Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First Annual Report and Balance Sheet , year ending July 12th , 1908 and the Bondholders Account to 31st October , 1908 . |
| 2 | Individuals are not accorded the protection given to third States to treaties of having to assent in writing to the imposition of burdens upon them . |
| 3 | Hogan , above , is writing and starring in To Be An Outlaw , a bank robber who finds his profession under threat as the West bows to 20th Century technology . |
| 4 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 5 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 6 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
| 7 | In the individual years 1980 to 1984 , the proportion of investment going to Third World countries , as derived from a survey of the leading 40 UK manufacturing corporations , varied between 10 and 26 per cent . |
| 8 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 9 | Birchwood 's Derrick Cooper picked up over £8,000 to move to 55th place in the Volvo Order of Merit when he shot 68–70–68–73 for a share of 15th place in the Dunhill Masters . |
| 10 | Nomura held on to top spot in the annual Eurobond underwriting rankings while other Japanese firms slipped ; Yamaichi dropped to tenth while London 's CSFB shot up to second place . |
| 11 | Initially , the establishment ( in 1989 ) of an entire museum devoted to 10th century design seemed to constitute a threat to the status of the V&A as an up-to-date institution . |
| 12 | Washington tried to first to mediate between Britain and Iran . |
| 13 | As all her children 's marriages collapse , Queen looks to next generation to save monarchy . |
| 14 | The latest on Frank according to last nights local rag : — |
| 15 | Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " . |
| 16 | Rumours abound of a further scandal in the financial sector to add to last year 's rich crop , which forced the resignation of the heads of Nomura , Japan 's biggest investment company , and Nikko , among many others . |
| 17 | Foreign tours , far from being powered by a love of hard currency and routine displays of the standard Russian repertoire , have brought the unfamiliar to western audiences : it was typical of Gergiev 's driving force to take the Mussorgsky experience complete to last year 's Edinburgh Festival , and a fund-raising gala at Covent Garden , a four-hour marathon squeezed between a dozen Palermo Prince Igors , included a firm statement of future policies , with a galvanizing glimpse of Tchaikovsky 's The Enchantress , scenes from Iolanta and Mazeppa , and arias from Sadko and May Night ( Rimsky looks set for the Gergiev treatment soon ) . |
| 18 | It is the coarse fish close season and there are six weeks to go to 16th June . |
| 19 | Gray , who wrote in Saturday 's match programme that morale at the club was good , thought a lack of confidence contributed to last Saturday 's dismal performance . |
| 20 | Poor dear David Marquis , mid-nervous breakdown owing to last night 's appalling Box Office receipts , has left at 8 a.m . |
| 21 | It did not escape Sarah 's notice that Michael was treated as the head of the family and her husband relegated to second position . |
| 22 | By the time Gen McCreery returned to Eighth Army HQ at the end of the afternoon , he had ample opportunity to be fully briefed as to what was going on . |
| 23 | The 31-year-old from Kenilworth slumped to 84th in the rankings this year but has regained his enthusiasm after two rounds with Woosnam . |
| 24 | Mike Newell scored twice and missed a penalty as Blackburn ended a run of three league defeats to climb to fourth in the table . |
| 25 | But , according to documents revealed in court yesterday , four days later Lord Aldington 's V Corps wrote to Eighth Army requesting ‘ a free hand ’ to use force if necessary ‘ to honour our verbal agreement with Soviet forces ’ and return all Soviet nationals to Soviet forces . |
| 26 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 27 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I 'm coming , but I 've one or two things to attend to first , ’ she explained . |
| 29 | Producing three pages of detailed questions relating to last year 's accounts may entitle an interviewer to draw an adverse conclusion . |
| 30 | A quality innings of 46 from Crowe ended after 135 minutes when he had to play a Lewis leg-cutter and the ball carried to second slip Hick , who lunged forward to reach and hold it . |