Example sentences of "[adv] the [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the second tags on the babies ' arms were correct and van driver Derek , who had been present at the birth , was positive Daniel was his baby . |
| 2 | In Germany the large shift in Jewish identity came in the eighteenth and especially the nineteenth centuries as no longer Yiddish but German became the first language for most Jews . |
| 3 | " Being in love " and " being loved " are naturally the next stages . |
| 4 | Note down the first thoughts that come into your head and follow where they lead ; but do try to answer all the questions . |
| 5 | The emergence of such standards , and the ability to re-use programs written in conventional languages , should bring down the last barriers to wide acceptance of parallel computing . |
| 6 | Obviously the first criteria is to make a profit and in the wave of enthusiasm for a new scheme a balance of potential profit against input of effort needs to be made . |
| 7 | So the first tasks of the day are cooking the vegetables and preparing the lunchtime desserts — probably trifle , apple crumbs and bread pudding , because they are all firm favourites . |
| 8 | And so the first memories is in the meadows of Nottingham , going to infant school about the age do n't remember starting , but perhaps I 'd be six years of age , and it was a little church school and they were all lady teachers and most of them Mrs and not the Miss which is nowadays er more common . |
| 9 | So the first things going through a buyer 's head , or that will influence them , will be the sort of lifestyle they 're actually looking for . |
| 10 | The vehicle shot forward , and as it did so the first rocks from above came hurtling down onto the track just behind us . |
| 11 | While the bigger names were following the European clay circuit , Korda was reaching only the second singles final of his career in Tampa . |
| 12 | I say this because , of the several versions of the ‘ right of silence ’ contained in the list previously given , only the fifth hinges upon the fact of the suspect having been charged ; and that is an immunity against being asked questions of any kind . |
| 13 | She is modest , feeling she has taken only the first steps . |
| 14 | Eating during the first week will be very similar to that on baseline days during the preparation phase ( because only the first goals in the lists will be introduced ) . |
| 15 | Whilst the , the London Region speakers come into the rostra I 'll just make the point , Peggy in fact is only the third women that 's spoken this morning . |
| 16 | The house was originally built in 1880 and the Michies are only the third owners |
| 17 | By contrast , the decision making system in the United States can only be described as ramshackle ; however , rationality and efficiency are not necessarily the first priorities of a democratic political system , especially one as vast and heterogeneous as the United States . |
| 18 | ‘ We are trying to trace everyone who was at the party to try to piece together the last hours of his life . ’ |
| 19 | So the inquiry is by no means cut and dried and they 're now trying to piece together the last hours of the dead woman 's life . |
| 20 | Using what they had discovered from their visit to Bourbourg and official sources , Helen and Brian Attwell were able to piece together the last moments of Beaufort I L4508 . |
| 21 | DETECTIVES are appealing for help in piecing together the last movements of a man found dead in a street yesterday morning . |
| 22 | It has swept away the last remnants of the Stasi system , but in the process dirtied millions of Germans and the feelings their fellows have for them . |
| 23 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 24 | Some were lying on charpoys , snoozing away the last minutes before their first meal for thirteen hours . |
| 25 | She is clearing away the last glasses from the vigil , and when I come into her living room she has a cloth in her hand . |
| 26 | That 's because 90 's intensive agriculture and the developer 's bulldozer are rather effective at wiping away the last finger-prints of the all too impermanent way . |
| 27 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 28 | Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief , the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 29 | The ford in the river was blown up to make navigation easier and from time to time there appear to have been spectacular rock falls , one of which carried away the last vestiges of St Vincent 's Chapel which gave its name to St Vincent 's Rocks . |
| 30 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |