Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 2 | They 're only three in the last |
| 3 | The bowmen slipped backwards from tree to tree , fitting and shooting as they could , the lancers aimed for the men rather than the horses , and brought down three in the first onslaught . |
| 4 | So sixteen to the fourth |
| 5 | So sixteen in the first block , sixteen for the third block and sixteen for the intervening block . |
| 6 | On fairly conservative criteria this parliamentary force numbered perhaps thirty-five in the first half of the 1790s , twenty in 1806 and between thirty-five and sixty in the parliaments from 1812 to 1831 , dropping to about thirty in the reformed parliament of 1832 . |
| 7 | Aware of Joyce 's work throughout its progress , Samuel Beckett was naturally one of the first to recognize the significance of its ‘ autonomy of language ’ . |
| 8 | Ethel , with her good looks , height and dancing standards , was naturally one of the first to be sent across . |
| 9 | So one of the first things I did with Clive after hypnotizing him was to ask him simple questions — ‘ What is your full name ? ’ , |
| 10 | So one of the first things many of us seek to find out about other people is what they do . |
| 11 | So one of the first issues to be resolved , as Steve Heath , director of 88open operations in Europe sees it , is to define the ways in which different compilers interpret source code and how , in turn , operating systems use different compilers and compilation techniques . |
| 12 | So one of the first issues to be resolved , as Steve Heath , director of 88open operations in Europe sees it , is to define the ways in which different compilers interpret source code and how , in turn , operating systems utilise different compilers and compilation techniques . |
| 13 | And it 's So one of the first thing to do is to get your axes marked so that when you 're putting stuff in , you know which is which . |
| 14 | The convincing wins over the Scots saw Australia take its winning sequence to a record eight tests in succession and the Wallabies have now lost only one of the last 13 internationals . |
| 15 | ‘ If we had been sitting at the bottom I could accept my fate , but we are seventh and have lost only one of the last eight games . ’ |
| 16 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 17 | A one-point rise in Japan 's discount rate pushed Tokyo below 31,000 for the first time since January 1989 ; during the week it lost 5.6% . |
| 18 | When the French batted they could muster only 78 in the first innings . |
| 19 | There are also a few records for January , but only two for the first half of February . |
| 20 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 21 | United , attepting to regain the leadership of the First Division , begin a demanding run of four games in seven days and Robson , who has played in only two of the last five matches because of a calf problem , is still troubled by the injury . |
| 22 | But while seven new licence sales were signed in the first half , this dropped to only two in the second due to currency turmoil , recession and political uncertainty in mainland Europe . |
| 23 | It has sold only two in the last four years . |
| 24 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 25 | The number of compulsory and creditors ’ voluntary liquidations fell below 5000 in the third quarter of 1991 . |
| 26 | But he thought the Seasiders played better against Blackpool last Saturday when they went down 2–1 to the Fourth Division leaders . |
| 27 | That figure is remarkable when compared to just 87,000 during the first six months of last year . |
| 28 | In 1990 Tatra sold 10,000 trucks , but just 80 in the first half of 1992 . |
| 29 | Wimpey revealed that its building programme has slumped from 10,000 houses in 1986 to just 2,800 in the first half of this year . |
| 30 | Rob Morris , David Jarrold and John Stephens had helped the Barking skip to a 15–7 lead after 12 ends , but let Martin Christmas close the gap to just one by the 15th end . |