Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For NDT Systems , the UTEA-1 represents the first in-house designed and manufactured ultrasonic products , which has been met with great enthusiasm . |
| 2 | ‘ That turns the first part of the system off , ’ she explained . |
| 3 | Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph . |
| 4 | However , it is possible to indicate the last known checked version of the module , for user information only . |
| 5 | However , it is possible to indicate the last known checked version of the module , for user information only . |
| 6 | You 've each won the first prize in our June competition of a Rohan Shearwater Gore-Tex jacket and pair of the company 's famous walking trousers , Rohan bags . |
| 7 | Bar four starts the second line , bar eight starts the third line . |
| 8 | So it out to be easy enough to work out where ten is since bar eleven starts the fourth line . |
| 9 | In SWDs and SSDs , it would be possible to accept the first definition almost unreservedly . |
| 10 | This became the first in a long line of medieval whodunnits featuring an unusual detective , a 12th-century Benedictine monk named Brother Cadfael : when he is n't tending his herb garden , Cadfael is using his knowledge to solve a seemingly endless series of murders and mysterious disappearances . |
| 11 | Then , when the first priest arrived , he wanted to live in Tala-Tala near the kirk , so this became the first hospital , and this , ’ he almost kicked the battered old trunk , ‘ became the first filing cabinet . |
| 12 | Delville Wood , lying on a ridge of high ground , was crucial to the Somme offensive , for its capture would allow the British to penetrate the second line of German defences . |
| 13 | ‘ The vaunted land of the free became the last best hope of organised crime , and it has never recovered . |
| 14 | The Labour Party claims that this represents the first stage in a policy of full market rents . |
| 15 | This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed |
| 16 | This represents the last entry to be proofed , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being proofed . |
| 17 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced with all entries lying between the two headwords also being cross-referenced . |
| 18 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being cross-referenced . |
| 19 | He turned down offers of partnership with the Peels and Arkwrights , and in 1790 erected the first steam-powered mill in Stockport , during a boom period . |
| 20 | If you have difficulty crossing the cables , in that some yarns are very stiff and resist crossovers , you may find it easier to work the next row of knitting by hand . |
| 21 | You half expect the next song to start anyway because there are batteries in it , but , instead : silence . |
| 22 | The hoped for recovery in the UK economy in 1992 failed to materialise , but the last few months have seen several actions by the Government intended to prevent 1993 becoming the third consecutive year of recession . |
| 23 | This highlights the second major difficulty with the theories , the general assumption that there is a unitary dimension of arousal . |
| 24 | This highlights the third qualification : the liberal-democratic type of government is one in which it is denied that there is any objective science of sociely or of morals . |
| 25 | The discoverer — reputedly Ingolfur Arnarson after whom a fine peak near Þingvellir and Ingólfshöfdi is named — called the country ‘ Iceland ’ because of the ice he found there ; this created the first half-truth about the islands of the north . |
| 26 | It is easier to define the first of these terms and lay out the implications of its consideration , than it is to deal with civil society per se or its relation to the state . |
| 27 | This establishes the first part of the theorem . |
| 28 | This establishes the second part of Sylvester 's theorem . |
| 29 | I was very interested to receive the first edition of Nonesuch and to read that its name was derived from a flower connected with the City of Bristol — as a member of a 17th-century dance team , I had only previously come across Nonesuch as the name of a dance . |
| 30 | This would be quite sufficient to lend distinctness to the double-bass part , and would leave a large proportion of the cellos free to play the 1st cello part . |