Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prosecutions for abortion doubled between 1900 and 1910 and doubled again during the next twenty years , but this may merely indicate more vigilance on the part of the authorities rather than increasing incidence . |
| 2 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 3 | Work on the drift deposits of the Livingston and Falkirk areas in central Scotland indicate that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years . |
| 4 | The distribution of raised marine sediments and associated well-marked shorelines reveal that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years . |
| 5 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 6 | Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come |
| 7 | Dawn Run took the lead from the start and hopped nimbly over the first two fences . |
| 8 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 9 | Humpbacks , sperms and rorquals formed the basis of an extensive antarctic whaling industry , which began in 1904 at a single whaling station on South Georgia and expanded enormously over the next three decades , making use of both shore stations and pelagic fleets . |
| 10 | The dawg will diverge from the node at the end of the head string , and converge again at the first node of the tail string . |
| 11 | He fought as a banneret in the first Welsh war of 1277–8 , visited Gascony and Paris on Edward 's business in 1278–9 , and fought again in the second Welsh war of 1282–3 . |
| 12 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 13 | NIGEL MANSELL was taken to the circuit medical centre at Interlagos suffering from shock and minor injuries after tangling with his old rival , Ayrton Senna , and crashing heavily in the last minute of an incident-filled final qualifying session for today 's Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 14 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 15 | He flew through a wild cross-fire of small-arms and caught up with the third bomber just as it was taxi-ing towards a hangar . |
| 16 | The costs will be in the region of £30,000 to £60,000 for full optical systems , but entry level systems for hypermedia , CD-ROM , WORM and videodisk technology can be obtained off-the-shelf at the moment , and built up over the next five to ten years . |
| 17 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 18 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 19 | The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat . |
| 20 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |
| 21 | Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject . |
| 22 | ‘ No idea , ’ replied the young lieutenant , and moved on to the next bed . |
| 23 | I checked the position of the pin , rather generously placed in the right centre of the green , and moved on towards the tenth hole . |
| 24 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 25 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 26 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 27 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 28 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 29 | A moment later , a second rider came up over the lip of rock and drew up beside the first . |
| 30 | The relative positions of the players changed and changed again over the second half and , as we waited on the eighteenth tee , Miguel had edged yet again one shot ahead of Jack . |