Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun] 's [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement by Anatoly Lukyanov , chairman of the Supreme Soviet , about the proposed Union Treaty was distributed by Tass together with the SCSE 's first decree . |
| 2 | Only in the club 's last two league games have the players shown anything like their best form , although the league cup quarter and semi-finals against Aberdeen and Celtic have been exceptions . |
| 3 | Only in the symphony 's third movement Allegretto does Barbirolli overdo things by affectionately overlaying some schmaltzy portamentos on to the gorgeous string theme of the Trio . |
| 4 | So at the SLP 's next annual conference I put forward a resolution that talks be opened with them with a view to supporting each other in seats where one or the other of us stood a chance of winning ; and to this end arranged a meeting between Jo Grimond and the SNP leader , Billy Wolfe . |
| 5 | THE launch of Middlesbrough yesterday as the country 's second environment city did n't exactly get off to a flying start . |
| 6 | ‘ If someone comes in with a litter of four-month-old puppies and I take them in , would you believe they just come back six months later with the bitch 's next log ! |
| 7 | The first , deriving also from the Council 's first major text , and with little doubt the most decisive for the life of most Catholics , was that to make far greater use of the vernacular in the liturgy ( Sacrosanctum Concilium 36 and 54 ) . |
| 8 | The calibrated radiocarbon result was AD 1260–1390 ( at the 95 per cent confidence level : see glossary ) ; this accords well with the Shroud 's first appearance in France . |
| 9 | Even on the ramp 's first weekend it had a visitor from the States , a Mr Keith Stevenson who is probably better known as Bill Runaway from Thrasher magazine . |
| 10 | The National People 's Assembly ( parliament ) approved a number of constitutional changes on Aug. 27 , one month ahead of the country 's first multiparty elections scheduled to take place on Sept. 29-30 . |
| 11 | The secretary-general of Génération Ecologie , François Donzel , has resigned ahead of the party 's first congress planned for November . |
| 12 | I saw two shots ahead of the opponent 's first shot . |
| 13 | Diesel oil is burnt , some of its usefully , to propel the whooshing metal train-animal forward into the world 's next molecular movement . |
| 14 | He served briefly in the King 's 24th Regiment of Foot and then enlisted 12 October 1821 as a private soldier in the East India Company 's infantry , later transferring to the Bengal European Artillery . |
| 15 | And we may refer again to the CDA 's first Annual Report . |
| 16 | As good and as joyfully boisterous as ‘ Money Maker ’ most certainly was , it pales significantly beside the band 's second outburst . |