Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Taylor selected Clough as it became clear that Nottingham Forest have finally signed a transfer form which makes the striker the first summer addition to Souness 's squad . |
| 2 | The Bundestag is due to vote on June 20th , the Bundesrat the next day , although the upper house can not stop the lower one from leaving if it wants to . |
| 3 | In view of the grave nature of the crime he appeared in Inveraray before Mr John Campbell and a jury for sentence the next day . |
| 4 | Because those who re-offended went to prison automatically , without the possibility of a non-custodial sentence the next time they were convicted of an imprisonable offence , they might remain in custody for a longer time than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 5 | People can enjoy reading about you even if they do n't like your music and if enough of them do , it improves your chances of more coverage the next time you need it . |
| 6 | In this case the first layer Ni atom is well imaged , but not the second layer Ni atom . |
| 7 | The patient was moved on to a life-support machine and another set of X-rays was ordered in case the first ones had not revealed internal injuries caused by the car accident . |
| 8 | It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw . |
| 9 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 10 | Some hotel rooms can take a fourth bed , and in this case the second child will receive a discount of 25% . |
| 11 | By now you 'll be out and about all the time on your scooter but , just in case the second Thursday of the month should dawn wet and windy again , I have chosen yours as this month 's Star Letter . |
| 12 | On the other hand , public authorities do not usually commit illegal acts deliberately , and if an atmosphere of opinion were created in which compensation for illegality were seen as being simply compensation for loss and not as carrying any stigma of fault or as being designed to perform the function of deterring illegal conduct , public authorities might be able to put the chance of an award out of their mind in deciding the applicant 's case the second time round . |
| 13 | I did not dawdle , but as I had to pass our post pigeonholes , from force of habit I looked in mine in case the second post had been sorted early . |
| 14 | In my case the third effect is that someone shouts ‘ Stop leaning forward ! ’ |
| 15 | ln that case the last clause — ‘ in that land were we born ’ — is no patriotic bugle-note , but rather a flat acknowledgement of what can not be helped . |
| 16 | To be successful the direction-shifts of the fleeing animal must be irregular so that the predator can not anticipate either when or in which direction the next change of course will be . |
| 17 | The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University . |
| 18 | The truth is they 're rushing through the debate because they know that in the budget the next month , the chancellor will announce further defence cuts . |
| 19 | By contrast the second version — almost a mirror-image of the first — expresses only justified weariness . |
| 20 | By contrast the nineteenth century was characterized by a youthful population structure and much shorter life expectancy . |
| 21 | I collected my clothing parcel the next morning and there were the razor blades and the tooth paste just as I had expected . |
| 22 | Sacheverell 's trial the next spring sparked off widespread rioting in London , and although Sacheverell was eventually found guilty , he received the mild sentence of three years ' suspension from preaching . |
| 23 | But our captain , who knew that part of the world very well , warned us that there would be a storm the next day . |
| 24 | Well I remember being aboard the Brandon , because Uncle John came and stayed with us at the cliff and er , er father was at sea somewhere but he came and stayed with us and then he now went down into er to see his captain cos they were sailing on on the tide the next day . |
| 25 | " The Archbishop the next day travelling to Rochester , told his story to some of his familiars and had scarce concluded it when he was siezed with a sudden shivering and sickness , that he could scarce get to the village of Halling , a place of the Bishop of Rochester , where he had no sooner arrived by going to bed that night he died of a fit of collick " . |
| 26 | In such a climate of change the 29th Edition Rules for Automatic Sprinkler Systems can only indicate that required sprinkler protection for broad categories of commodity . |
| 27 | For one thing , this new record hits you straight at gut level the first time . |
| 28 | Er and then the submediant , because it lies halfway between the upper tonic the eighth note of the scale and the subdominant . |
| 29 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 30 | But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car . |