Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | He glanced down one passage to no avail , then tried the next , just soon enough to catch the porter emerging from the third door along . |
2 | The interpretation put forward here is not fundamentally different from that offered by Jaynes when he suggested that a tendency to emit ( a fractional version of ) the response acquired in the first stage would serve as a mediating process in the second , and that the salience of the mediator would depend on the magnitude of the initial response of which it was a fraction . |
3 | If you put a spot of light right in the centre of this cell 's receptive field you get the response shown in the second column : when the spot goes on ( see stimulus trace at the bottom ) you get a burst of impulses , so it is called an ‘ on-centre unit ’ . |
4 | The opportunity afforded by a third term in office is thought to have induced a ‘ triumphalist ’ determination to effect even more remarkable and radical transformations in the social order than were brought about since it first took office in 1979 . |
5 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
6 | The taxable transfer allowance , paid in addition to the disturbance allowance , is made in two stages ; half is paid to the employee with the first month 's salary in the new position and the remainder paid with the twelfth month 's salary in the new position . |
7 | Theory 3 — That the West had been too lax in the post-war years and had blind faith in the hope that the unity achieved after the first World War would be re-kindled . |
8 | I slept in the suite named after the 13th Baron Willloughby who lived here in the 1770s . |
9 | Delaney moved forward , keeping to the side of the superstructure , intent on the stairway leading to the next deck , and finally the bridge . |
10 | Theoretically his presidency must end in 1852 , but it was already evident that the Prince hoped for a second term of office , to which end he began to organize a campaign to drum up sufficient popular support for this to become possible . |
11 | Here is the chance to see the direction alternating for the first time . |
12 | Focus on the battle to win the First Division title and the struggle to stay in the Second |
13 | Following this last point it is significant that the birthrate tended throughout the nineteenth century to be highest in areas where employment opportunities for women were lowest , for it is likely that knowledge was more easily acquired by factory workers than by those in service or those who stayed at home . |
14 | Noting that the award corresponded with the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas , it said that this " was not a coincidence [ but ] … it was not the only factor " in the selection . |
15 | The blow fell on the 7th Division and on Allenby 's cavalry , which connected Haig 's Corps with the 3rd Corps to its south . |
16 | Probably the most effective and most common scoring technique in karate is the gyaku-zuki , or reverse punch , which the beginner learns in the second week of his basic training , and provides a good illustration of the need constantly to return to practising the basics . |
17 | The winner came in the 64th minute thanks to a combination of fine attacking play from Jason Soloman and inept defending by Boro . |
18 | ‘ Once the Springboks tired , the tide turned in the second half . |
19 | But the tide turned in the second game of the second set when Graf finally broke serve on her fourth break point . |
20 | A second all-night session was not expected as the line-by-line examination of the measure resumed for the 18th day of its committee stage . |
21 | Or was that where all the money went in the first place ? |
22 | If a home does not meet the minimum standard , the owner will be able to claim back all the money spent within the first year after purchase on raising it to that level , through , for example , home insulation , up to the amount of stamp duty they paid when they bought the property ( up to the maximum of £1000 ) . |
23 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
24 | On this occasion , on July 15 , 1944 , he flew the Bomb Group photographer to the RAF field in Beccles , Suffolk , to record the damage inflicted on a 401st Flying fortress that had to make an emergency landing there . |
25 | The damage caused in the Second World War has been repaired on the exterior , which now looks well . |
26 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
27 | Note also an error in the text relating to the last set of transactions which should relate to l months 8 to 12 , not 6 to 12 as shown in the text . |
28 | The council later abandoned its plans to widen the highway and the reversion passed to the first defendants , who were not a highway authority . |
29 | He was some three shots clear of the field standing on the 14th tee , but then lost this advantage after he recorded a double-bogey and two bogeys in the last six holes . |
30 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |