Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the ladies silently decided to go downtown the next morning and buy a copy of The Cheaper Sex . |
| 2 | It was decided to include mainly the fourth year pupils that each school defined as being below average in attainment in mathematics , that is , the lowest 50 per cent of pupils rounded up to a complete set . |
| 3 | If the decision is made to stop then the first step is to advise your customer 's buyer of the situation promptly . |
| 4 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 5 | A number of techniques will now be reviewed to illustrate how the second objective may be accomplished . |
| 6 | ENGLAND 'S number one , grandmaster Nigel Short from West Hampstead , is poised to score only the second victory of his career over former world champion Anatoly Karpov in their World Chess Championship semifinal match at Linares , Spain . |
| 7 | BOXING : Australian Jeff Fenech is poised to become only the fourth boxer in history to win world championships in four different weight divisions . |