Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already made clear , the issue in that case concerned the second decision which the Secretary of State has to make , whether to release the prisoner at the end of his tariff period or to detain him in custody . |
| 2 | It took several minutes , and then suddenly another wave pulled the last line free , unwinding from her thigh , to relinquish its grip like some long thin tentacle . |
| 3 | But tipplers should forget the traditional hair-of-the-dog remedy of having another alcoholic drink the next morning . |
| 4 | Any higher level processing must begin with orthography , hence this study forms the first part of a contextual system . |
| 5 | This key deletes the last character typed in . |
| 6 | If some uncertainty surrounds the last stage of the book 's genesis , we can at least say something about its author 's state of mind on the eve of publication . |
| 7 | This chapter uses the first measure to give an outline indication of how big a part credit , overall , plays in consumer spending , and how that has changed over time . |
| 8 | Our 1910 sample did serve its apprenticeship in trade-union organization , and this episode provides the last chapter in the story . |
| 9 | Again , we choose the matrix A of Equation ( 2.2.1.4 ) : ( i ) The leading minor of order 1 , b1 , is the element 6 : reciprocal 1/6. ( ii ) Using ( i ) , we apply the formulae ( 3 ) , ( 4 ) to find the reciprocal of the leading minor of order 2 , viz : unc Here unc and we deduce unc ( iii ) We now use this result to examine the third order minor unc Then unc similarly , unc Also unc Note that , in Equations ( 4 ) which we now evaluate , unc is a matrix of rank 1 . |
| 10 | One single-handed edged weapon — not a two-handed weapon or an axe — can be sharpened with this tool , and this act drains the last magic from it ( other weapons can be sharpened subsequently , but this will not enchant them ) . |
| 11 | This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast . |
| 12 | 6 October : The Duke of York , Trustee , this evening attended the 10th Anniversary Dinner of the Friends of Lakefield College School at the Cavalry and Guards Club , Piccadilly , London W1 . |
| 13 | The means by which he had got this cadetship proved the first strand in a complicated web that snared him at his trial for treason . |
| 14 | But proper critical attention will be reserved for the museum 's major treatment of Käthe Kollwitz , for whom this exhibition celebrates the 125th anniversary of her birth . |
| 15 | The Jesuit College of St Alban , an English seminary in Valladolid , this month celebrates the 400th anniversary of its foundation , the programme including Mass in Westminster Cathedral but , sadly , no return of the 1907 fixture with Real which the college won , though the result seems to have been lost in some priest-hole of history . |
| 16 | This month marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Priestley , chemist , cleric and reformer , whose scientific discoveries and powerful imagination , together with outspoken views on freedom of thought , education and religion , inspired contemporaries and future generations |
| 17 | As celebrations started in Iran this week to mark the 14th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini 's return from exile in Paris and the start of the Islamic revolution , President Rafsanjani took a tough stance over the death threat to Salman Rushdie during a press conference in Tehran . |
| 18 | This form indicates the next field to be processed , all fields which have been accessed and all fields which are mandatory ( and therefore require to be accessed ) . |
| 19 | This project addresses the second question in relation to the recognition of written words . |
| 20 | The other was a much shorter way , a footpath stretching diagonally across a very large ploughed field , this path making the third side of a triangle . |
| 21 | THIS weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the North 's most celebrated soldiers . |
| 22 | When the appointment of three arbitrators is required , each party chooses one arbitrator , and the arbitrators-dual appointed-dual in this way choose the third arbitrator and it is he who takes on the presidency of the arbitration authority . |
| 23 | Together with the C-terminal β -hairpin , this strand forms the third strand of an antiparallel β -sheet . |
| 24 | Not to be outdone by the Rossinians and the Mozartians , or the Vienna and New York Philharmonics , Houston this year celebrates the twentieth anniversary not of a birth or death or a founding , but of a hiring , that of David Gockley as General Director of the Houston Grand Opera . |
| 25 | The Royal British Legion have again requested support for their appeal which this year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of El-Alamein . |
| 26 | This year to mark the 10th anniversary , a call is made to all anti racists and anti fascists to join us in a March through Southall . |
| 27 | THIS year marks the 80th anniversary of Catholic education at Harrytown School , Romiley , Stockport . |
| 28 | This year marks the Third Biennial . |
| 29 | This year marked the tenth anniversary of THE FACE , but whereas parties have been thrown to commemorate this occasion , nobody has bothered to hold a ‘ do ’ for the tenth anniversary of the training shoe . |
| 30 | THIS year sees the 50th anniversary of the launch of HMS Khedive , an assault fighter aircraft carrier which operated with distinction in the South of France landings and in the Aegean Sea , and later against the Japanese . |