Example sentences of "open [adv prt] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McClure was in his usual brilliant form opening up a 7-1 lead after five ends and then extending that to 14-3 at the halfway stage . |
| 2 | For the third time this season Cheadle were put on the rack but they mustered their strength in the final quarter to open up a 14–10 lead . |
| 3 | For Rangers the chance to open up a four point gap on Celtic before the end of October . |
| 4 | Two minutes into the second half Elwood 's drop goal reinforced Ireland 's victory push and within minutes the same player was on target with a penalty to open up a six point gap . |
| 5 | Far more controversial is the CHA proposal to open up the 1984 Canada Health Act . |
| 6 | The Scots , equally determined to finish their programme in style and leave their Auld Enemy with the embarrassment of bottom spot in the table , opened up a 29-17 lead after five ends and by the halfway mark were still in front although their advantage had been trimmed to 53-50 . |
| 7 | When Wattana effortlessly opened up a 2-0 advantage , Parrott looked in trouble again . |
| 8 | In glorious sunshine the Hillsborough driver took the lead on stage one with his Village Homes Escort Cosworth , and opened up a one minute margin over championship leader Stephen Emerson , before centre differential failure saw his lead almost cut in half . |
| 9 | Duff , who won the title when representing Auchinleck back in 1988 , but now resident in England and representing his new country , looked to be heading for the quarter-finals when he opened up a 6-1 final-set lead over Dennis Catunarich . |
| 10 | Jan-Ove Waldner , generally accepted as the world 's most talented player , opened up a 2–1 lead for Sweden , scorning Matthew Syed 's backspin to win 21–14 , 21–10 in 17 minutes . |
| 11 | Foulds could only muster single figure totals in the next two as Doherty opened up a 2–1 lead . |
| 12 | But within three minutes of the re-start , Sergei Babkov 's two giant three-pointers had punctured English morale as Russia went into overdrive and opened up a 49–40 advantage . |
| 13 | Ripon opened up a 15–0 gap by the interval and scored tries through former British Lion Peter Squires and left winger Dave Watson ( 2 ) , one of which came from a breakaway . |
| 14 | Ripon opened up a 15–0 gap by the interval and scored tries through former British Lion Peter Squires and left winger Dave Watson ( 2 ) , one of which came from a breakaway . |
| 15 | He opened up a 24.8 seconds advantage over Jackson at the half distance refuelling halt and never looked back on a course which measured just over 190 miles in length . |
| 16 | Norman Carlin opened up an 11–2 lead against club lead Alan Lambert and went on to win well by 21–12 while Terry Clarke led all the way to beat John Allison comfortably 21–12 . |
| 17 | It was nip and tuck up to 7-7 before Best opened up a 12-9 lead . |
| 18 | Aintree and Fazakerley have opened up a six point lead in the second division with 35 from six matches . |
| 19 | With five ends completed they had opened up a 39-22 lead , and at the halfway mark had all but tied up the title at a convincing 78-37 ahead . |
| 20 | It had taken only a little practice to discover how to lie there , flat on her back , and slowly , with great care , peel away the roof beam and open back the two vast panes of glass . |
| 21 | The first , which took 20 minutes , saw Martin open up a 6–2 lead only for Martin to recover to 6–6 . |