Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Architects and craftsmen came to Russia to build the first churches and to share their experience with the Russians . |
| 2 | Fascism was a product of the deep-rooted social and economic crisis which developed in Europe following the First World War ; a period which saw high unemployment , inflation and social instability . |
| 3 | The wax was put into a huge wooden bowl , warmed at the fire , and worked by hand to get the last honey out . |
| 4 | Oates went with Scott to make the first British depot . |
| 5 | Perhaps she was more fiery in the days of her youth , when her agitation and organized campaigns resulted in Manitoba becoming the first Canadian province to grant the franchise to women . |
| 6 | When it fell to Dukes to introduce the second stage of the Bill empowering the referendum , he was forced to address himself specifically to the bishops ' arguments in their letter ( text , Irish Times , 15 May 1986 ) . |
| 7 | Two senior editors of Novi Sad television news were suspended on April 8 , 1990 , for giving greater prominence in a news bulletin to coverage of an election rally in Croatia by the right-wing nationalist Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ — the eventual winners in the election — see p. 37381 ) than to a rally in Belgrade attended by Milosevic commemorating the 175th anniversary of the second Serbian uprising against the Turks . |
| 8 | Almost eighty people have been killed in a toy factory fire in China and site workers from Middlebrook Mushrooms marched through Selby to mark the first anniversary of their dispute . |
| 9 | When the first draft of this review had been completed , a protein plaque or two moved in the reviewer 's senile brain and he remembered that he had in fact reviewed the first edition for this journal . |