Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [noun sg] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are small ripples , wind-blown , on the lake , where the water catches the first flashes of brilliance from the early sun . |
| 2 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 3 | Accordingly , their Lordships did not agree with counsel that if the jury convicted the first appellant upon the basis that he was guilty as actor , they necessarily should have acquitted the second appellant . |
| 4 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 5 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 6 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 7 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |
| 8 | Only if a building reaches the next stage commonly regarded as romantically old-world is its survival reasonably assured . |
| 9 | It may follow Aconite if an attack returns the next morning . |
| 10 | It is simple to drop unsuccessful ideas because the computer retains the last 's shape and specific designs made on it . |
| 11 | Detective Inspector Milsom said quietly , ‘ Because the doctor laid the first slice of the fillet — the piece that you do n't give to guests — to one side of the carving dish … |
| 12 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 13 | The marrow regenerates itself rapidly while the patient spends the next three months in a plastic bubble ; 30 per cent can expect total remission . |
| 14 | While the report describes the first two options as the most far-reaching and effective in the long term , it acknowledges that they would cause severe economic strains ( because of the dependence of the local economies on irrigated crops ) and that the required infrastructural improvements would be very expensive . |
| 15 | The NRA is now considering prosecuting Carnon , but the issue is politically-sensitive , since the company runs the last functioning tin mine in Cornwall , at South Crofty . |
| 16 | After the roll call the third mate , with two helpers , doled out the rations . |
| 17 | After the palazzo take the next road to the right , Via Rugabella , and follow this to the Corso Italia . |
| 18 | We are thus able to calculate the total entropy change which accompanies a chemical change and see whether the result obeys the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 19 | In the brief pause before the auctioneer announced the next lot , Emily spotted her father near the back of the gathering , and , heads down as though they were in a cinema , she and Mungo scuttled round and crouched next to him . |
| 20 | We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day . |
| 21 | Roberts hit Classic Review five times on the ear before the horse won the second race of the day . |
| 22 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
| 23 | I had a flashback on Saturday listening to the build up to the Newcastle-scum game when the commentator described the third goal ( I think ) of the scum 's against Sheff . |
| 24 | The Lockwood Parish Map created by a band of workers over several years in East Cleveland has been packed off to Milton Keynes where it will be on display when the Queen commemorates the 25th anniversary of the new town on March 13 . |
| 25 | ‘ When the director ordered the tenth run through Nick peeled off his undies . ’ |
| 26 | That 's asking an awful lot of people who seek no more than a relaxing pint or two , or more especially when the Bishop pulls the first pint of the day . |
| 27 | When the source emits the next wave crest it will be nearer to us , so the time that wave crest takes to reach us will be less than when the star was stationary . |
| 28 | Confusion reigned as the field reached the second flight which had been mistakenly dolled off . |
| 29 | I am confident that by January 1994 , as the Institute reviews the second year of audit regulation , we shall be able to demonstrate that professional regulation is working and is working well . |
| 30 | As the machine enters the twentieth century we notice that it is more streamlined . |