Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tanagra tried to replace Thebes as informal hegemon of the league in mid-century , but it was on Thebes that Sparta 's plans centred in the First Peloponnesian War . |
| 2 | Hungary 's exports plunged in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 3 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War . |
| 4 | McCord 's revelations led to the first crack in the united front amongst Nixon 's officials . |
| 5 | THE DEATH OF TWO NORTH WEST INSTITUTIONS HAS CAUSED SADNESS WITH A PIT SHUTTING AND A FAMOUS STORE 'S TILLS RINGING FOR THE LAST TIME |
| 6 | She sidestepped Mr Shore 's demand for a select committee inquiry into the ‘ enormous ’ threat to Westminster 's powers posed by the last two stages of the Delors plan , centralised banking and budgetary controls . |
| 7 | United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them … |
| 8 | Within the EEC de Gaulle 's efforts led to the first summit meetings of the Six since the Community began , in Paris in February and in Bonn in July . |
| 9 | As Ciaran Fitzgerald 's charges bombed for the fourth time in succession to comfortably claim the tournament 's Wooden Spoon . |
| 10 | The summer tradition of recapping all the year 's exhibitions ends on the last day of the month at the Zabriskie , while Marie-Jo Lafontaine continues at the Montaigne gallery until the 18th . |
| 11 | Though they are contemptuously referred to as ‘ page turners ’ , they are nevertheless texts and can engage the attention of those reading them , even developing patterns of thought which may affect the real world , as Disraeli 's novels did in the last century . |