Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 2 | Of course , the experiment was not conclusive — as any inspection of my criteria in the last chapter would make clear . |
| 3 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 4 | ‘ During one practice session , ’ writes Iain , ‘ I perpetrated the highest , latest and crudest tackle of my life on the first XI 's star player , a footballer of considerable skill . |
| 5 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 6 | You have n't been out of my thoughts since the last time we made love . |
| 7 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 8 | ‘ He smelt the cigarette smoke and I was fired , typical of my luck during the first 30 years of my life , ’ recalls Caine , 59 . |
| 9 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 10 | From this discussion of London Creole we turn now to look at the London English of my informants in the next chapter . |
| 11 | He would ask potential supporters : ‘ Would you like a copy of my speech of the third of August . |
| 12 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 13 | This Act enabled LEAs to arrange for children under school leaving age to have work experience as part of their education in the last year of compulsory schooling . |
| 14 | We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us . |
| 15 | She stood on the pavement looking up at the windows of their kitchen on the third floor . |
| 16 | The motley band stared in awe at the figure who would be in charge of their lives for the next three months . |
| 17 | Gloucester the only unbeaten team in the first division take on London Scottish who 've won all of their games in the second division |
| 18 | Bury , reformed in Cnut 's reign , and Westminster , patronised by Edward the Confessor , may have gained much of their endowment during the eleventh century , but otherwise the Domesday picture was probably very similar to that which faced Cnut on his accession . |
| 19 | Englishmen thought of the internal politics of their country in the eighteenth century largely in what had now become the traditional terms of a dialogue , usually though not always amicable , between king and Parliament . |
| 20 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 21 | This had forced general managers of the second wave into the reactive mould characteristic of their predecessors in the first wave . |
| 22 | Once again hardware and software developers will be testing the portability and interoperability of their technologies at the eighth Connectathon event which SunSoft Inc is staging at between July 22–30 at the San Jose Convention centre in California . |
| 23 | Children are ranged in order of their performance in the last test . |
| 24 | Confidence has risen markedly since the defeat at Elland Road ; the parts are falling neatly into place and some of their football in the last three games against Hull , Widnes and Featherstone has been exhilarating . |
| 25 | From April 1992 , there has been a tax concession on both college fees and the cost of study material which leads to Vocational Qualifications , consequently those financing themselves on HCIMA programmes do not have to pay the tax element of their fees in the first place . |
| 26 | Chapman made no excuses — ‘ I say frankly there are none , — and agreed that Newcastle deserved to win because of their superiority in the second half . |
| 27 | American and Britain are partly responsible for the way the Russians are now cos we finance most of their industry in the second World War |
| 28 | Treaty , I can deal relatively briefly with the question of their compatibility with the First Council Directive of 11 May 1960 for the implementation of article 67 of the E.E.C . |
| 29 | Although many of the leading manufacturers , including SmithKline Beecham , have changed the formula of their drinks in the last few years so that they contain less sugar , dentists say they 're still getting far too many cases of two , three and four-year-olds with decaying milk teeth . |
| 30 | Studies in Minnesota have shown that once machines come in , racetracks lose 20–30% of their business in the first year . |