Example sentences of "the [noun] at the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accountant , in order to stand any chance of a career in corporate finance , must have a good academic record ( 2.1 or better ) at a recognised university ( red brick or Oxbridge ) , must have trained with one of the top accountancy firms , and passed the exams at the first attempt . |
| 2 | That is to say that Middle C , at 256Hz , has its true pitch represented on the guitar at the first fret , second string . |
| 3 | In the symmetry consensus , the simple consensus is converted to a palindrome based on the most frequent base at each symmetrical position , i.e. in the right half site , the base at the first position is not conserved , however , an A is found at the symmetrical position in the left half-site in all four sites , hence , the first position in the right half site is a T in the symmetry consensus . |
| 4 | I should be grateful if you would amend the small advertisement for the B.A.E.C. at the next time of insertion so that the last part reads : ‘ For details , write to the Secretary , . |
| 5 | There had been plans to introduce a separate currency , in the form of Soviet roubles stamped with a letter " U " ( Ukraine ) for purchasing basic goods , but it was claimed that the Soviet authorities had thwarted the plans at the last minute , forcing the reintroduction of coupons instead . |
| 6 | The first was an intention to treat analysis in which the values at the last visit of three pivotal outcome measures — that is , urinary albumin and sodium excretion and mean arterial pressure — obtained from all included subjects during the last three months of their follow up were carried forward . |
| 7 | Harry recalls leaving the course at the 1st green and going back home alone via Drawback Hill . |
| 8 | But I 've come to accept that it 's far more sensitive and vulnerable than my other possessions and it can not be hauled back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction . |
| 9 | After the vote at the 20th party congress , delegates leapt to their feet in rapturous applause and sang the Lithuanian national anthem . |
| 10 | Parti démocratique sénégalais ( PDS — Senegalese Democratic Party , Abdoulaye Wade s. g. , the main opposition party ) ; in addition there are 15 smaller parties , none of which gained more than 1.5 per cent of the vote at the last elections . |
| 11 | I could hear the talk at the next table , the staccato clatter of Mexican , and behind me the piercing voice of an American woman . |
| 12 | The talk at the next meeting at Liphook Village Hall on April 9th is ‘ Wild Flowers Abroad ’ by Mr. H. Ward . |
| 13 | His only serious challenger was E.S.B. , but Devon Loch was a length to the good at the last fence and started to pull away up the run-in , over a quarter of a mile long . |
| 14 | Occasionally we encountered a bus or truck hurtling down towards us , slamming on the brakes at the last minute to edge past us with inches to spare . |
| 15 | Radical Palestinian groups claimed that the US decision demonstrated that the path of moderation adopted by the PLO at the 19th session of the Palestine National Council ( the Palestinian " parliament in exile " ) in November 1988 [ see p. 36438 ] was redundant . |
| 16 | If the local organization after an election remained active , on a permanent basis of annual subscription , with a permanent organizing secretary who would attend to the registration work and become the agent at the next election , a candidate could , and probably would , be selected on his merits , and the constituency would be independent of men whose only merit was their wealth . |
| 17 | Following the schism at the Second Party Congress ( 1903 ) , Lenin built his ‘ party of a new kind ’ . |
| 18 | A public body is also accountable both politically and administratively : the politicians consider the effect of a given decision on the electorate at the next election ; and the administrators are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism . |
| 19 | Moreover , the coalition government so formed will not have to ( or even be able to ) face the electorate at the next election since the parties to the coalition will be free to fight again as independent entities . |
| 20 | All the way to the station she asked it , Shall I jump out of the car at the next light and run ? |
| 21 | In slow , careful English , she asked the gentlemen at the first table , ‘ You are ready to order ? ’ |
| 22 | The body 's symmetrical horns join the neck at the seventeenth fret , leaving the remaining four on the 21-fret neck positioned over the body . |
| 23 | Like she was high , not on booze or pills but some of that good mellow shit that used to go the rounds at the first dinner parties I ever went to , at Liza 's place , when the world was young and lovable . |
| 24 | Im was charged under the NSA in connection with Chondaehyop 's support of Lim Su Kyong , a student who had represented the Council at the 13th World Youth and Student Festival held in Pyongyang , the North Korean capital , in July [ see pp. 36852 ; 37247-48 ] . |
| 25 | Labour has vowed to keep the Works open if it wins control of the Council at the next election . |
| 26 | Andy Kyle had the honour at the last hole . |
| 27 | Outer Kent has been asked to do the honours at the next meeting . |
| 28 | Outer Kent has been asked to do the honours at the next meeting . |
| 29 | Henry Calverley won the arrow at the first meeting at Scorton , but it was not held there again until 1754 , so it may be that he was keeping this promise . |
| 30 | Personally , I am sorry for the upsets at the third Test in Manchester , but many of our players are very young and keen . |