Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [noun] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although teething troubles dogged the first week of pedestrianisation in Darlington traders and shoppers generally welcomed the scheme . |
| 2 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 3 | So if Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the United States , what action could we expect him to take to stimulate America 's ailing economy ? |
| 4 | Bob Logist had the first and the last round drawn and the remainder for Leonard , while Joe Cortez gave the fourth , fifth , ninth and 10th rounds to Duran to produce the narrowest margin , 116-111 . |
| 5 | The Cup and League Double had eluded the most ambitious clubs ever since Aston Villa became the second club to achieve it in 1897 , in a less competitive era . |
| 6 | The Science Museum claims to have lost about 60% of its visitors in the 12 months after introducing a £3.50 fee for adults in October 1988 ( though the fall is based on a dodgy head-count , before entrance tickets provided the first precise numbers ) . |
| 7 | The 36-year-old Tynesider stepped up to the manager 's chair after Frank Gray became the third North-East football boss to lose his job since Christmas . |
| 8 | As King Hassan celebrated the 30th anniversary of his accession to the throne on March 3 , officials disclosed that the eight members of the family of the late Gen. Mohammed Oufkir had been released on Feb. 27 after over 18 years in detention . |
| 9 | The little left-hander , 142 not out , watched from the non-striker 's end as Bernard Julien played the last ball of the day , bowled by Underwood , defensively on the off side and turned to walk to the pavilion . |
| 10 | Victory arrived in a flourish when Richard Hignett deposited the last four balls of the 42nd over from Furse for 6 , 2 , 4 and 6 . |
| 11 | When Martin Scorsese tackled The Last Temptation of Christ , the result was a formal-ity . |
| 12 | THERE WILL be little cause for celebration when East Germany marks the 40th anniversary of its founding on Saturday . |
| 13 | Where the Buyer purchases the goods with the intention of selling them to a third party for the use by that third party of the goods at work , the Buyer undertakes to supply the goods to the third party on the basis that the third party will ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the goods will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , and the Buyer further undertakes to procure the signature by the third party ( prior to delivery of the goods to the third party ) of the written undertaking attached hereto as Annex A obliging the third party to take the steps specified in that undertaking to ensure this . |
| 14 | And as the Marsh dismissal raged , Spartak compounded Liverpool 's agony when Andrei Piatnitski struck the second goal in the closing seconds . |
| 15 | When Victor Paige became the first general manager of the health service he found himself in a very different job from any that he or anyone else had occupied before . |
| 16 | As Mrs Lee opened the fourth one she cried out , recognising her daughter 's face . |
| 17 | Though Huw Davies had the last word in that game , Gallagher 's work at the back of the line-out was missed . |
| 18 | That came after Liverpool 's frustration bubbled to the surface when Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to receive a red card in four European Cup Winners Cup matches this season . |
| 19 | When Abbey national became the first lender to win no less than three Which Mortgage awards : Best Overall Lender , Best First-time Buyers Product and Best High Street Bank in 1991 , the company proved how efficient and comprehensive its mortgage services are . |
| 20 | Waggler and caster fished alongside the weed bed tempted tench skimmers and roach , but as Darlington rods took the next three places , Bob 's best efforts failed to secure the team victory . |
| 21 | One little piece of history was made when Roland Butcher became the first black man to play for England , and by a neat coincidence it was on the ground just fourteen miles from his birth-place . |
| 22 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END Lord Young looks on as Paul Reichmann drives the first pile at Canary Wharf in 1987 . |
| 23 | When John Lehmann published the second issue of Orpheus , an annual symposium of the arts which folded after the first two volumes , he employed Minton to design its dustjacket and small tail-pieces . |