Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisers also gave a special award to veteran runner Albert Dolman , who was competing in the tenth consecutive run . |
| 2 | A not untypical pattern of distortion of sensation was reported from the first documented vigil of this sort : |
| 3 | El Salvador was included as the 102nd contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) in an official list released on May 24 . |
| 4 | The Small Branch of the Year Award was won for the fourth consecutive year by Williston in North Dakota . |
| 5 | The summit was preceded by the 54th ordinary meeting of the OAU Council of Ministers ( on May 27-June 2 ) which prepared the agenda for the summit meeting . |
| 6 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 7 | A few observers had already commented on the effectiveness of coaching for tests , a factor which was to lead to the first serious public disquiet over tests as measurement of innate , unalterable and asocial ability — although such comments were not yet thoroughly substantiated . |
| 8 | Even she , however , was defeated by the last steep hill . |
| 9 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 10 | The tender has been in a finished condition for some time and was seen at the last Open Day some two years ago . |
| 11 | The above statement was made at the Sixth Annual Conference on Library Orientation for Academic Libraries at Eastern Michigan University in 1976 . |
| 12 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 13 | The cutting edge of British art historical research was presented at the nineteenth annual Association of Art Historians ' Conference , held from 2 to 4 April at the Tate Gallery . |
| 14 | Miriam was wondering as the first fat drops of rain splashed on the verandah . |
| 15 | This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue . |
| 16 | Packed cell volume was measured in the first arterial or venous blood sample obtained , usually when establishing arterial access . |
| 17 | Erm members will re ma , will be reminded the report was requested at the last personal services committee with regards to the council 's involvement in the current museums and Essex committee er , I 'm also requesting er , the financial contribution that this council actually makes to that committee . |
| 18 | Another round of amplification was performed with the third internal nested primer , OB10 ( 5' AGAAGAGAATCAACTGCC 3' ) with Ri ( 5' GACATCGATAATACGAC 3' — complementary to T 57 ) . |
| 19 | From October that year , a small car was towed behind the first electric car of the day to South Station , and pulled by a horse on a shuttle service between there and Squires Gate . |
| 20 | Gestational age was assessed as the last completed week of pregnancy . |
| 21 | This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime . |
| 22 | The nature of the fascist impact in the East End of London was demonstrated in the first local elections of 1937 . |
| 23 | It brought to an end the era of amphibians and it was introduced by the next great group to appear , the reptiles . |
| 24 | The game was set for the second goal-less draw at the ground in four days , when Andy Melville scored following a free kick . |
| 25 | ( The upper limit of normal for each measure was set at the 95th centile ) . |
| 26 | Attention was focused at the 12th annual summit of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) , held in St Kitts on July 1-5 , on the urgency of achieving the economic integration of the region . |
| 27 | A model for achieving a smoke free generation in Europe was proposed at the first European conference on tobacco in 1988 and was supported by the World Health Organisation and British Medical Association . |
| 28 | I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied . |
| 29 | We are spending two and a half times as much , after taking account of inflation , as was spent by the last Labour Government on training . |
| 30 | The introduction of agriculture was accompanied by the first major ‘ engineering ’ works in the landscape . |