Example sentences of "[v-ing] its [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |
| 2 | Realising its error at the last minute , the magazine just managed to insert a back-page acknowledgement of its gaffe but not to correct the offending caption . |
| 3 | BP is to spend $340 million in developing its share of the first phase of the Mars oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 4 | The vast 100ft gallery allowed one to move from each painting as from event to event , marking its relation to the last . |
| 5 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 6 | By the Welland St. Wilfrid built St. Leonard 's Priory , a masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon architecture , befitting its status as the first religious house in all Mercia . |
| 7 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) in Vienna is close to finishing its report on the first systematic study of the Chernobyl region by outsiders . |
| 8 | The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time . |
| 9 | With Stamm acting as chief engineer , the San Jose , California start-up has been readying its line for the last two years financed by a $3.5m first-round investment from venture capitalists Institutional Venture Partners , Matrix Partners and Menlo Ventures . |
| 10 | Hand signals can be developed to a greater extent to train a dog which is deaf , although there is always the problem of attracting its attention in the first instance , particularly if it runs off . |