Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [noun sg] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Defence Ministry said last night : ‘ They are not there to fight a full-scale war . |
| 2 | Sadly , thought , there 's nothing new on the T-shirt front to match last year 's classic ‘ Did You Miss Ned 's Atomic Dustbin — Then You F—ed Up ’ . |
| 3 | There is much casual evidence that , during the stock market crash in October 1987 , the futures market crashed first and then dragged the spot market down . |
| 4 | The LDC category had first been given prominence nine years earlier , by the September 1981 UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Paris [ see p. 31352 ] , when the UN had drawn up its list of ( then 31 ) LDCs , but little had been achieved in implementing a Substantial New Programme of Action adopted by that meeting . |
| 5 | May I take this opportunity of wishing my right hon. Friend the very best of luck at the Agriculture Council meeting next week , when the future of agricultural policy and the appalling proposals of Mr. MacSharry will be discussed ? |
| 6 | The fleet of balloons studding the Swindon skyline took second place to the collision but the organisers were trying to get a message across . |
| 7 | The index set defined first is known as the prime index , to distinguish it from the alternate indexes . |
| 8 | The Sunderland board met last night when the ticket distribution was the main item on the agenda . |
| 9 | The remuneration system depends first of all , to some degree , on ‘ Buggins ’ turn' , and the discretionary element which is a feature of most remuneration systems these days is entirely based on pleasing your boss of the moment . |
| 10 | What causes the sleep/wake rhythm to arise first , and how does the body clock develop later ? |
| 11 | The government prudently used most of its bonus to rebuild the foreign-exchange reserves ; it also restored the 10% cut made last year in public-sector salaries , and raised pensions by 5% . |
| 12 | AFTER 112 pioneering days as the first man to live with a permanent artificial heart , Barney Mark , the Seattle dentist died last week , after a viral infection attacked his weakened body . |
| 13 | Half an hour previously , Captive Audience had run to the best of his ability in the lads ' race , plugging on one-paced up the Sandown hill to take second place . |
| 14 | The Football Association warned last night they were keeping a close eye on the sinning Saints after collecting five bookings and one dismissal in the opening two games of the season . |
| 15 | Boro are likely to ask the Football League to postpone next Tuesday 's rearranged home game against Barnsley . |
| 16 | The view that the East Ropery Banks site might be considered for ‘ high value ’ housing in order to provide potential consumers for the shopping centre had first been expressed in the Poulson Report of 1965 , but it had greater saliency by 1971 because the authority was already dealing with its second property company ( Town and City ) and it was clear that market conditions made the redevelopment of North Shields centre a highly marginal project . |
| 17 | The turning point came last week when Mr Major , as EC President , called Mr Delors to Downing Street for urgent talks . |
| 18 | Diana topped a similar poll two years ago when the Queen Mother came third . |
| 19 | The Home Secretary stressed last night that the Government had not yet decided whether to bring forward legislation , but he said he did not believe the Hetherington report could just be interred . |
| 20 | The Home Office announced last night that two Iranians arrested on Friday under the Prevention of Terrorism Act are to be deported . |
| 21 | But the Home Office said last night that the latest releases , after interviews carried out as part of a review of each case , were unconnected with recent events . |
| 22 | STANSTED Airport is to become the official point of entry into the UK for all future Bosnian mercy flights , the Home Office confirmed last night . |
| 23 | The £6,697 vehicle shared first place with the Volkswagen Polo deisel in a list by the Environmental Transport Association . |
| 24 | This time the researchers have looked for steps in the decay chain of a B meson , in which the b quark converts first into a c quark and then into an s quark ; this means that the B meson decays into a charmed D meson , and then a strange K meson . |
| 25 | You can find a similar idea of consumption with integrity in The Face , where the Disinformation column snuggles next to photographs of exorbitant clothes and furniture , the implication being that avant-garde design is part of some grand progressive thrust that also includes socialism . |
| 26 | The Safety Authority said last night that Mr Bailey was a Department of Transport official , in addition to being secretary to the authority . |
| 27 | When there is a dispute between nations that could bring a threat to peace , the Security Council listens first to all sides of the argument . |
| 28 | The Security Council met last night to discuss a draft French resolution , but no adoption was expected until Monday . |
| 29 | MORE than 3,000 United Nations troops are to be sent into war-torn Somalia to protect food supplies , the Security Council decided last night . |
| 30 | It was a final worthy of Lords … the villagers of Kington and Frocester did the knockout cup proud … the Herefordshire team batted first … wicketkeeper Michael Porteous was top scorer with 45 … skipper Edward price got 29 … |