Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few dogs barked as the invading cavalrymen captured the first Dutch villages unopposed . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | The French champions became the first club to hit six goals since the semi-final group system was introduced last season . |
| 4 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 5 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 6 | Once one army had been crushed , the efficient German rail system was to convey the victorious troops to engage the second Russian army . |
| 7 | And he wants the Liberal Democrats to make the third world a high priority if they play a part in government . |
| 8 | It is interesting that the Treasury was only willing to publish the White Paper in the autumn of each year after rather than before the hard decisions fur the third year had been taken , and made no commitment to publish the Medium Term Economic Assessment , actually refusing to do so in 1971 . |
| 9 | In terms of new routes , few have been a prolific as Rab Anderson : On Church Door Buttress in Glen Coe he climbed the line right of the existing routes to give The Last Crusade , E3 , 5a , 5c , 5c , which like the other lines here , is on superb ( though in most summers dripping ) rock . |
| 10 | The socialists of the Great Powers dominated the second International . |
| 11 | Studying the past by reigns is certainly artificial , and risks obscuring in this case , for instance , the intimate links between the various parts of the Carolingian world , and the profound continuities linking the mid-ninth century to the immediately preceding and succeeding periods . |
| 12 | If a successful sponsorship deal is arranged , the Liberator will be based in the UK for a two year period , during which time it would be a major attraction at the various events marking the 50th Anniversary of the US 8th Air Force 's arrival in the UK . |
| 13 | It took only minutes under the hot jets to wash the last dreamy remnants of sleep away , and then once again all the previous night 's fears came rushing back . |
| 14 | We were standing in the baroque foyer of the hotel , which had been built in the great European hotel age during the peaceful years preceding the first World War . |
| 15 | The below-strength Americans became the first defending champions to bow out of the cup 's first round in 10 years as Australia 's singles hero Mark Woodforde took his brilliant form into the doubles against Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg . |
| 16 | The local hopefuls lost the second of this year 's preliminaries in the Martell Cognac County Crown Green Bowling Championship against Warwick and Worcester . |