Example sentences of "[num] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little after eight o'clock the sun touches the altar rock , the signal for the burial to begin . |
| 2 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
| 3 | At eleven o'clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed . |
| 4 | One o'clock in Piazza dei Partigiani after a stressful morning at work was very different from eleven o'clock the night before after making love , but Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm that he had n't the heart to voice his reservations . |
| 5 | The cathedral was begun by Russian architects in 1471 but part of the building collapsed in the earthquake of 1472 so the work was handed over to an Italian architect and engineer , Aristotele Fioravanti from Bologna . |
| 6 | 1.18 Usually the onus is on the plaintiff to establish the defendant 's fault , but the plaintiff will not necessarily fail if he can not say exactly how an accident happened . |
| 7 | Their Neolithic context is confirmed by occurrences in the cairn of Cairnholy , south-west Scotland , in the causewayed enclosure at High Peak , Devonshire , and above all on the course of the Sweet timber trackway in the Somerset Levels dated in radiocarbon years to c. 3200 B.C. The absence of any trace of haft or binding under conditions exceptionally favourable for the survival of organic materials and the lack of the slightest sign of wear suggest that the jadeite celt was deposited as an unhafted and unused blade to fulfil a symbolic role . |
| 8 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
| 9 | The penetrance of the dominant gene in adults was estimated at 0.26 hence the risk of disease in an adult offspring of a patient with ulcerative colitis induced by this gene may be 13% . |
| 10 | Kemp unveiled on Oct. 3 a series of reform proposals which included control of the use of consultants as well as proposals for tax relief for first-time buyers and for expanded rental assistance , and on Nov. 22 both the House and the Senate approved by voice vote legislation embodying the proposals ; the legislation was signed into law on Dec. 15 . |
| 11 | After verse 2 even the city itself remains nameless until verse 25 , by which time it is all over . |
| 12 | By 2 am the pound was up two pfennigs against Wednesday 's price for the German mark to stand at DM 2.87 . |
| 13 | If it is required to determine the field of view under Option 2 then the answer Y will have been selected . |
| 14 | If a clock travels from P 1 to P 2 then the time interval it measures between these events is called the proper time Δτ , with . |
| 15 | If the resolution is increased to 2048 x 2048 then the number of bits per second to be transmitted rises to 209 715 200 . |
| 16 | In addition , from December 1993 onwards the Budget and the public spending statements are to occur together , reinforcing the linkage between revenue raising and expenditure . |
| 17 | In 1872 however the period was reduced to twelve months and seven days . |
| 18 | the Victoria County History goes so far as to suggest that the early nineteenth century prosperity of Leicester , based partly on the transport of hosiery goods by canal to London was ‘ probably due in no small degree to the fact that from 1802 onwards the development of communication had largely been completed . ’ |
| 19 | At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing . |
| 20 | Everything came through in the first nine months of 1991 so the company was able to trade profitably . |
| 21 | Thirteen so the answer 's gon na be a hundred and ? |
| 22 | By six o'clock the water had n't arrived and Haverford , looking at their despondent faces , said , ‘ It 's like a death in the family . ’ |
| 23 | By six o'clock the ground will be covered with cageots , the chip vegetable and fruit baskets , making a sea of soft colours " and shadowy shapes in the dawn light . |
| 24 | On Nov. 6 and 7 respectively the House and Senate approved the conference-reconciled version of the human services appropriations bills which they had enacted in September [ see p. 38428 ] . |
| 25 | In 487 BC the archonship ceased to be an elected position , chosen by the aristocracy , and was henceforth filled by lot , while in 461 BC the council of the Areopagus , composed of the ex-archons , was deprived of its powers . |
| 26 | At 10 AM the King held a Conference at Buckingham Palace at which the Prime Minister , Baldwin and Samuel were present . |
| 27 | At about 10 am the owner of the jetty arrives . |
| 28 | From 25:10 onwards the description moves from the inside to the outside : first the furnishings , the ark , table and lampstand ( 25:20–40 ) , then the tent-covering ( 26:1–37 ) , then beyond it to the altar and the court ( 27:1–19 ) . |
| 29 | A little care is needed with the directions in section 7 otherwise the route is easy to follow . |
| 30 | and with respect your Lordship does n't have the er and I 'm sure this will not be disputed , your Lordship does n't have the erm jurisdiction to grant the exemption under article eighty five three only the commission in doing that |