Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is after they have lost control for the second or third time that the real difficulties appear . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |
| 3 | So it 's automatically built in to the first life assured , but it is an option for the second if they want it . |
| 4 | Goodbye to all that for the second and last time . ’ |
| 5 | If only Cassan can get him safely through the speed leg , which so often plays a decisive part in the overall result , he looks as though he would relish the bigger obstacles expected for the second and third legs . |
| 6 | Thus the figures for the second and third choices had an overlap . |
| 7 | And Saints hope the Bulldogs will let them keep their prize guy until late February so that he 'll be available for the second and third rounds of the Challenge Cup . |
| 8 | Rented property is usually taken for a period of a year with an option to renew for the second and third years of the contract ; even six-month lets are rare . |
| 9 | Nizan 's preferences are clearly for the second and third hypotheses which interconnect . |
| 10 | Carter and the Shah met again for the second and final time only a few weeks later , It was New Years Eve in Teheran , Carter was on a hectic world swing and Teheran was a convenient resting place between Warsaw and New Delhi . |
| 11 | The ventral arm plates are approximately rounded pentagonal in shape becoming broader than long and rectangular on distal segments and separated except occasionally for the second and third ventral plates . |
| 12 | SEFIC examinations , at appropriate levels , may be taken in lieu of the short Oral Tests prescribed for the Second and Third Level English for Business and English for Commerce examinations . |
| 13 | Early in 1922 the tramway fell into disuse for the second and final time . |
| 14 | During the visit a memorandum of understanding was signed providing Indian assistance for the second and third stages of the Chukha hydroelectric project [ see p. 37356 for inauguration of the project 's first stage by Venkataraman in October 1988 ] . |
| 15 | And I wonder if you feel that er if you have three television sets , then you should pay twenty pounds for the second and another twenty pounds for the third . |
| 16 | Such taxes begin with the levies imposed by lay rulers to raise money for the crusades ( as the kings of England and France did for the Second and Third Crusades ) . |
| 17 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 18 | The only modifications to the logic discussed above are that the code for ‘ square occupied ’ is no longer 1 , but is the actual stream number ( 1 for the first stream , 2 for the second and so on ) . |
| 19 | For the second and fifth of these situations , the subjects were segregated by gender , the male group being left with a male fieldworker , and the female with a female fieldworker . |
| 20 | Returning to his table he began it again , for the ninth or tenth time . |
| 21 | Alice went up to the second floor in the lift , let herself into the flat and read , for the ninth or tenth time , the letter she had left for Mike . |
| 22 | Slightly higher proliferation indices were found for the 4th and 5th compartments with the BrdU than with the PCNA technique . |
| 23 | As for the Seventh and Eighth Books ( 1619 and 1638 ) , to say nothing of the Ninth , compiled eight years after the composer 's death , they contain quasi-operatic ballets and experiments ( 11 ballo dell' Ingrate , Tirsi e Clori , Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda ) , declamatory or melodic solos or duets over repeated or varied basses , with or without string ritornelli , elaborate vocal and instrumental concerti , and the simplest solo canzonette . |
| 24 | I made a booking for erm , two doubles and two singles for the seventh and eighth you 've sent me the confirmation out at the non-delegate price . |
| 25 | He even played in the club second fifteen as a prop in preference to being at lock for the first although , when the senior side was in relegation danger , he acceded to the club selectors ' request to revert to lock to help them to safety . |
| 26 | ( The third effect should strictly speaking be regarded as a substitute for the first since it assumes a zero , or at least a very low , interest elasticity of the demand for money whereas the Keynes effect assumes that it is reasonably powerful . ) |
| 27 | We also thought that on the feast of St Thomas More , June 24th it would be a good idea to celebrate the feast in the evening in the school hall when we can all gather to meet for the first or last time and say ‘ Hello ’ and ‘ Good-bye ’ as appropriate . |
| 28 | But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle . |
| 29 | In 1970 , his hard times continued : not for the first or last time in his career , he found himself in trouble with the authorities , being disqualified twice , once when he was winning and once when he was in second place . |
| 30 | Additionally , widowed mothers receive an extra payment of£9.75 a week for the first or only child ; and £10.85 a week for each other dependent child . |