Example sentences of "[prep] what the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there are certain advantages with the modern orchestra ; the violin section , for example , which often fails in an ‘ authentic ’ set-up to do justice to the importance of what the first violins , in particular , have to say . |
| 2 | Most of what the first Europeans saw as original vegetation in north-eastern North America was manipulated regrowth . |
| 3 | The question now is whether Mr Clinton is going to be forward-looking ; to give shape to a sense of what the next American Dream , and what America 's post-cold-war role , could be . |
| 4 | She licked her dry lips , afraid of what the next few minutes would reveal . |
| 5 | Three of the news stories or feature articles should be of 350 words or more and one should give a pupils ' view of what the next Government 's education policies should be . |
| 6 | Each entry should include ten news stories or features , three of which should be 350 words or more with one giving a pupils ' view of what the next government 's policies should be . |
| 7 | On a postcard — no letters please — we would like your idea of what the last thoughts of the erk were — plus of course your name and address . |
| 8 | I am not concerned in what the next man thinks and does , that is his business but I must do what my own conscience dictates . |
| 9 | I would have to say that social conditions have changed a great deal today , going back to what the first |
| 10 | He would then have to plead that the loss was attributable to the third party 's professional negligence in failing to draw the attention of the plaintiffs to what the third defendant and others were doing . |
| 11 | Women are dominated completely by men , who by the grace of God are deemed superior ; therefore , women will give testimony according to what the last man told them ; |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think about what the first tackle is going to be like , unless of course it comes from Stuart Pearce ! |
| 13 | Alan 's already had initial discussions with a few of us and with Graham about what the next stage should be erm but that 's really not been finalized yet . |
| 14 | She hesitated before answering , still apprehensive about what the next day would bring . |