Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 2 | It comme morates the fiftieth anniversary of a famous commando raid , which changed the course of World War Two in the Atlantic . |
| 3 | When the source emits the next wave crest it will be nearer to us , so the time that wave crest takes to reach us will be less than when the star was stationary . |
| 4 | Third , and most important , the quinte part in the ballet is not playable by a late 17th-century oboe band : it lies too high for the bassoon and too low for the taille de hautbois , the tenor oboe that plays the third line . |
| 5 | And for my taste it fulfils the first law of festivals — it 's fun . |
| 6 | In the twentieth chapter , significantly after the cross and resurrection , he shows how Jesus fulfils the second part of Old Testament expectation for the Messianic Age by breathing upon his disciples , charging them with his mission , bidding them continue his role of proclaiming remission of sins to the penitent and judgment to those who refused to hear , and saying to them ‘ Receive the Holy Spirit ’ ( 20:22f ) . |
| 7 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END Lord Young looks on as Paul Reichmann drives the first pile at Canary Wharf in 1987 . |
| 8 | Again in the interests of compactness , a single pinion on the primary shaft simultaneously drives the fourth gear pinion on the upper secondary shaft and the fifth gear pinion on the lower secondary . |
| 9 | The tellers look first at who receives the first preference on each ballot paper and put into each candidate 's box every ballot paper on which he is number one . |
| 10 | As already stated , he receives the first referrals . |
| 11 | Enoch builds the first city . |
| 12 | The Proteo has been engineered with a view to taking over from the SZ after Zagato builds the 1000th car late next year . |
| 13 | The operation of news values constitutes the second set of pressures . |
| 14 | Together with Caedwalla 's grant of land in Battersea in Surrey , also to the monastery of Barking ( CS 87 : S 1246 ) , it constitutes the first sign of an extension of western Saxon influence north of the Thames and an indication of potential development . |
| 15 | ‘ I have spent the last six months investigating Free People , and what they have asked for constitutes the first stage of their long-term programme . ’ |
| 16 | He disputed Lenin 's contention that imperialism constitutes the last stage of capitalism , arguing that in Latin America it represented only the first stage . |
| 17 | NEWTOWNABBEY mayor Alderman Arthur Kell will send a rocket into orbit this Saturday when he lights the first firework at the Valley Leisure Centre 's annual display . |
| 18 | Roger Pringle , director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust , signs the first letter for the Stratford-on-Avon Group at their stall set up in the town centre . |
| 19 | Like the rest of the glass , he wrote , it defies the second law of thermo-dynamics . |
| 20 | The machine correlates the reports of all the agents and then relays the next set of instructions . |
| 21 | The essay evokes the second phase of his life between his fifteen months at St. Paul 's School from January 1894 until Easter 1895 , his courtship and marriage to Helen Noble , his three years at Oxford from October 1897 to June 1900 , his year as a poverty stricken journalist in London , and his determined move to Bearsted in September in 1901 : |
| 22 | The upper field displays the next page number to be inspected , if one exists . |
| 23 | And Ampex produces the first video recorder . |
| 24 | This applies the action Op of the rule R to the current state N , and produces the next state of the search . |
| 25 | New elements include Visual WorkBench , and AppWizard , which automates the first steps of using an application framework , which Microsoft says makes it easier to get started developing an application . |
| 26 | Mrs Elizabeth Allen , manager of Peterborough Community Service , insists the first principle is ‘ to improve care for patients , not cut costs ’ , though the potential for the latter is also important . |
| 27 | But Cork , who hit goal number 149 at Norwich last month , insists the next milestone wo n't be his last . |
| 28 | Leonard 's switch represents the second change of heart by the Lions ' management in the last week . |
| 29 | The research represents the second stage of cross-national collaborative studies undertaken by colleagues working in education in a number of countries . |
| 30 | Cimflex Teknowledge Corp of Pittsburgh is selling the unit that represents the first part of its name , its Automated Factories Division , to Flexpack Corp , a wholly owned unit of Julius Capital Partners LP.The price includes assumption of some liabilities , about $160,000 in cash and potential royalty payments dependent on future Flexpack sales . |