Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [art] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barkley suggests that children have the opportunity to save a third of the tokens each day to go towards the special rewards on the ‘ menu ’ . |
| 2 | This is a happy solution to the museum 's underlying financial problems exacerbated by the decision to show the first of the Memphis , Tenessee , WONDERS ( sic ) series of exhibitions , ‘ Catherine the Great ’ , which instead of making the estimated $3 million for the museum , actually lost it $1 million earlier this year . |
| 3 | It was only when everyone was thinking of bed and Jean and Tina had gone off to give their respective babies their last feeds and Hilda was in the kitchen clearing the last of the dishes , that Bruce said , ‘ Would anyone like a nightcap ? ’ |
| 4 | Midway through the second half Perry scored Newbridge 's second try from a lineout , and the lock added a third near the end when he supported Fealy 's break . |
| 5 | Bradley Dredge , last year 's beaten finalist , also looked poised for a 67 after a run of five straight birdies to the 11th on Dunluce , but happily settled for 69 as the wind reduced the 17th to a drive and short iron , but put the 18th out of range for everybody . |
| 6 | The Club played the first of several matches against Mr. H.R. Blaker 's ‘ golf-cricketer 's team ’ which included several staff and minor players of the Kent County Cricket Club . |
| 7 | In 1882 the Legislature took the first of these courses . |
| 8 | The process is continued in this way simply using the granule as the intermediary to transfer a 500th of a drop instead of the direct addition of the whole drop as is the case with the centesimal 1:100 ratio . |
| 9 | Blanche , smiling blandly so as to appear co-operative , was ushered over to a corner of the room to record the first of a series of television interviews . |
| 10 | Only when every part of the grass verge around the body had been scoured , and the piece of turf actually under the body remained the last to be examined , would Dr Barnard allow human feet to walk on the ground to approach the body . |
| 11 | It opens with the words for the period ending the third of December nineteen ninety one . |
| 12 | Early in the new year , when the king ordered the ninth to be collected from the clergy despite their earlier exemption , the archbishop excommunicated the collectors who complied . |
| 13 | The court chose the first of these two interpretations . |
| 14 | No I 'll tell you when the next course is for erm schools seventh the week commencing the seventh of February . |
| 15 | The collection spans the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries with sheets by 199 artists , more than half of whom are new to the gallery ( including Peruzzi , Ribalta , Coypel , Schinkel , Landseer , Doré and Alma-Tadema ) . |
| 16 | The Kurd entered the first of them cautiously , sniffing for wild beasts , then beckoned them in . |
| 17 | The broadcasting levy paid to the Government rose a third to £4.8m . |
| 18 | Kenya 's tranquillity could vanish if it were shown to be involved : the killing prompted the first of last year 's riots . |
| 19 | After an immensely long period of feeble luminosity , the star loses the last of its light and heat , and becomes a cold , dead Black Dwarf . |
| 20 | Said , five O one from the year began the first of April nineteen ninety two |
| 21 | Article 1 of the Convention states the first of these aims . |
| 22 | The escort races to the arms cabinet to withdraw the team 's weapons , whilst the others run out to the garage to load the last of the equipment . |
| 23 | They fell into step together , and went down onto the path which followed the bank of the stream , Jehan laughed softly , and then he sat down in the middle of the carpet to eat the last of the sweet cakes . |