Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 15th normally annual session of UNEP 's Governing Council at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi , the Kenyan capital , on May 15-26 , 1989 , was attended by representatives of 103 governments , 26 UN agencies , eight intergovernmental bodies and 29 international non-governmental organizations . |
| 2 | The second equally obvious point is that , given the disparate analyses , a variety of prescriptions have been offered for dealing with the presumed causes of the nation 's ills . |
| 3 | The second widely used technique based on settling velocity is that of the sedimentation tube . |
| 4 | This has been the second most successful method of recruitment ; x new members were recruited by Head Office in 1992 . |
| 5 | This has been the second most successful method of recruitment . |
| 6 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |
| 7 | At the far end of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele from the Piazza del Duomo is Piazza della Scala , the second most famous of the Milanese squares . |
| 8 | My father , Sir Tom , was the second most famous man of the British stage , of any stage for that matter ; a towering and famous figure , one of the great actors of all time , who accepted the adulation as his due and who had expected me , like the rest of his children , to follow in his footsteps . |
| 9 | The second most honoured player in Scotland 's history — the game at Ibrox will bring McLeish his 77th cap — was introduced by Roxburgh to the other squad members as captain of the side on Sunday . |
| 10 | Protracted industrial decline since the 1920s , accelerated in the postwar period by the closure of the docks , had produced all the symptoms of a depressed inner-city area which , according to a government survey using a range of socioeconomic indicators , was the second most deprived urban borough in the country ( Department of the Environment 1983 ) . |
| 11 | We are the second most deprived local authority area in the country according to the Department of the Environment 's own indices . |
| 12 | Is it right that liability for the second most heinous crime in English law , which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment , should be satisfied by this relatively low grade of fault ? |
| 13 | Huge media interest surrounded the making of the film , the second most expensive ever made . |
| 14 | That brings me to the second most surprising feature of the fossil record . |
| 15 | As a substitute Brian Whitaker , the second most experienced journalist continuously involved with NoS , was drafted to write a journalist 's case for the paper remaining in London . |
| 16 | Binding was the second most frequent reason for the non-availability of material , and — since the most frequent reason was simply that a requested item was already in use — it was the main reason which could be considered as in some measure attributable to the Library 's own procedures . |
| 17 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
| 18 | By the way , how did Pam get to know perhaps the second most powerful man on earth ? |
| 19 | In 1980 , Lord Denning , the then Master of the Rolls perhaps the second most powerful judicial position — delivered the Richard Dimbleby lecture . |
| 20 | Here was possibly the second most powerful man in the land , dying , rumoured that he had been poisoned . |
| 21 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
| 22 | Ibrahim was widely regarded as the second most powerful man in the Maldives , after his brother-in-law , President Gayoom . |
| 23 | A recent report named my local authority of Calderdale as the second most efficient metropolitan council in the country . |
| 24 | My local authority of Calderdale spent responsibly , and a Government Department patted it on the back , saying that it was the second most efficient metropolitan authority in the country . |
| 25 | Farming is now the second most dangerous industry in Britain . |
| 26 | If work groups meet every day ( as many do ) , they will represent the second most cohesive group in most people 's lives — second only to the family . |
| 27 | Colebrooke , much lampooned in the press , was a rather pompous , self-important man who considered himself to be the second most influential politician in England . |
| 28 | ‘ In the last financial year we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 29 | ‘ In the financial year just completed we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | Scottish parents are the second most generous , giving an average £4.50 a week . |