Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For studies of ICJ transit , with this method , a value of 1 indicated that all the isotope was in the first 4 cm of ileum ; a value of 6 indicated that all isotope was in the caecum or colon . |
| 2 | His bid for the throne was in the first instance an aspect of Merovingian family politics . |
| 3 | Founded in 1269 , most of the building was of the fourteenth century , though it has been extensively restored after damage in the late Middle Ages . |
| 4 | During the Thirties when the streamlined fleet was introduced , the driver was for the first time provided with his own driving cab , complete with folding seat . |
| 5 | The entrance was on the second deck , a large double door now wide open that Delaney remembered from before , thinking at the time that it led to a storage area . |
| 6 | The murder was on the 12th , the 13th found him in Farnham , the 15th in Petersfield , and on the 17th the fugitive was in Portsmouth , trying desperately to join the Marines . |
| 7 | As the Vice-chairman , who was re-elected , was also deaf , the two elected leaders of the BDA were for the first time deaf . |
| 8 | The room was on the second floor of the three-storey building , its curtains drawn , its inhabitants hidden from those below . |
| 9 | The silk was of the first order , better than one could obtain nowadays , and had kept in good condition over the years . |
| 10 | The King was in the second room . |
| 11 | The sitting-room was on the first floor , above the garage , with a picture window overlooking a small park . |
| 12 | Even as Andrew was assuring journalists at Sunninghill that he was hopeful he and Fergie could get back together , the Texan was in the next room , phoning around Fleet Street . |
| 13 | Hence for a trigram window , the final score assigned to each word will be the summation of three recognition scores : the score assigned when the word was in the first position of the window , the score assigned when the word was in the middle of the window and the score when it was the final element of the window . |
| 14 | The project was about the Second World War . |
| 15 | The company were among the first , post-war , to use front-wheel drive for larger cars . |
| 16 | The invitation was for the 19th . |