Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 2 | A board beside it bore a specification of the car and an outline of the services offered by Hazards Limited , who were sponsoring this prize for the first player to ace the hole . |
| 3 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 4 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 5 | She picked up her bag and followed him out to his car , hating him for making her feel so gauche , and hating herself more for acting that way in the first place . |
| 6 | Say that 's population control investment in agricultural infrastructure and technology education and what 's causing this problem in the first place ? |
| 7 | Marco van Basten , the European Footballer of the Year , gave European champions Milan a timely boost by returning to the squad for training this week for the first time since a cartilage operation on 1 September . |
| 8 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 9 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 10 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 11 | My final choice from last week 's ‘ Independent ’ was the example that provoked me into attempting this subject in the first place . |
| 12 | The material , although expertly compiled by military author Malcolm Brown , is strangely lacking any reference to the 36th Ulster Division on the Somme . |
| 13 | They the Adventurers however , had profited to the amount only of £412 : 12s. 9d … without reckoning any interest on the first outlay . |
| 14 | Since we must have some way of linking each component to the next one in the structure , each component must contain a link or pointer that points to the next component in the structure . |
| 15 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of our magazine Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig , and I would like to persuade you to contribute the next Comment Column ( see page 2 of the magazine ) . |
| 17 | I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of Rural Wales/ Cymru Wledig , and to the contribution you could make . |
| 18 | I 'm very glad to be having this debate as the last Council meeting we er put a motion down on P R which the Labour Group refused to discuss , and Councillor in the summer ma put some release out said he was in favour of it . |
| 19 | Listen to his way with Chopin 's instruction la melodia tenuta e legata in the E minor , Op. 25 No. 5 , or the urgency ( rather than mere proficiency ) with which the notorious thirds of Op. 25 No. 6 are propelled , and you may well feel that you are hearing this music for the first time . |
| 20 | By combining this chapter with the last we can see why International Relations is so unsettled and so ready to try very varied approaches . |
| 21 | Taking more care with the second shot , he was rewarded by the cracking sound of stone hitting glass . |
| 22 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 23 | ‘ If she 's dead , ’ said Sam , ‘ she 's not going to mind much about anything , and anyway , if she went to all the trouble of making that tape in the first place , she 's obviously not bothered about leaving it lying around . |
| 24 | Tracing this back to the seventeenth century , he points out that in such times , it is ‘ always those crimes that are associated with the materially disadvantaged underclass which have provided the continuing thread within this history of respectable fears … |
| 25 | I expect to see us dominating this event for the next few years . ’ |
| 26 | If the hon. Gentleman is seeking to make a charge against me , he must make that charge equally against the chief veterinary officer for raising that issue in the first place . |
| 27 | Although the Private Auto account produced a good result at the year end with an Operating Ratio more than 7 points better at 108.52 Personal Property reported increased losses for the period following some deterioration in the fourth quarter . |
| 28 | We will be exchanging some information over the next couple of days or week . |