Example sentences of "[num] [verb] their [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence wives in social class I and II in 1986 produced their first child when they were more than four years older than wives in social class IV and V. From the 1930s until the 1970s the average couple 's first baby arrived about twenty months after their marriage . |
| 2 | Sri Lanka ended up needing 140 to record their first Test win over England and only their fourth success in 43 Tests since they joined the big league in 1982 . |
| 3 | September 1991 saw their first entry into a small local dog show and they parked next to a couple with two Dobermans who knew what dog showing was all about . |
| 4 | All three passed their first accounting examinations . |
| 5 | Leaders from 52 member countries of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) assembled in Helsinki , Finland , on July 9-10 to attend their first follow-up summit meeting since signing the Paris accord in November 1990 [ see pp. 37838-39 ] . |
| 6 | Newly crowned league champions Dublin are 3/1 to win their first senior All Ireland in 10 years , with Cork 9/2 , Kerry 9/2 , Donegal 7/1 , Meath 9/1 , Derry 10/1 , Down 10/1 , Kildare 10/1 and Mayo 12/1 . |
| 7 | The three Portuguese pharmaceutical wholesalers acquired in the first half of 1992 made their first contribution , but disposing of the nappy-making business cost UniChem £2.4 million below the line . |
| 8 | SUSSEX SOCIETY OF REFEREES are organising a residential conference at Sussex University from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 1992 to mark their 60th year . |
| 9 | England 's Under-15s gained their first win of the season , 3–0 , against Northern Ireland before a crowd of 3,944 at the Goldstone Ground , Brighton . |
| 10 | Brides with husbands in social class I had their first baby on average thirty-two months after marriage in 1971 , but waited a full year later ( to forty-four months ) in 1979 , a delay of 38 per cent ( table 4.11 ) . |
| 11 | As Victor Saunders points out in his chapter on the Caucasus in The Mountains of Europe ( Oxford Illustrated Press ) , of the ten highest summits , nine received their first ascent from members of the Alpine Club — admittedly including honorary member Vittorio Sella who was Italian , not British . |
| 12 | Exeter defeated Brixham 30–10 to record their 10th victory in the Devon Cup . |
| 13 | As the 18th century wore on , families could expect to see more and more of their children reach adulthood ; nevertheless , the survival rate of Charles and Elizabeth 's offspring — only six out of 13 reached their twenty-first birthday — is certainly nothing abnormal for the period . |
| 14 | More than 2 million watched their last big show up at Newcastle ; no goals , but what a classic . |
| 15 | Many thousands paid their last respects to Dubcek at his funeral in Bratislava on Nov. 15 . |