Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parting remarks last night had suggested he did not believe anything they had told him . |
| 2 | Obviously I welcome the opportunity to debate next week Ravenscraig and the Lanarkshire economy . |
| 3 | The Sunderland board met last night when the ticket distribution was the main item on the agenda . |
| 4 | Take the case in which the price level expected next period is always equal to this period 's actual price level . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard Co announced last week that it has realigned its Computer Systems Organisation to provide closer co-ordination among its units . |
| 6 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |
| 7 | Yet this model is deeply flawed , as New Scientist revealed last week ( 27 January , p 220 ) . |
| 8 | These seem to have had their fears that the flood gates holding back university collections are now opening confirmed , as Edinburgh University announced last month that it was proposing to sell a sculpture by Adrian de Vries or a Ruisdael landscape , bequeathed by Sir James Torrie , to help put right a deficit permitted over the last few years by a Treasurer who has since resigned . |
| 9 | But I 'll need no excuse to come next time . |
| 10 | The Scotsman disclosed last week that the CRE had begun a formal investigation into the issue , the first of its kind in Scotland . |
| 11 | Teammate Rob McElnea is on course to secure second place in the Super Cup points at Mallory Park in two weeks time after fourth and fifth places today . |
| 12 | The budget proposed last week by EC research minister Antonio Ruberti for Europe-wide research requests ECU13.1 billion ( US$15.8 billion ) over the next four years . |
| 13 | True drama unfolded in the third round of the Men 's Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy for more than one reason , as reigning champions David Lloyd , Slazenger Heston were almost certainly dethroned by event newcomers Royal Berkshire , and Team Excel Bath missed out on a golden opportunity to displace last year 's Area 8 champions West Hants . |
| 14 | Hopkinton , Massachusetts-based EMC Corp reported first quarter net profit more than twice what they were in the year-ago period — figures , page five — and says that demand for the Symmetrix 5500 series disk arrays has been greater than the company expected , so that it has had to increase the build plan for the remainder of the year . |
| 15 | Software Publishing Corp reported second quarter net down 49.5% at $2.1m , on turnover down 25.3% at $32.4m ; mid-term net fell 23.4% to $6.3m , on sales down 18.4% at $69m . |
| 16 | The ban starts next month and runs for five matches . |
| 17 | Farnham 's third man was Fraser Kennedy in 28 mins. 42 , a time which enabled the club to claim third team placing . |
| 18 | London Underground admitted last night that it was buying more and more from overseas . |
| 19 | BIG guns pounding embattled Bosnians could fall silent under UN control within 11 days , under a deal agreed last night . |
| 20 | Gholamreza Awazadeh , the country 's oil minister , said the move was in line with the deal agreed last week by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim supplies in an attempt to support prices . |
| 21 | The Northern Echo revealed last month that Darlington council failed to give any money to celebrate the anniversary of North Road railway station . |
| 22 | The government prudently used most of its bonus to rebuild the foreign-exchange reserves ; it also restored the 10% cut made last year in public-sector salaries , and raised pensions by 5% . |
| 23 | In what looks like a remarkable commentary on the nature of its agreement with IBM Corp for the RS/6000 , Wang Laboratories Inc is to market Hewlett Packard Co 's Unix machines under a deal announced last week . |
| 24 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month . |
| 25 | I draw the attention of the Secretary of State to a damaging allegation made last week by the chairman of the Northern Ireland Conservative party and its prospective parliamentary candidate for North Down that the Secretary of State , by initiating talks between unionists and nationalists , provided the greatest possible encouragement for the murderous IRA campaign . |
| 26 | Most newspapers have simply reflected the public adulation ‘ Unique Figure Fascinates Eleventh Telegraph Literary Luncheon ’ was the nine-column headline in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph She was its star … she captivated the 330-strong audience with her simple charm . |
| 27 | I think mummy has first choice dear . |
| 28 | An EPA contractor reported last year that the resulting blocks of concrete no longer contained PCBs , leading to speculation that the lime was reacting to neutralize the toxin . |
| 29 | The Northern Echo reported last week that Darlington Council had not made a contribution to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the North Road railway station . |
| 30 | More than 800 islanders died when the volcano erupted last year and 31 have been killed by mudflows since mid-August |