Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 2 | The textual space separating the first from later instances of the item " flock " shows the attentiveness required of the reader ( pp. 135 , 145 , 163 , 169 ) . |
| 3 | Desert Storm , with its thousands of sorties a day , could have been planned without computers ( the Schlieffen plan launched the first world war with sweat and brainpower , little more ) ; but computers allow the plans to be fine-tuned and to be altered quickly . |
| 4 | A few dogs barked as the invading cavalrymen captured the first Dutch villages unopposed . |
| 5 | Morton said quietly , watching as the tall man lowered the last crate into the hold . |
| 6 | ‘ Go safely , Floy , ’ whispered Fenella , who thought it safer not to say more , and then one of the stable hands brought the second horse forward and Floy found , as Snodgrass had , that it was actually quite easy to spring into the saddle and it was rather a safe feeling to be seated astride a horse like this . |
| 7 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |
| 8 | There might be a possible history in which the Labour party won the last election in Britain , though maybe the probability is low . |
| 9 | But had the Labour Party won the last Election they too would be facing hefty tax bills and precisely the same threat to their lavish standards of living . |
| 10 | GERMANY caved in yesterday and shot down the controversial party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the V2 rocket . |
| 11 | It was presented , to Darlington Harrier Andy Campbell , when the race was established as an open event in 1904 and given to Duncan McLeod-Wright to keep when the Scottish runner became the first man to win three times , in 1929 . |
| 12 | The three-man commission imposed the second biggest fine ever levied against a club for financial irregularities . |
| 13 | The proper way to put the last sentence would be to say : ‘ If B is charged with such-and-such a crime , he will have a good defence . ’ |
| 14 | Local types were beginning to be noticed , and in 1709 the English parliament passed the first of a series of Enclosure Acts which , indirectly , would lead to breed development by curtailing the traditional practice of communal grazing and random mating . |
| 15 | Fittingly the local-born lad took the first spot kick which completed the first leg of what could see the city 's two clubs meet for the first time in the last four . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman quoted the first paragraph of AMMA 's report . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman mentioned the first ; in my original answer , I showed how we intend to work towards it . |
| 18 | As the conflict between Milosevic and the FRY intensified [ see below ] , the Serbian delegation boycotted the first meeting in Zagreb on Oct. 12 of the committee set up under the Sept. 30 agreement to normalize relations between Croatia and the FRY . |
| 19 | McCallen is hoping that the Honda will remain in one piece after tomorrow for it travels on to Donington for the British Championship meeting the next day where it will be ridden by Steve Hislop with McCallen reverting to the slower RC30 Honda . |
| 20 | An exhibition at the British Museum marks the seventieth anniversary of the opening of the pharaoh 's tomb and takes a close look at its discoverer |
| 21 | The French champions became the first club to hit six goals since the semi-final group system was introduced last season . |
| 22 | But the old soldier had the last laugh . |
| 23 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 24 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 25 | The 5th-Century mystic spent the last 45 years of his life atop a stone pillar . |
| 26 | But a concern with the political unrest preceding the Civil War caused the third part , De Cive , to be prematurely ‘ ripened and plucked ’ before the first two , De Corpore ( ‘ On Body ’ , 1655 ) and De Homine ( ‘ On Man ’ , 1657 ) . |
| 27 | Once one army had been crushed , the efficient German rail system was to convey the victorious troops to engage the second Russian army . |
| 28 | And he wants the Liberal Democrats to make the third world a high priority if they play a part in government . |
| 29 | It started its quality improvement process in 1988 and the following year became the first French chemical company to gain ISO 9000 registration . |
| 30 | He formed the A. S. Neill Society to spread libertarian views on education , and the following year held the first of a series of camps for potential pupils and staff . |