Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody is claiming that the Brooklands offers the last word in performance , fuel economy , space efficiency , silence or ergonomic excellence . |
| 2 | Sunderland has the fourth highest number of smoking related deaths in the U K. Low birth weights are more common . |
| 3 | Clacton has the third highest rate in Britain . |
| 4 | Wolverhampton has the fifth highest overheads of any education authority in England . |
| 5 | Richards Shipbuilders has the first four Gem-class minesweepers under construction in its East Anglian yards at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft . |
| 6 | Aileen Taylor has the second part of her investigation into warring neighbours . |
| 7 | Despite his inexperience Andy wins the first race . |
| 8 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
| 9 | Dr Haritos-Fatouros says the first rule for those selecting potential torturers is : do not hire a sadist . |
| 10 | Tuesday sees the first TV screening of the controversial film Jesus of Montreal — it 's on Channel Four , starting at 10 p.m . |
| 11 | We 're going off ! ’ screams every nerve of the BSM graduate 's 25 years of road driving as Brundle approaches the first corner at more than 120 mph and heels the car , its tyres wailing and jouncing on the limits of their purchase , across the corner . |
| 12 | Frederick Starr calls the second and third principles " decentralization " ( which involved giving local officials more power but preserved the notion of bureaucratic or " ministerial " hegemony ) and " self-government " ( which meant introducing representative organs and giving non-bureaucrats in the provinces a larger say in the management of their affairs ) . |
| 13 | TFM 's Nick Wright hosts the third heat of The Mall 's new search for a star Talent ‘ 92 on Monday March 23 . |
| 14 | If Edgar speaks the last words , they appear a sort of reproof to Albany while Edgar assumes authority over the hopes of the future . |
| 15 | A rhythmic motive from the Symphonie generates the next movement , an air still in the tonic in which word-stress and musical rhythm are ( deliberately ? ) out of kilter ( ex.12 ) . |
| 16 | Rebecca makes the last contribution . |
| 17 | Patrick says the last time he ran was in Gloucester was in driving wind and rain |
| 18 | Enoch builds the first city . |
| 19 | Sadly , Maastricht represents the third occasion in half a century on which Britain has been given the chance to face its European future and , I regret to say , the third occasion in that time on which we have chosen to seek refuge in the past . |
| 20 | Surprisingly , Northern Ireland has the third highest death rate from skin cancer in the world . |
| 21 | Then I(li)A multiplies the ith row of A by l ; A multiplies the ith column of A by l . |
| 22 | Rowbotham says the third years have made the Cherry Orchard look like a cotton-wool factory . " |
| 23 | Michel Laclotte 's farewell show as director of the Louvre includes the first sight of its eight newly cleaned Titians |
| 24 | Standish examines the first two difficulties ; the third is not surprising given Neptune 's long orbital period , 165 years ( so that not even one orbit has been completed since it was discovered ) . |
| 25 | We pack in the fishing ; Odd-Knut pronounces the last of the worms dead and suggests we all come back for another go in April . |
| 26 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 27 | Douglas Reeve celebrates the 50th anniversary of his appointment as Dome organist . |
| 28 | The firm of Longman claims the first dust jacket , on Heath 's Keepsake for 1835 . |
| 29 | The Galerie Pels-Leusden marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Käthe Kollwitz with a wide-ranging exhibition of her graphic works , drawings and a selection of sculptures . |
| 30 | THERE WILL be little cause for celebration when East Germany marks the 40th anniversary of its founding on Saturday . |