Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ticket sales for this year 's Ryedale Festival have got off to a record start with more than £16,000 netted in the first three weeks and some events are already sold out , says director Geoffrey Emmerson . |
| 2 | Although excitement mounted in the last movement , it was induced rather than fermented . |
| 3 | If reserves play in the first team they still charge first team prices . |
| 4 | Within Outer London , the experience of Bromley and of Newham are almost mirror images : Bromley did relatively badly in the first and third periods and well in the second , while Newham gained in the first and third periods , but had the smallest increase in the second . |
| 5 | While competitors sparkled in the first half , the Sussex-based cidermaker 's profits trickled down from £1.1m to £1.07m . |
| 6 | Put in , south Africa — who rested Donald , Henry and the injured Rhodes — made a useful start , the openers putting on 54 before Hudson departed in the 18th over . |
| 7 | Rangers had taken the lead through Sinton before Gray equalised in the second half , Gordon Durie grabbing the winner 11 minutes from time although Spurs manager Peter Shreeves admitted his team were lucky to win . |
| 8 | It would be impossible for the affluent to live in peace if conflict after conflict exploded in the third world . |
| 9 | The one-sided affair ought to have seen the hosts cash in on early superiority , even before Booth struck in the 31st minute to break the deadlock with a well-placed glancing header off Darren Ferguson 's corner . |
| 10 | The sophistication and range of this style of cooking grew , as Sheila describes in the first chapter of her book . |
| 11 | And when racism exploded in the eighteenth century — to justify slavery — it wiped out any acknowledgement of African achievements . |
| 12 | As sea-levels rise in the next 20–30 years due to the ‘ greenhouse ’ effect , this very practical use of GIS technology is likely to become commonplace and of considerable practical importance . |
| 13 | There was no escape when Rush struck in the 24th minute , though there was luck about the Welshman 's strike . |
| 14 | After three years of wrangling , the matter was dropped , though Miller does in the eighth edition of the Dictionary admit that he made a mistake in former publications . |
| 15 | A nation which experienced years of defeat and disaster ( as France did in the mid-fourteenth century ) beat its breast in self-reproach and accepted war 's afflictions . |
| 16 | There is little political controversy attached to the figure of the sovereign , for as Bagehot recognized in the nineteenth century , the successful constitutional monarch should be seen to be removed from politics . |
| 17 | In the last decade of her reign the yield of direct taxes , clerical subsidies , and forced loans averaged about £144,000 per annum , much the same in cash terms as Henry got in the last seven years of his reign . |