Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] ' [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury . |
| 2 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 3 | The objective was simply to drive the crows off the islands ' 20,000 power poles and keep them away . |
| 4 | Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . |
| 5 | NEW Darlington manager Ray Hankin was quick to applaud the volume of vocal backing after the Quakers ' 1–0 win at Bradford last weekend . |
| 6 | Leeds ' disallowed first half goal , just after the canaries ' one , looked good to me but I was at the other end of the pitch peering through the floodlit rainstorm . |
| 7 | It was ‘ policy in love ’ , ‘ policy ’ being one of the Elizabethans ' two or three most derogatory words , denoting hyper-cunning and treachery . |
| 8 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 9 | Top of the girls ' 11–12 group was Lindsay Robinson ( Chester-le-Street ) , while Angela Lambert ( Gateshead-Whickham ) was a double winner and also got a bronze in the 13–14 age group , and Clare Goatman ( Newcastle ) had one first and two second places to win the girls ' ten-years award . |
| 10 | Reviewing the situation at the end of the year , Lindsay Cooke , one of the Greens ' 1989 spokespeople , thought despondently that the movement 's share of the poll had shrunk because of a lack of publicity . |
| 11 | " Even if you are not winning the seat , you are affecting the outcome in [ key marginals ] like Dulwich and York " said Dr Richard Lawson , one of the Greens ' two principle speakers . |
| 12 | Thailand , the only country in Asia now on the blackest of the Americans ' three blacklists , and therefore in greatest danger of sanctions , fired the official in charge of the enforcement of intellectual property rights on April 20th and launched a series of high-profile raids on counterfeiters . |
| 13 | Within hours of saying on BBC radio that his candidacy was ‘ almost certain , ’ Sir Anthony , MP for Clwyd North-west , was summoned by Mr Cranley Onslow , chairman of the backbenchers ' 1922 Committee , who told him not to damage the party at a difficult mid-term juncture . |
| 14 | Germany 's Jewish Council , noting Monday 's anniversary of the Nazis ' 1938 Kristallnacht ( Night of the Shattering Glass ) pogrom , said the Right-wing resurgence obliged Germans more than ever before to stand up for democracy and tolerance . |
| 15 | The Standard 's report on the course opening ( May 16th , 1908 ) concentrated on every detail of the combatants ' 36 holes . |
| 16 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
| 17 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
| 18 | Their total numbers were assessed as being of the order of 350–400,000 against the Allies ' 500,000 . |
| 19 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 20 | The 18-track set charts the retiring Coventry boy 's progress from The Specials ' 1979 hit , ‘ Gangsters ’ , through Fun Boy Three 's collaboration with Bananarama , ‘ It Ai n't What You Do ’ , to solo work in the '90s . |
| 21 | Indeed in the Conservatives ' 1987 Election Manifesto , there was ample support for the NHS and no mention of an enhanced role for the private sector . |
| 22 | The second fastest qualifier in the 200m individual medley is Esso England junior squad member Susan Rolph ( Newcastle ) , also the likely gold medallist in the girls ' 14 years 100m backstroke . |
| 23 | England youth squad member Lee Dalzell ( GatesheadWhickham ) clearly heads the qualifiers in the girls ' 15 years 100m breaststroke . |
| 24 | ARSENAL keeper David Seaman and midfielder David Hillier are fit to face Manchester United today after being substituted in the Gunners ' 3–0 crash at Leeds . |
| 25 | Deane , anxious to end a wretched run that has brought him only one goal in 15 Premier League matches , failed to score in the reserves ' 1-0 win at Leicester . |
| 26 | United had only one fit midfield man , Chris Leadbitter , after the suspension of Tony Dennis but Bailie out for the last five games proved his fitness in the reserves ' 4–1 victory over Aldershot in midweek . |
| 27 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
| 28 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
| 29 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
| 30 | The game was slow and low scoring and after seven minutes of the first half , Arena had scored only four points to the visitors ' ten . |