Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined to maintain the authority of the president , in 1766 he overruled the appointment of a new steward ( who oversaw the domestic arrangements of the college ) made at a meeting presided over by the vice-president , having persuaded eight of the senior fellows to protest at the action and ruling that the proceedings were contrary to statute . |
| 2 | An Alliance candidate , Canavan , was again the runner-up who would have needed two-thirds of the non-transferable votes to bring him above McClure ( DUP ) who was elected seventh . |
| 3 | Snow covered 70pc of the longest stage of the 13-hour leg from Wangaratta to Canberra but Clark 's Ford Escort passed six of the front runners to record three fastest stage times . |
| 4 | Now an appeal has gone out for more than 100 of the former workers to lodge applications for payment , no matter the circumstances of their claim . |
| 5 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 6 | Five of the eight artists to receive installation grants were women . |
| 7 | But a vastly improved performance saw Ireland finish ahead on five of the six rinks to win 126-101 and the star of the show was Cookstown 's Colm McHugh , who beat Paul Conlon 25-10 . |
| 8 | Despite the piece of paper he was waving this week , committing nine of the 15 republics to keep on talking about the preservation of the union , he has lost the confidence of much of the Communist Party he leads and of the parliament that elected him president . |
| 9 | Marie Brown thought she was one of the fortunate ones to sail through unaffected . |
| 10 | He was very nearly as tall as her , but she put an arm under his shoulders and supported him to the untidy room which served as the stable office , calling to one of the stable girls to take over the class . |
| 11 | As the slack came in , he got one of the uniformed men to cut the line away from Gomez 's legs and retie it to the line on the rod . |
| 12 | The traditional ESCA-organised Wrigley Softball Tournament has this year attracted a record 2,500 primary schools , each aiming to become one of the 16 teams to reach the National Finals . |
| 13 | In the unlikely event that we have to make one of the following changes to holiday arrangements before departure date and within 6 weeks of departure , we will give passengers paying the full brochure price a reduction of up to £30 per person on that price depending on circumstances and the time of modification : |
| 14 | The project is being financed by the German Technology Ministry , and is one of the current initiatives to restructure the East German economy . |
| 15 | She stops , too upset to carry on , and sneaks back into one of the ground-floor apartments to wash and put on her pyjamas for bed . |
| 16 | Clearly , from the operator 's point of view , one of the favourable elements to emerge from the competitive price battle of late 1985 was the reversal of this tendency , at least temporarily . |
| 17 | Wrist rolling is probably one of the best exercises to perform . |
| 18 | Is he aware that there will be general satisfaction with the help that he has given to St. Asaph business park , which is one of the best developments to have emerged in Rhuddlan for a long time ? |
| 19 | Wdowczyk , after only four competitive matches , looks one of the best players to have come to the Premier Division in years . |
| 20 | ‘ One of the best things to have happened to the French this year . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ One of the best things to have come out of this is the realisation that there are people who really do care about us and about Graham , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 22 | This is one of the best plays to have come out of Russia since Chekhov and received its first performance in this country in Oxford in 1966 , with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in the cast . |
| 23 | Being busy is one of the best antidotes to worry . |
| 24 | One of the best plants to examine for galls is an oak tree . |
| 25 | One of the best places to go is the Edinburgh Room not only because of its wide variety of subjects but also because of the choice of sources , as there is not only books but slides , photos , maps and much more . |
| 26 | One of the best places to rummage for these antiques is Antarctica . |
| 27 | One of the best places to get experience before going into public relations is in the marketing department of a company . |
| 28 | The traditional design has only a front cutting edge and is still one of the best tools to use between rows of tiny seedlings . |
| 29 | One of the best days to buy the Guardian is Saturday , where all the job advertisements published during the week preceding appear again , all together , in the ‘ Weekend ’ section . |
| 30 | But , as Hoet , Baere , Tazzi and I discussed the exhibition , at a certain point it became clear that one of the best ways to talk about art is to let art speak for itself . |