 's effectiveness is that the United Kingdom has the fifth highest drug prices in Europe ( about where we should expect to be ) . |
| 5 | A new study by Peter Bryant and Lynette Bradley at Oxford University provides the first good evidence that the ability to analyse a word into its constituent sounds is most important in the early stages of learning to read ( Nature , vol 301. p 419 ) . |
| 6 | Paul Merton has the first post-modern catchphrase . |
| 7 | Surprisingly , Northern Ireland has the third highest death rate from skin cancer in the world . |
| 8 | YOUNG riding sensation Adrian Maguire misses the last two days of Cheltenham 's Mackeson Gold Cup meeting after being handed a four-day whip ban by the Wincanton stewards yesterday . |