Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between the coupon payment date and the next ex dividend date ( X ) , the bond is traded cum dividend , so that the buyer gets the next coupon payment . |
| 2 | Another kind of polygyny is often found in species in which the males defend territories that are briefly visited by females for mating , after which the female leaves and the male awaits the next mate . |
| 3 | The male deceives the second female by appearing to be unpaired . |
| 4 | The research represents the second stage of cross-national collaborative studies undertaken by colleagues working in education in a number of countries . |
| 5 | We are thus able to calculate the total entropy change which accompanies a chemical change and see whether the result obeys the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 6 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 7 | The deal represents the last part of GrandMet 's £550m disposal of Express . |
| 8 | The deal marks the first venture by Peabody , already the biggest US coal-mining company , into the Pacific Rim . |
| 9 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 10 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
| 11 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 12 | The Lockwood Parish Map created by a band of workers over several years in East Cleveland has been packed off to Milton Keynes where it will be on display when the Queen commemorates the 25th anniversary of the new town on March 13 . |
| 13 | To justify its ways , this week the council releases the first draft of its National Arts and Media Strategy . |
| 14 | As the machine enters the twentieth century we notice that it is more streamlined . |
| 15 | A finely planned programme , but the playing lacks the last ounce of distinction and the choice of piano is somewhat curious . |
| 16 | I am confident that by January 1994 , as the Institute reviews the second year of audit regulation , we shall be able to demonstrate that professional regulation is working and is working well . |
| 17 | The Director keeps the third set of keys in his security cupboard , and the fourth are in a safe at Guy 's Marsh police station in case the alarm rings in the night . " |
| 18 | If a match is found , the process matches the next MRPA symbol in the transcription against the set of branches following the initial branch . |
| 19 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 20 | The period covers the second quarter ended June 30 . |
| 21 | As the day progresses the next task is a neighbourhood patrol with the RUC . |
| 22 | But in mediaeval woodcuts , on stained-glass windows and in classical Christian art , the apple symbolizes the first sin and Eve is portrayed as the first sinner . |
| 23 | The game marks the 600th league appearance of skipper Mickey Thomas , who earned a generous tribute from his manager . |
| 24 | The problem arises where a debtor is required by a creditor to provide security for his indebtedness ; the debtor and creditor agree that the security will be provided by some third party ; the relationship between the debtor and the third party , typically husband and wife , makes it likely that the third party 's assistance will be forthcoming ; the debtor procures the third party 's consent by some material misrepresentation or by exerting undue pressure or influence of some kind ; the third party signs the necessary security documents without any independent advice and without any explanation from the creditor of the true effect of the documents ; the third party subsequently , as a defence to the creditor 's attempt to enforce the security documents , contends that he or she was induced to sign by the debtor 's material misrepresentation , or did not properly understand the import of the documents , or that his or her consent was not a true consent having regard to influence or pressure exerted by the debtor . |
| 25 | The exhibition marks the 52nd anniversary of the evacuation which took place from May 27 to June 4 , 1940 . |
| 26 | The catalogue includes the first appearance of six red-coated Saler cattle which originate from France 's Massif Centrale . |
| 27 | It is almost as though each improvement in the missile stimulates the next improvement in itself , via its effect on the antidote . |
| 28 | A peninsula reaching into the lake gives the first sight of Roman-shorn , which today has spilled into the landscape behind , and along the gentle curve of a bay . |
| 29 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 30 | An exception which applies to literary , dramatic , musical or artistic works is where the work is made by an " employee in the course of his employment " , in which case the employer becomes the first owner of the copyright in the work ( section 11(2) ) . |