Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [verb] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The summary goes on to say that Stirling had asked the Eighth Army for thirty more jeeps that had already been ordered .
2 Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) .
3 It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber .
4 It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune .
5 We have not covered the fact that Hillingdon has become the first education authority in the country to have 75% of its secondary schools opted out .
6 It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered .
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