Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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31 | The whole of USL was valued at $325m eighteen months ago when AT&T sold off the first 21.7% . |
32 | In contrast to Clare , her sister Miranda was leading the fast and frivolous life of the exciting sixties as Britain launched into the first real business boom since Hitler 's war . |
33 | As Pittsburgh expanded during the twentieth century and out-of-town residential locations became feasible , the population profile of the North Side changed . |
34 | 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 . |
35 | When Tony came off the last , after holing his putt for yet another three , Jack Nicklaus was sitting on a tee-box waiting to start his last round . |
36 | 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 . |