Example sentences of "[art] [num] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to argue in the nineteen sixties that Britain should become the fifty first state but I 'm not so sure about that . |
| 2 | In the fifty first minute , a delightful move with Magilton setting up a great chance for Paul Simpson , but Stowell blocked his effort . |
| 3 | The value covers the 22 first team squad members and 15 young professionals . |
| 4 | The French goal ace had feared being out of the game for two months after hobbling out of the 3-0 first leg defeat with a damaged hamstring . |
| 5 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 6 | Hirst , seven goals in nine games this term , is banned after being sent off in the 3-1 first leg defeat while £1 million new boy Bright is ineligible . |
| 7 | In the event each of the 57 first wave trusts found their borrowing limits — known as " external financing limits " — set in such a way that their ability to raise capital was tightly controlled . |
| 8 | Shares in Northern Telecom Ltd plunged on Friday soon after trading began , 12% the Toronto Stock Exchange in the wake of the company 's announcement that first quarter earnings would be below the 1992 first quarter and analyst estimates ; the company blamed the shortfall on an increase in development expenses , lower software revenues and lower pricing on its public telephone exchanges , to be offset slightly by higher volumes and by product cost reductions . |
| 9 | Without warning , it suddenly let out a blast of the 62 first line of Dixie on a five-tone airhorn , so loud and so unexpected that it made Alina take a startled step back . |
| 10 | The second half turned into a very different story as Charlton packed the mid-field , although United had their chances to put the game well beyond their reach until the eighty first minute when the impressive Robert Lee slipped the ball past Ken Vasey to give Charlton a point they really did n't deserve . |
| 11 | In the under-12s first place overall went to Lynsey Watson , second to Lauren Little , third to Philippa Parkin and fourth to Vikki Hamilton . |
| 12 | In 1989 the same committee suggested that a possible slight shortage of doctors might occur by the first decade of the twenty first century . |
| 13 | Can we not do more even than we 're doing at the moment to restore to the centre of the life of the church the glorious concept of a team of pastoral care and a high command of power strategy in which dominance by ministers will be reduced to the minimum in order that together we may be ready to let the lifeblood of Christ flow through us in such a way that we will be better able to welcome the twenty first century in his name . |
| 14 | In other words , there are marvellous projects going on which really stimulate the interest of everybody , and it 's , the Engineering Council 's still trying to push them along into the twenty first century itself . |
| 15 | But on the other side , what we call space space communications , and Marconi 's have got a marvellous new product , it 's well into the twenty first century ! |
| 16 | The twenty first century looms with a growing and greying world population ; non-communicable diseases will tax the resources of all nations unless actions are taken now . |
| 17 | We can not afford to have failures in a health system which needs to use every hospital and every health care worker if it is to cope with the demands of the twenty first century . |
| 18 | It is salutary to reflect on the fact that decisions taken and qualifications awarded now could affect the mobility of people well into the twenty first century . |
| 19 | Instead of moving forward into the twenty first century , the Tories are moving backward us backwards with working conditions that would be more suited to the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | There must be created a new and vibrant organization to meet the challenge of the twenty first century and beyond . |
| 21 | Would n't that begin to ensure that the U K will be th in the premier league in the twenty first century ? |
| 22 | Michael Croggan 's painstaking work on the Amazon rainforests has earned international acclaim and the first Jameson award for the twenty first century . |
| 23 | The Oxfordshire Club has been described by some experts as unique and a course for the twenty first century … what makes it so special is a mixture of three styles … of classic English with trees … of links with sand dunes … and of American type holes landscaped by lakes … it 's been designed by Rees Jones |
| 24 | In the under-14s first place went to Emily Pickles and second to Kirsty Snowball . |
| 25 | 10 of the 28 first wave fundholding practices in the Northern region , March-July 1992 . |
| 26 | The criticism in New Zealand of their own side after the 24–21 First Test win , that could so easily have been a defeat , was deafening . |
| 27 | The two First Division clubs will have hard games , and I 'm confident Portsmouth and Sunderland will bring great credit to the Second division . |
| 28 | The two first prize winners can each choose £1,000 worth of items from the Freemans catalogue , and there are fabulous second and third prizes to be won . |
| 29 | The two first prize winners of our £1000 vauDe gear spectacular in the June issue of Outdoor Action are lucky Andy Cunningham of Wisbech , Cambridge and E Pearse of Port St Mary , Isle of Man . |
| 30 | Wednesday 's players are still furious over the controversial refereeing that saw striker David Hirst sent off in the 3–1 first leg defeat in Kaiserslautern . |