Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The power of traditional chiefs was curbed and for the first time women and young people were drawn into the political process . |
2 | In 1515 , we find a cow being left to provide a light before the rood to burn from the second peal to matins , and till high mass is done and from the second peal to evensong till evensong be done for ever more . |
3 | Finally , all is prepared and as the second hand ticks over into 8.30 pm the command ‘ Run Tape ’ is given . |
4 | On the first day of the blizzard 30 of my sheep got buried and on the first night my kennel runs were covered with six feet of snow , making it difficult , if not impossible , to get the dogs out . |
5 | But one winter she got flu , her work was sapped and for the first time the critics were unkind . |
6 | Thatcherism was born and during the last decade there has been record redundancies and bankruptcies within the U K as a whole . |
7 | Steam sprinklers were introduced and on the first day of their operation , they successfully doused another fire that would have probably removed the remainder of the factory had it taken hold . |
8 | The marquis 's voice had softened and for the first time Topaz gave him a wide smile . |
9 | Exact beginnings are not clearly known but by the mid-thirteenth century Lübeck and Hamburg in Germany were co-operating together and soon other German towns were joining : Lüneburg , Wismar , Stralsund , Soest and Dortmund . |
10 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy commenced or since the last renewal date . |
11 | Provision is made for the election of members of a new divisional board , either at the meeting at which it was determined that a new division should be established or at the first meeting thereafter . |
12 | Provision is made for the election of members of a new divisional board , either at the meeting at which it was determined that a new division should be established or at the first meeting thereafter . |
13 | For the second time since the 19th century the value of the try has been changed and for the second time this century the drop goal value has been altered . |
14 | If the Emperor was to make any progress in pursuing the English alliance , it was essential that some way be found to produce a common enemy against whom a common front could be established and in the mid-19th century Britain 's only apparent enemy , that is the only one which seemed to threaten her interests , was the Russian Empire . |