Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a strange coincidence the first ditching I heard about was in No 77 Squadron in the early months of the war . |
| 2 | CITY share strategists believe that if Labour forms the next government , or leads a coalition government in a hung Parliament , investment sentiment will swing away from companies linked to the British economy in favour of those making the bulk of their profits overseas . |
| 3 | ln that case the last clause — ‘ in that land were we born ’ — is no patriotic bugle-note , but rather a flat acknowledgement of what can not be helped . |
| 4 | Nationally the Liberals , chaired by David Moorish and boasting a logo that resembles something from the side of a soap powder box , will field around 70 candidates the next nearest is in Leeds . |
| 5 | And you look at the recent king 's mistresses , Edward the eighth , and er , sorry Edward the seventh . |
| 6 | Work till dinner time or something then , then we 're going down , well I 'll go in my own bloody car the next time ! |
| 7 | Distal to the oral papillae the second oral tentacle pore is particularly prominent . |
| 8 | Now everyone knows Welsh lamb is best but if anything is likely to cause us to wobble over this judgement the next dish was ‘ filet d'agneau aux truffes ’ — Normandy salt marsh lamb , mouth-melting , succulent , on a bed of truffles with an intense , shiny , Madeira — sauce , the whole dish testimony to Lallement 's creativity . |
| 9 | In this field the first ‘ acetate ’ made by The Beatles was recently bought back by Paul McCartney , reportedly for £10,000 . |
| 10 | In this case the first layer Ni atom is well imaged , but not the second layer Ni atom . |
| 11 | Some hotel rooms can take a fourth bed , and in this case the second child will receive a discount of 25% . |
| 12 | At this level the first of the two chords is often chord V of a minor key , rather than chord I. The dénouement of Tancrè de contains three examples , each of which accompanies an allusion to Clorinda 's fate . |
| 13 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 14 | Just take a careful look the next time you are out shopping ; how many people look happy ? |
| 15 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 16 | In some cases the first three years of life are spent in this ward before transfer to a children 's home . ’ |
| 17 | Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second . |
| 18 | LIFESPAN RDBI will encrypt this password the first time the data transfer program is run . |
| 19 | He had already been to quite a number of shows where he competed in halter classes ; but this wag the first occasion where he was ridden in a saddle class . |
| 20 | Very few organizations the first model due to its prohibitive cost . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 22 | By way of preparation for this Friday the 13th escapade somebody handed over A Dictionary of Superstitions , which is not the sort of inspiration one needs . |
| 23 | just turn them off , and that 's it Just normal conversations the words that people use in common different areas of the country , with accents and th dialect and one thing and another it 's for the Oxford English Dictionary the next edition . |
| 24 | They are working on a publication concerning the raising of the Tyneside Scottish Brigade the 20th 23rd ( Service ) |
| 25 | She agreed to attend this club the next week with her friend . |
| 26 | President Julio Lacidar said that although the country was backward in some respects the First Five Year Plan would help launch the new nation . |
| 27 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 28 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
| 29 | Erm now given , what less than five months er before this May the fourth directive , Mao is still saying that , this marks quite an important shift in policy . |
| 30 | Was this chancellor the next prime minister ? |