Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rarely can St Augustine 's dictum that bands of brigands are but petty kingdoms without justice ( City of God , iv , 4 ) have been so easily comprehended as in the eleventh century . |
| 2 | Eta ( 3.9 ) , in the Y , was ranked as of the second magnitude in ancient times , but as it is an A-type star it is not likely that there has been any real change in it . |
| 3 | Cotton topped the bill at the London Coliseum in 1939 and was such a hit that he was offered a 16-week provincial tour , never realised because of the Second World War . |
| 4 | In some ca centres that 's justified because of the sixth form |
| 5 | For that reason , the result of the appeal may not be made known until after the last race on 5 November . |
| 6 | In 1965 the clash was more marked because for the first time the EEC was seriously attempting to inaugurate a common policy . |
| 7 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 8 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the first input field of the first line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA BACKWARDS , described below . |
| 9 | If it is pressed while on the last input field of a line , then the cursor will be moved to the first input field of the next line . |
| 10 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the last input field of the last line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA FORWARDS , described below . |
| 11 | Mrs Belgrove , a 32-year-old agricultural graduate , started by hacking down trees and giant weeds , under which were plants such as sedum and aquilegia which had been hidden since before the First World War . |
| 12 | Even in the first year , when fewer than a third of Leeds primary schools were involved in PNP , this requirement accounted for 760 teacher-days ; but from year to year , as more and more schools became involved and as roles proliferated , the investment of time increased until in the fourth year it stood at 2,035 teacher-days . |
| 13 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 14 | They were allowed to lapse in the late nineteenth century and were not revived until after the last war . |
| 15 | Their own experiences at the Front , and the fact that in many of their villages and townships heavier losses had already been recorded than in the First World War , contradicted what Hitler had had to say . |
| 16 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |
| 17 | Between 1912 and 1930 their most successful period was 1914–18 when all football was suspended because of the First World War . |