Example sentences of "[adv] the [num ord] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local tombstone recording the death in 1806 of John Taylor , potter , is apparently the last reference to pot-making at Silkstone . |
| 2 | The emergence of such standards , and the ability to re-use programs written in conventional languages , should bring down the last barriers to wide acceptance of parallel computing . |
| 3 | Perhaps the first question to be answered is why do so many sedimentologists concentrate on sedimentary petrography ? |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps the first key to this puzzle will be there . ’ |
| 5 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 6 | Though everyone was behind Sheehan as she strove to become only the thirteenth entrant to the Hall of Fame , it was difficult not to feel for Dawn Coe-Jones . |
| 7 | Suddenly , only the second car to be seen on that road all day pulled up . |
| 8 | He would be only the second goalkeeper to be similarly honoured by the Scottish Professional Footballers ' Association ( Theo Snelders , in 1989 , was the other ) . |
| 9 | A beastie to carry the burden From cherub to abstract flying muse , Ruth Wishart reveals only the fifth logo to be attached to the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 10 | And today the design I have absolutely promised not to call the Picasso Zebedee will be introduced formally as only the fifth logo to be attached to the 45-year-old jewel in Scotland 's cultural crown . |
| 11 | This award is significant in that it is regarded as the highest accolade within the weighing equipment calibration field and is only the seventh certificate to be presented within the UK . |
| 12 | However , in this case only the first reference to any descriptor appears in an index , while all further linkages are made from record to record ( rather as in a chain of synonyms in a direct file ) . |
| 13 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |
| 14 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
| 15 | It was only the third script to be completed ( Coburn 's ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ serial , retitled ‘ Doctor Who and 100,000 BC ’ , and John Lucarotti 's ‘ Journey to Cathay ’ preceding it ) , but at once Whitaker felt he had found the right niche for Doctor Who 's presentation of science fiction . |
| 16 | NORWEGIAN international Tore Dahlum could be just the first addition to Manchester United 's staff as manager Alex Ferguson seeks a goalscoring hero to revive their Premier League title prospects . |
| 17 | But I plan over the next year to completely renew my rig ; there are just too many hip new things . |
| 18 | Ballesteros is not the first person to be challenged by the complexities of life . |
| 19 | You 're not the first person to be impressed by her voice . |
| 20 | Karajan is not the first conductor to be affected by this . |
| 21 | In this welcoming speech Mr M A Prouten , executive chairman of Brooke Marine , recalled that Searcher was not the first ship to be built at his yard for the Customs Department . |
| 22 | I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 23 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 24 | It is the third and possibly the second group to which ‘ new subcultural theory ’ applies . |
| 25 | The fertile lowlands are always the first places to be occupied and Java was no exception . |
| 26 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 27 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 28 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 29 | It is also the first project to be supported by WACC in Haiti . |
| 30 | These are also the second premises to be attacked . |