Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach to treatment , strong in the nineteenth century and all but eclipsed in the twentieth , is still waiting in the wings . |
| 2 | They do not like by-elections , for in them a candidate of their own party may , win or lose , find the opportunity to display himself so advantageously as to become in the next general election a fearsome competitor . |
| 3 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 4 | The number of crimes which result in charges before a court has more than doubled in the last 10 years . |
| 5 | THE use of cheques and payment cards has more than doubled in the last 13 years . |
| 6 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |
| 7 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , house prices and rents were reported to have more than doubled in the last 12 months . |
| 9 | O D A funding of British N G O activities has more than doubled in the last three years . |
| 10 | The number of Darlington firms going bust has more than doubled in the last two years . ’ |
| 11 | Despite the extensive decline , it is possible that more Redshanks still nest in Sussex today than did in the 19th century . |