Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [unc] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | I am not kidding you : for this high-level encounter he goes to the news-agents ' next door and gets the key that hangs behind the counter . |
2 | The game afoot , he vented his embarrassment by scoring the Lions ' first try after 64 seconds . |
3 | ‘ We won that series 2–1 and it was the Lions ' first tour triumph in Australia . ’ |
4 | As to the kidnappers ' next step , she was confused but pessimistic . |
5 | In this current project , two studies are being carried out which should provide the next stage for following up the researchers ' first cohort of 1981 entrants . |
6 | In the Kiwis ' first innings , Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-25 and Muthiah Muralidaran 3-22 , their best Test figures . |
7 | Even so , the beginning of an English influence is suggested by the brothers ' first names and by the fact that William 's second name , Justavus , is spelled that way , indicating an English pronunciation , instead of the more usual Gustavus . |
8 | Swooping in on a spilled pass he gathered one-handed on the run for the winners ' fourth try , one that Rees just failed to convert . |
9 | Chelsea-bound Kharin was due to make his farewell appearance for CSKA Moscow in the Scots ' second match of the champions ' league in Bochum . |
10 | The tie is sponsored by Carmen Furniture , appropriate to the musical chairs likely for the Scots ' second outing and key to qualification for the knock-out stages — against Canada — where the intention is that Tony Stanger and Carl Hogg will play . |
11 | Nigerian-born John Salako came up through the Palace 's Junior ranks as a pacy winger who could also score goals but , since The Eagles ' last return to the 1st Division , John has shown himself' capable of fulfilling other roles , by performing splendidly at left-back in the latter stages of the 1989–90 season , notably in the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool and in the Wembley Finals . |
12 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
13 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
14 | The very day after the judges ' first meeting , the slenderness of the chances of anything being built , as a result of the competition , was publicly revealed . |
15 | The fact that the Inspirals ' next single is called ‘ Caravan ’ might not do any harm either . |
16 | Ironically one of those who could n't make it was the Conservatives ' first Asian Tory MP Nirj Deva , who is serving a life ban at the restaurant for becoming ‘ too exuberant ’ there seven years ago . |
17 | So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP . |
18 | This was partly due to the timescale involved ( the commitment to privatise during the Conservatives ' third term ruled out any complex break-up ) , but was also due to the problems involved with the nuclear industry . |
19 | However , promises were made to shift the emphasis of policy during the Conservatives ' third term towards reforming the private rented sector of the housing market . |
20 | In March a proposal at the Commissions 's 46th session [ see p. 37888 ] which had sought to limit the powers of the Commission 's special envoys ( rapporteurs ) , was deferred to the 47th session , scheduled for February 1991 . |
21 | The big worry for Town is that Arsenal 's goal came from the prolific Ian Wright , his 23rd this season , although it was only The Gunners ' fourth goal in 15 games . |
22 | The Manchester outrage is a considerable escalation from the terrorists ' last attempt to place bombs in the city almost a year ago to the day . |
23 | It was the dancers ' last night so they were doused by Turner , the bone tech , armed with a high-powered water pistol , and wearing diapers . |
24 | The monks ' first attempt to obtain a judgement in their favour proved abortive ; a second trial was therefore arranged at Pallas itself . |
25 | The vendors ' first response to a request for warranties is likely to be that they should not be required to give any because the management knows far more about the day-to-day running of the company than they do . |
26 | It 's incredible to think this is a debut album for it far outstrips the Aeroplanes ' first ‘ proper ’ album , which seems badly-produced and shabby in comparison . |
27 | Since then , they have released a couple of impressive extended plays , ‘ Safari ’ and the more recent ‘ Cannonball ’ , and they have just unveiled a new long player in ‘ The Breeders ' Last Splash ’ . |
28 | Sampdoria fell behind in Genoa to a goal by Maragos of Panathinaikos in the 27th minute — the Greeks ' first goal in five games in the tournament . |
29 | Mike Blaisdell and Rick Brebant both scored three goals to inflict the Pirates ' first defeat in the quarter-finals . |
30 | It 's a competition Rangers have dominated in recent years but the holders ' last defeat in any domestic cup match was inflicted BY Hibs two years ago , the year they won the cup at Hampden . |