Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as we shall see , in other modes , because does not necessarily introduce the first event . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , if you 've now decided that you are n't prepared to look after Emma and Sophie , if you do n't care about their future welfare or happiness , then I suggest you 'd better catch the next plane back to England . ’ |
| 3 | As he puts it , with a certain dispassionate irony , in a letter of early 1870 : " I observe how my philosophical , moral and scholarly endeavours strive towards a single goal and that I may perhaps become the first philologist ever to achieve wholeness . " |
| 4 | That last , familiar , word was used by Nietzsche himself precisely in this context and at this time : " I observe how my philosophical , moral and scholarly endeavours strive towards a single goal and that I may perhaps become the first philologist ever to achieve wholeness . " |
| 5 | Susannah Lopez should perhaps have the last word : |
| 6 | I have heard of older people who will literally walk the second mile despite weary feet aching with bunions , in order to visit a good chiropodist . |
| 7 | Yes , I do enjoy living here , but it 's very different from England and , I must admit , there are times when I miss things back home so much I could literally grab the first plane out of here . ’ |
| 8 | Right planners , now according to me this is for Thursday , next Thursday week t week one Thursday so homework for Thursday finish writing a list er whoever 's giggling will you calm down of things you believe are important do this in rough and I think we 'd better underline the next bit , bring it to the lesson now , quite seriously if you have only managed to get five or six items at the moment on your list that you think are important , that 's not enough , you really do need to be going for a minimum of ten , and if you ca n't then the next piece of work that we 're going to do in the lesson next week is going to be quite difficult . |
| 9 | A two line repudiation will only harden the third party 's resolve . |
| 10 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 11 | She would definitely not make the first move . |
| 12 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 13 | In particular , the European Court did not answer the second question posed for its consideration by this House , which was concerned with the criteria to be applied by the national court in deciding whether or not to grant interim protection of the rights claimed . |
| 14 | If the OED were left as no more than a monument to the English of the twentieth century it would not remain the twenty-first century 's dictionary for long . |
| 15 | It had happened before , she must just plot the next square like painting by numbers . |
| 16 | Most Scout and Guide troops did not survive the Second World War . |
| 17 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 18 | With current policies the Conservatives will not win the next election ; even with better policies they might not win it . |
| 19 | At times , house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline . |
| 20 | Their working day is a succession of lessons for which they have either prepared something interesting , dug out last year 's notes , decided to just do the next bit in ‘ the book ’ , or are unprepared . |
| 21 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 22 | to the third year and I might not do the fourth year . |
| 23 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 24 | However good you become at assessing a candidate from your own point of view , you will have failed as an interviewer if you do not keep the second interview objective clearly in mind . |
| 25 | He 'd just become the first Briton to win two world titles on foreign soil and added : ‘ I want to be the first British fighter to win three world titles at different weights . ’ |
| 26 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
| 27 | By the way , do not use the second person in your answer — make the answer impersonal , thus you should say ‘ X is liable , ’ not ‘ You are liable . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 29 | But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant . |
| 30 | Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part . |