Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 2 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 3 | In a surprising development regional autonomy groups in the north , campaigning against the centralized state and against immigration , particularly from southern Italy , and advocating federalism , won 5.6 per cent of the vote overall , making them the fourth largest political force nationally . |
| 4 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 5 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 6 | His ability to deliver the C2 blue-collar , Essex-man vote has , arguably , won them the last two general elections . |
| 7 | The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time . |
| 8 | ‘ I trust you 'll have no objections if I use whatever influence I have with the airlines to get you the first available seat ? ’ |
| 9 | Without you the first martian would turn round and go away again . |
| 10 | I would be grateful if you could confirm your acceptance of this proposal , and I will take necessary steps here to pay you the first overseas royalty . |
| 11 | It is interesting to connect this point with Leapor 's ‘ An Epistle to a Lady ’ ; as Leapor contemplates her own death , and the soul leaving the body , the last thing she wishes to see is her friend : ‘ Be you the last that leaves my closing Eyes [ ML , 1 , 40 ] . |
| 12 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
| 13 | In 1166 Peter 's great-grandfather , Thurstin de Montfort II , had held ten fees from the earl of Warwick , making him the second greatest of his tenants . |
| 14 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 15 | It was 10.35 and Brenda Pridmore , at the reception desk at the rear of the main hall of Hoggatt 's Laboratory , watched wide-eyed while Inspector Blakelock drew to-yards him the first labelled bag of exhibits from the clunch pit murder . |
| 16 | She had seen little of him the first two days . |
| 17 | He said afterwards that he had understood Terry had come out just to allow him to reach his goal , but it was an unfortunate end to a splendid innings , which made him the first English batsman since Barrington in 1967 to score three consecutive centuries in a series . |
| 18 | His reward came in July 1655 when Carvajal and his two sons were endenizened , thus making him the first English Jew , at least since the expulsion in 1290 . |
| 19 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
| 20 | Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour . |
| 21 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 22 | Elizabeth walked with Hector , taking care to turn away from him the last yellow stains round her left eye , and smiled sweetly to hide the deadly steel of her thoughts . |
| 23 | That 's er eight in seven games for him the last seven . |
| 24 | MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest . |
| 25 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 26 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 27 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 28 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 29 | IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Database Architecture is starting to pick up acolytes , and Informix Software Inc , Menlo Park has announced Informix-Gateway with DRDA , claiming that this makes it the first major Unix database vendor fully to support the IBM architecture . |
| 30 | IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Database Architecture is starting to pick up acolytes , and Informix Software Inc , Menlo Park has announced Informix-Gateway with DRDA , claiming that this makes it the first major Unix database vendor fully to support the IBM architecture . |