Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within manufacture , the precise form of division depends in the first instance on the historical precursors of the capitalistic form of production in the given branch of industry — whether the ‘ manufacturer ’ ( a ) draws together previously separate trades into one workshop to produce a common product or ( b ) splits up a previously unified craft production process into its component tasks . |
| 2 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 3 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 4 | Mix a teaspoon of sugar into the first glass , a teaspoon of tea leaves into the second glass and a teaspoon of washing powder into the third . |
| 5 | Catholicism is presented as a potential remedy , but the philosophy of indeterminacy appears for the first time in this novel as a rival discourse . |
| 6 | British Architectural Library ( London ) has more than 400 metres of shelving of manuscript works from the seventeenth century onwards , on all manner of architectural topics ; there are more than 250,000 drawings and 50,000 photographs on architecture and topography . |
| 7 | Black has been the colour of evening suits since the 19th century , but in the Thirties , smart gents followed the Prince of Wales 's liking for midnight blue instead of black . |
| 8 | The DoE sees the duty as self regulating , since each holder of waste checks on the next ( and sometimes previous ) holder in the chain . |
| 9 | I 've had £230-worth of parking fines in the last couple of months ! ’ |
| 10 | The theme of deception continues through the 12th , only a six- or seven-iron to 155 yards but all water and bunkers . |
| 11 | There were an awful lot of teething troubles in the first year or so , but it is working very well . |
| 12 | of the spring records in the second half of May and a similar proportion of autumn reports in the second half of August . |
| 13 | At the same time , however , the formation of these new nations resembled in other important respects the creation of nation states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , and even earlier . |