Example sentences of "[adv] in the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judit performed even better in the second half than the first . |
| 2 | Capriati showed a little bit of rust from an eight-week lay-off , but her big first serve consistently registered 100mph and she said : ‘ I felt a lot better in the second set , I got into it a lot more . ’ |
| 3 | Once you 've done it once it actually relatively easy for you to improve it an an and getting it better in the next iteration , erm that is exactly the situation you 've got here . |
| 4 | When Cardinal Wolsey fell , he had n't finished the building of Tom Quad , the whole of this side was left open because he 'd planned a very grand perpendicular chapel like King 's College Chapel , and erm the ruins , well no , not the ruins , the foundations were still to be seen apparently in the 17th Century John Gomley tells us . |
| 5 | His financial transactions during the start-up period are listed below in the first column and are identified by capital letters . |
| 6 | In addition , the two-tier pricing system allowed US domestic industry to purchase oil well below world market prices ( some 40 per cent below in the first half of 1979 ) . |
| 7 | What tremendous skill be displayed as his runs and passes , especially in the second half , stretched Ipswich to the limit and sometimes beyond . |
| 8 | Consequently , childbearing is concentrated within the first decade of married life ( 84 per cent of births within marriage in 1956–60 , 92 per cent in 1976 ) , and especially in the second half of the decade — 33 per cent of births occurred in the fifth to the ninth years of marriage in 1976 compared to 26 per cent in 1951–5 ( figure 4.11 ) . |
| 9 | But these gains were ultimately lost , especially in the second half of the century . |
| 10 | In 1800 , 90% of Americans lived in rural communities ; but with the growth of industry , especially in the second half of the century , towns and cities began to spread , and by 1920 over 50% of the population lived in them . |
| 11 | The youth team , despite several late call-offs , put up a great performance especially in the second half when the schools needed two late tries to pull clear . |
| 12 | The figures for the proportion of vacancies that are acceptable , men aged 55 and over have very low reservation wages ( especially in the second period ) and appear to accept almost any job . |
| 13 | Literally thousands of patches of old lazy-beds can be seen throughout the Hebrides today as a clear testimony to land pressure , especially in the 19th century . |
| 14 | Families from the towns and villages of the county emigrated in large numbers , especially in the 19th century , and their spread and influence can be judged by the number of Ayrshire place-names to be found throughout the world . |
| 15 | Many thousands of separate natural minerals which fit this definition have been described , and , especially in the nineteenth century , scientists spent decades of their lives in searching out new ones . |
| 16 | As a consequence of this concept of an historical construction of sexuality , a third point of contact lies in the rejection , both by the interactionists and Foucault , of the notion that the history of sexuality — especially in the nineteenth century — can fruitfully be seen in terms of ‘ repression ’ . |
| 17 | In this period of cultural technology , and especially in the nineteenth century , the reproducibility of print was very much ahead of most other kinds of artistic reproduction , and this made the question of property in the work acute . |
| 18 | ‘ They do n't tell you what to do too much , especially in the fifth year . |
| 19 | Consequently decreased mortality among all ages ( but especially in the first year of life ) , together with a long-term reduction in fertility , have combined to produce an ageing population structure . |
| 20 | Bridget Hill has remarked that what constituted marriage among the eighteenth-century lower orders was " anything but clearly defined " , especially in the first half of the century before the passing of Hardwicke 's Marriage Act . |
| 21 | Matches between these two sides are traditionally ‘ needle ’ affairs and in this respect today 's game did n't disappoint , especially in the first half . |
| 22 | Hankin , who celebrated his first win as a Football League manager , said that he was unhappy with his team 's passing , especially in the first half , but he was delighted with their commitment . |
| 23 | Jenkins ' kicking , especially in the first half , gave little encouragement to his forwards . |
| 24 | Yes welcome to Talking Sport , good evening , tonight 's headlines ; a disappointing result at the Manor as Oxford United outplay Charlton , especially in the first half , but concede a goal late on to finish as a one all draw , and they drop to eighteenth in the table . |
| 25 | This met with some opposition , for there were those who regarded music with suspicion because of its ‘ human ’ origins and its consequent unworthiness for the offering of pure worship , Nevertheless , hymns grew in favour in succeeding years and especially in the first part of the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | The landed rich became economically active , especially in the eighteenth century , through the rise of commercialised farming , banking , and trade with the colonies . |
| 27 | The importance of ministers grew especially in the eighteenth century . |
| 28 | Southern Europe grew faster than northern Europe , while North America showed a distinct improvement , especially in the fourth quarter . |
| 29 | For years there have been complaints that our school system leads inexorably to too narrow a specialization , especially in the sixth form . |
| 30 | It will be objected that what I am suggesting will be the death of ‘ standards ’ in schools , and especially in the sixth form . |