Example sentences of "[noun pl] from the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slavery and imperial domination have been crucial social forces in the emergence of a modern world order , characterized by the striking inequalities which provide the essential backdrop to an understanding of the post-Second World War migrations of black communities to Britain , and which continue to generate migratory pressures on peoples from the Third World . |
| 2 | It has been rebuilt and readorned many times , and most centuries from the fourth to the twentieth — when it had to be largely rebuilt after the Second World War — have contributed to it ; it is a supreme symbol of continuity . |
| 3 | Romanian nationalist parties had attempted through the courts to force elections to be held with only the participating candidates from the first elections , which would have excluded the HDUR , whose candidate had then been ruled ineligible by a local court [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 4 | Results from 27 controls ( C ) , 17 irradiated controls ( U ) , and 19 ulcer group ( L ) mice were available for analysis from the first ( day 7 ) series and 15 C , 14 U , and 15 L animals from the second ( day 3 ) series . |
| 5 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 6 | His novels — it was , and is , argued — are constructions from the 19th century , throwbacks to a great but vanished age . |
| 7 | Southern influences from the 17th century onward , including those of fur traders , whalers , sealers and commercial fisheries , have tended generally to over-exploit natural resources and place indigenous populations at risk . |
| 8 | Also forthcoming is Francis Haskell 's eagerly awaited History and its Images : Art and the Interpretation of the Past , the next chapter in his history of culture , this time through the examination of the historians ' use of visual images from the sixteenth century onwards . |
| 9 | WITH the sun at the heart of your horoscope until the 21st and Venus bringing her sweetness to bear on relationships from the 8th , December could be the most crucial month of the year for love and partnership matters — the 19th could be more than just a magical moment . |
| 10 | You may like to think quietly for a few moments , then read these words from the first letter of John . |
| 11 | They should be encouraged to be out for short walks from the second week after they arrive home . |
| 12 | We take a discrete time model where the individual lives for two periods , working in the first , using savings from the first to provide for retirement , and there are no bequests . |
| 13 | Venturing into the city 's underground reservoirs the Doctor finds clumps of Deadly Nightshade growing , and also a party of human survivors from the first expedition . |
| 14 | He was struck by the way that the buffalo hide pictures from the last century , drawn by his great-great grandfathers , showed the monastery as it was now , in 1997 . |
| 15 | Among the rugs is one of only four known Esari prayer rugs from the first half of the nineteenth century , which is expected to bring £6–8,000 ( $10–14,000 ) . |
| 16 | New nations from the eighteenth century onward have found it both necessary and useful to codify their constitutions . |
| 17 | In addition , NeXT 's Portable Distributed Objects system for distributing applications across a network will enable NeXTStep objects to be deployed on HP-UX servers from the end of the year ; the company 's NetInfo network management software will interoperate with Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView system management tools and will also be available on HP-UX servers from the fourth quarter of this year . |
| 18 | In addition , Next 's Portable Distributed Objects system for distributing applications across a network will allow NextStep objects to be deployed on HP-UX servers from the end of the year ; the company 's NetInfo network management software will be integrated with HP 's OpenView system management tools and will also be available on HP-UX servers from the fourth quarter of this year . |
| 19 | How early Pound came by this perception is not clear , but certainly he had no illusions from the first that his Cantos , building as they did on the rhythmical and thematic procedures of Homage to Sextus Propertius , would be found readily acceptable . |
| 20 | Guide books from the mid-twelfth century to " The Wonders of Rome " ( Mirabilia Urbis Rome ) began to pay attention to the pagan monuments and were not just guides to the tombs of the martyrs and the saints . |
| 21 | The Hybrid Bill procedure is also relatively speedy — 14 months from the first Channel Tunnel Bill to the final Act — when compared with major pubic inquiries which can drag on for several years . |
| 22 | The notice must also state the trustee 's intention to declare a dividend ( specified as interim or final ) within the period of four months from the last date for proving ( r 11.2(3) ) . |
| 23 | The Newton Aycliffe teenagers were close runners-up to the winners from the sixth form centre . |
| 24 | Rather , groups of from four to six youngsters from the first and second years of several project schools were engaged in tape-recorded discussion , usually in a section of the library or an empty neighbouring classroom . |
| 25 | He listened , too , and for a moment the noises from the next room ceased , and he heard only a great and total silence , a silence that extended beyond the city , beyond the planet , a silence as empty and bleak and beautiful as space , as the universe itself ; the endless harmonious silence of the spheres . |
| 26 | The noises from the next room grew more explicit . |
| 27 | About fifty feet from the first tent I turned the van around and pulled it slightly off the track . |
| 28 | Wells are almost unknown on early Anglo-saxon settlements , emphasising the importance of rivers , but they are more common on urban and rural sites from the eighth century onwards . |
| 29 | This has undoubtedly led to the enrichment of specific rural and urban groups in the Third World , those who have successfully adapted to the changing demands of the global marketplace , but it has also resulted in many Third World countries losing their original self-sufficiency in food and becoming highly dependent on food imports from the First World . |
| 30 | But I did also say to Mrs , that a new head would be appointed to take the imports from the first of September , that it might be better to discuss it with them after I 've discussed with Miss . |