Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course Oxford supporters do n't need reminding that last season they led Fulham 1-0 after the first leg and they lost 5-3 at home . |
| 2 | Gooch and Pringle then added 113 for the seventh wicket and Neil Foster gave good support to remove all fears of an Essex follow-on . |
| 3 | But a disclaimer can never take away your rights under the Defective Premises Act 1972 for the collapsing conservatory or prevent anyone being sued for negligence which has caused death or injury . |
| 4 | The result was 9,122 for the Unionist candidate and 3,944 for the NILP . |
| 5 | Where judgment is given in a default action ( Ord 9 , r 6(1) ) for payment forthwith , it need not be drawn up or served unless a request to issue enforcement proceedings has not been made , or the plaintiff has abandoned part of his claim without amending his particulars of claim and serving the defendant , or where the judgment is interlocutory ( N 17 ) or where a Certificate for judgment under s 12 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 is to be sought ( Ord 22 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 6 | Section 2 of the Legal Advice and Assistance Act , 1972 , provides in effect that legal advice and assistance may be given on the application of Scots law to a particular matter . |
| 7 | Sections 52 and 53 of the 1984 Act and Ord 14 , rr 1 – 10 apply . |
| 8 | Over a quarter of the territory of the Falkland Islands was sold in early April to the Falkland Islands Executive Council by the Falkland Islands Company , a subsidiary since mid-1989 of the debt-ridden mining and fuel distribution group Anglo United . |
| 9 | France 's 441 auctioneers ( commissaires-priseurs ) , the most protected and privileged of Europe , might have been faced in 1993 with the biggest shake-up since their status was established by decree of Henri II in 1552 . |
| 10 | Within the 4 quadrants , there are 2 angles which have the same cosine , 2 with the same sine and 2 with the same tangent . |
| 11 | Bemac 's workforce has fallen from 215 to 140 in the past year and now the firm has appointed a consultant to advise on the restructuring of the company . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it is unlikely that homoacetogenesis is amajor route of disposal of H 2 in the human colon since molar ratios of acetate , propionate , and butyrate are similar in methanogenic and non-methanogenic people . |
| 13 | She feels strongly that the number of women judges — only 2 in the High Court and one Lord Justice of Appeal — is ‘ disappointing ’ . |
| 14 | After the election , there are likely to be about 30 Etonians on their benches , compared with 43 in the last Parliament and 68 the last time the party was led by one of their number ( Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 ) . |
| 15 | Towards the end of the 3-day FFA meeting , the Japanese , ‘ in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation' ’ , offered to hold the drift-net fleet for 1989–90 to the same level as the previous season — 60 vessels . |
| 16 | ‘ If agencies wind up in 1993 at the same level as in 1992 , they 'll be doing well , ’ states Martin Larkin , managing director , Irish International Advertising . |
| 17 | The empire was in a state of decline which had begun with the havoc wrought in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade and was made worse by internal conflicts . |
| 18 | Mr Farrelly , a Democrat , entered office in 1986 amid the general expectation that he would be able to solve many of the islands ' problems . |
| 19 | Hence it took about two-thirds of the total period since the origin of life to reach the eukaryote stage . |
| 20 | Bonn promises monetary union by June 30th , but the Alliance needs two-thirds of the parliamentary vote before it can complete unification . |
| 21 | In spite of this awareness , it seems extraordinary that the candidate in Madrid favoured by Prim and his government was one who was bound to be unacceptable to Napoleon III for the simple reason that he was a son of King Louis-Philippe and so represented the Orléanist dynasty . |
| 22 | 236 for 2 overnight became 296 for 7 next morning as England bowled themselves back into the game , but Lloyd and Garner put on 83 for the eighth wicket and then Holding and Croft an unbeaten 67 for the tenth as the bowlers tired , enabling Lloyd to declare on 468 . |
| 23 | Finally , the Council even negotiated in secret from the Assembly : Demosthenes ( ii.6 , with Theopompus F 30a ) mentions a secret pact made in the 350s between the Athenian Council and Philip II of Macedon to exchange Pydna , which Athens held , for Amphipolis ; and the continuous text of the Oxyrhynchus Historian begins with the sailing of a trireme under one Demainetos to the south-east Aegean ‘ not on the instructions of the people ’ , but after Demainetos had unveiled his plans in secret to the Council . |
| 24 | USACE had been appointed to conduct damage assessments and manage emergency repair work to the infrastructure following an agreement reached in January 1991 between the Kuwaiti government and the US Defence Department . |
| 25 | The difference is particularly marked for cars and telephones ; more than 8 out of 10 two adult households with children have a car or a van compared to only 3 in 10 on adult households with children and whereas 9 in 10 of the two adult households with children have a telephone , this is true for only 6 in 10 of the one adult and children households |
| 26 | Swindon Club chairman says : Certainly , he 's in the top 10 of the Premier League and probably the best in the First Division . |
| 27 | And that 's it from us for the moment , Ann Lucas will be here at ten-thirty with the late news but from us for the moment , goodnight . |
| 28 | Thus in so far as the provisions of the Act of 1987 are ambiguous , guidance can be sought from the Order of 1991 in the same way as guidance can be sought from a later enactment for the construction of an earlier one : Kirkness v. John Hudson & Co . Ltd . |
| 29 | Holm , 24 , who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon last year before losing to Stefan Edberg in four sets , also trailed 5–4 in the second set but found his range in time to break New Zealander Steven in the 11th game to level the match . |
| 30 | The seniors , managed jointly by County President Peter Woodward and Richard Morris and coached by Chelmsford 's Paul Morris , beat Lincolnshire 3–0 in the first round and Cambridgeshire 5–0 in the semi-finals . |