Example sentences of "[noun] [num ord] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the auction last year the buyers were the dealers Konrad Bernheimer , ( who has already been involved in the return of other important furniture to the Prussian palaces ) , and Achim Neuse . |
| 2 | But as he inspected the size of the Tories ' losses on May 6th even the home secretary , Kenneth Clarke , usually a man to find a silver lining in the blackest cloud , admitted that the government was in ‘ a dreadful hole ’ . |
| 3 | In an extensive media publicity campaign last week the Natural Law Party announced they would be fielding candidates in each constituency . |
| 4 | Is it not a fact that on 3 July last year the Minister of State told my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian ( Mr. Home Robertson ) that the recruitment figures for individual battalions in Scotland would not be released on the ground of security , yet when it suited the Secretary of State 's purpose , he was prepared to release figures showing 67 per cent . |
| 5 | In May last year the Court of Appeal upheld a judgment against the friend for more than £5,500 damages for negligence because he had owed the accountant a duty of care . |
| 6 | In November and December last year the water tables across the land were depleted , but the majority have now been replenished . |
| 7 | Interestingly , while the rest of the world was watching John Sculley announce the new Macintoshes last week the UK audience actually had a sneak preview of this with the Douglas Adams/Hitchikers Guide sequence . |
| 8 | In January last year the island 's Royal Court of Appeal decided the couple were dead . |
| 9 | On BBC news on 23 November last year the Prime Minister said ’ One of the difficulties we got into with the community charge was being bounced into decisions before they were fully thought through and before we knew precisely how they would affect people . ’ |
| 10 | I would start off by saying that in November last year the G M B held a major conference to relaunch our Health Safety and Environment Service . |
| 11 | In the Thames Valley last year the detection rate for car theft was just thirteen per cent , down from 20 per cent two years ago . |
| 12 | In the same period last year the firm made ( £2.3m ) two point three million pounds . |
| 13 | Erm , erm , apart from the meeting last week the last , last month , er one of our mem one of our members noticed that erm we had n't got a delegate to age concern and she volunteered , that 's a Mrs would you like to okay that cos the Chairman and I speaking to her thought well this was a good idea and I have forwarded her name to age concern who 've contact her . |
| 14 | For three years following the completion of the Wilton power station next spring the NGC had special permission to operate below the legal transmission standards until the new line was built . |
| 15 | Mr Richard Aikens , QC , for the Independent , said that ironically the subject matter had now been held by the House of Lords not to have been confidential , in the sense that in October last year the Law Lords refused to grant permanent injunctions against the Observer and the Guardian , ruling in favour of freedom of speech . |
| 16 | In October last year the oil industry held an occupational health conference in Scotland . |
| 17 | In October last year the National Trust launched one of its largest ever countryside appeals . |
| 18 | In October last year the Muslim Judicial Council received a letter from Mandela calling it ‘ one of South Africa 's most powerful organizations committed to the winning of human rights for all our peoples ’ . |
| 19 | DUKE McKenzie suffered the cruellest of body blows to his career and pride last night the loss of his third world title on a split decision in his home country . |
| 20 | A recent survey shows Britons spent more than £750m on the stuff last year the equivalent of eating around seven litres per head more than Germany , France and Italy . |
| 21 | Isaac Mizrahi was the first to dress her in a big way , but since she came to Paris last year the designers all want to meet her , as do the socialites , the Left Bank social hostesses who receive prime ministers as well as actors . |
| 22 | A Leicester youth justice worker says the team has a heavy workload — on one day last month the youth court was due to hear 38 cases . |
| 23 | To photograph the house for the news last night the cameraman must have stood just where he had stood himself , on the edge of the lawn with his back to the cedar tree . |
| 24 | The researchers first order the jets according to the amount of energy in each . |
| 25 | Hamilton added loudly , ‘ You can tell him we 'd like a word next time the order 's due , as well . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You are probably right but , honest , when I checked out the beach last month the waves were only two feet high ! ’ |
| 27 | Punget Kore says in a meeting with Labour councillors next week the centre 's organisers hope to win themselves a reprieve . |
| 28 | DELYN Borough 's planning department received 42 appeals against its decisions last year the highest of any district in Clwyd . |
| 29 | DELYN Borough 's planning department received 42 appeals against its decisions last year the highest of any district in Clwyd . |
| 30 | Since Darlington Health Authority 's operational policy document was first drafted and given to committee members last year the goalposts have been moved , and Our wonderful new unit , which thousands of local people have worked so hard to raise money for , seems doomed to become a white elephant , admitting day patients only . |