Example sentences of "[num] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 30 March the building was ready but empty . |
| 2 | In a letter published in ‘ The Times ’ on 2 March the Cardinal said , ‘ Whatever stance individuals make take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states . |
| 3 | About 4600 Ma the Moon accreted homogeneously from a medium that , relative to the Earth , was depleted in iron and in volatiles . |
| 4 | On 30 May the king announced that the militia was to be mobilised and might — an important innovation — be required to serve where ‘ occasion shall require ’ , i.e. if necessary outside their own counties . |
| 5 | The critical temperature of C02 is 304 K. The isotherm at this temperature is called the critical isotherm . |
| 6 | Similarly , in Cassel v Riverside Health Authority ( 1990 ) The Independent , 22 December the Court of Appeal disallowed the cost of a small swimming pool , which had been allowed by Rose J , the trial judge , in the sum of £30,000 . |
| 7 | By 12 February the paper had done some digging , which had taken it , bashfully , to Southampton Row and Indica , and had summoned up many of the spectres upsetting the generation still in thrall to Dad 's war stories . |
| 8 | On 2 May the Game Conservancy Ball in aid of Game Conservancy , will take place at Grosvenor House . |
| 9 | On 2 May the dean closed Nanterre indefinitely , saying , ‘ There is a strange climate in the faculty … a very real war psychosis ’ ( quoted Posner , 1970 , p. 64 ) . |
| 10 | Rectal compliance decreased in a non-linear way with no further decline between 30 and 40 cm H 2 O. The pressure elastic modulus increased steeply until a distension pressure of 35 cm H 2 O with no further increase to 40 cm H 2 O. This suggests that rectal tone is reduced as the muscle fails to resist further distension at 35 cm H 2 O and higher pressures . |
| 11 | The Times 23 July The Financial Times 22 July The Guardian 22 July |
| 12 | In 1821 Elisabeth the daughter married Dr John Reid , physician [ q.v. ] , from a Nonconformist family in Leicester ; he died thirteen months later , 2 July 1822 . |
| 13 | On 30 November the Decree on Missionary Activity was voted through chapter by chapter , and then approved in its entirety . |
| 14 | On 12 November the programme went on the air . |
| 15 | They were concluded on 13 October 1989 and on 2 November the case was listed for trial in the Crown Court at Isleworth , the trial to commence on 11 December . |
| 16 | On 2 November the ban on the 5 October route was challenged by fifteen DCAC members who walked it , accompanied by a large crowd who followed them on the footpaths . |
| 17 | On 22 November the question was first raised in the Commons and John Nott , then Minister of Defence , replied : ‘ It would be wholly against our policy to supply equipment such as Rolls-Royce engines direct to Argentina . |
| 18 | On 2 October the King saw Samuel , the leading recalcitrant in the Cabinet , |
| 19 | On 30 September the hotel sent A. Creditor a cheque in settlement of the amount owing on 5 September less the agreed five per cent cash discount . |
| 20 | 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ( SEGA ) : Fitter and faster sequel to the rival of Nintendo 's Mario Bros . |
| 21 | On 12 September the Polytechnic 's Academic Board called for the ‘ immediate resignation , retirement or removal ’ of the Director . |
| 22 | Death overtook events only one day after the writing of this letter , when on 30 June the king took part in a joust , that ‘ peaceful ’ demonstration of the military arts which was in fact potentially lethal . |
| 23 | Week 2 John the Baptist , with his urgent message , preaches the need for true repentance if we are to prepare a way for the Lord . |
| 24 | On 26 March the junta decided that the invasion would take place on one of the first three days in April . |
| 25 | In its survey of six LEAs the Ramp ton Report primarily divided its sample into ‘ Asian ’ , ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Other ’ school leavers , concluding that while ‘ Asians ’ and ‘ Others ’ performed equally well at O level and CSE , ‘ West Indian ’ school leavers performed significantly worse . |
| 26 | Daily UK , French , and US newspapers , 26 June — 7 July The Pilot , June 1992 Falkland Islands Govt information , 2 July WWF Information , 26 June |
| 27 | On 26 July the Court of Appeal overruled the Divisional Court and on 2 August , moving with impressive speed , Lords Wilberforce , Dip lock , Salmon , Russell and Dilhorne upheld the Court of Appeal . |
| 28 | This is the transition region B to C where the modulus drops sharply from about 10 9 to about over the temperature range 363 to 393 K. The glass transition temperature T g is located in this area and the rapid change in modulus reflects the constant increase in molecular motion as the temperature rises from T g to about . |
| 29 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 30 | On 26 May the left made big gains in local elections in Dijon . |