Example sentences of "[vb past] [num ord] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is evident in the vitality of the arts — hardly a city in the country now lacks for an international festival — and it contributed last year to the remarkable election of Mary Robinson , only in her mid-40s and impatient with old ways , to the ( largely honorary ) post of president . |
| 2 | What of the oil stockpiled last year-up to 250m barrels of the stuff ? |
| 3 | Actually , the family lived at Trebyan up to a few months before I was born , then they moved next door to be near the shop . ’ |
| 4 | Thefts from vehicles rose last week to 49 , with 27 radio cassettes stolen ; including a Pye radio cassette , model number CCE500 serial number 9009043504 . |
| 5 | He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel . |
| 6 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 7 | We were probably the better side for long spells whereas we played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match . |
| 8 | As pressure mounted last night to sanc tion military intervention in Yugoslavia , he was concentrating on protecting thousands of homeless , starving civilians . |
| 9 | THE detective leading the hunt for the killer of schoolgirl Johanna Young appealed last night to anyone shielding the mud-stained murderer . |
| 10 | Chicago-based advertising screens on shopping trolleys specialist VideOcart Inc has persuaded IBM Corp to let it restructure its $42m debt to IBM , to provide the company with relief from near term debt payments and enable it to attain its business goals : a $22m debt would replace the existing debt , giving VideOcart a one-time balance sheet gain of $20m ; terms of the new agreement include waiving all principal and interest payments until July 31 , and VideOcart retains its rights under a previous agreement with IBM that allows early repayment of the new $22m debt at any time for $17m in cash ; VideOcart also agreed to cancel a warrant granted last year to IBM to buy 540,000 VideOcart shares and grants a new warrant to buy 600,000 shares at $1.75 each ; from August 31 to December 31 , interest only payments will be due , but payments of $500,000 a month will be due beginning on January 31 1994 and will continue for 35 months , and a balloon payment will be due on December 31 1996 , although IBM has the option to convert the balance of the debt into VideOcart common shares at $8 a share on that date . |
| 11 | When the opera and ballet company 's home town of Leningrad reverted last year to St Petersburg , the Kirov hoped to follow suit by returning to its old name . |
| 12 | It so happened her first shop , called The Body Shop , opened next door to an undertaker 's in Brighton . |
| 13 | THE Government acted last night to phase out public subsidy for trade union ballots . |
| 14 | THE ISRAELI Embassy in London replied last month to members who wrote urging the release of Abie Nathan , a peace activist jailed for 18 months for ‘ openly meeting with Yasser Arafat and other members of the PLO ’ . |
| 15 | As part of the £11.5 million in state aid pledged last year to Britain 's cathedrals , £5.4 million in grants for 1992–94 were announced by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on 22 March ( see The Art Newspaper No. 13 , December 1991 , p.2 ) . |
| 16 | Heinzer 's win followed second place to the Austrian veteran Leonhard Stock at Val d'Isere and second to Frenchman Franck Piccard in the Valloire super giant slalom . |
| 17 | He bought groceries to last him the week , then popped next door to the frame shop to pick up the stainless steel frame he 'd ordered for a James Barker black and white print he 'd obtained in an auction some weeks before . |
| 18 | Weighing these factors and the circumstances of the case , including the pending change in the legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany on the matter of discovery requests from abroad , the court held that the balance favoured first resort to the Convention . |
| 19 | Growth in the volume of world merchandise trade slowed last year to 5% , down from 7% in 1989 . |
| 20 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 21 | All around the conference centre , the message was the same from all but the largely isolated activists of the hard-left : differences on the detail of Neil Kinnock 's policy review took second place to its status as Labour 's only route-map to political power . |
| 22 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 23 | Although the doctor 's status in the sick-room was rising , he still took second place to the clergyman . |
| 24 | As they poured into Westminster from remote corners of the Scottish highlands and seats in the English shires ( fifty-nine of the government supporters had attended less than one tenth of the sittings of the house in that session ) , it was clear that those who had championed the House of Lords as a place where party discipline took second place to wisdom had an altogether too rosy view of things . |
| 25 | Major , The Speech took second place to Major , The Showbiz Hero at a glamour rally to launch the final week of campaigning . |
| 26 | However , these organisations drew the bulk of their support from the Marcher territories , where anti-Semitism took second place to the fight against Polish influence . |
| 27 | When , however , the Americans won the competition with the ‘ giant step for mankind ’ in 1969 , the peaceful application of space exploration took second place to the development of spy satellites and military innovations . |
| 28 | Part-time soldiering essentially took second place to a full-time job , and it was impossible to make the TA work as anything apart from a weekend occupation . |
| 29 | However , toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression . |
| 30 | Introducing the broad outlines of an economic programme marking a new direction for Brazil , Haddad said on Dec. 31 that the fight against inflation , currently running at an annualized rate of about 1,500 per cent , took second place to plans to improve living standards by doubling and possibly quadrupling the minimum wage and creating 4,000,000 new jobs over the next two years through selective economic development . |