Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the two reasons given here the first is unconvincing in the light of the Group 's proposals on the amount of learning progress that each level would encompass . |
| 2 | If , as I used to , one cracks walnuts by banging two of the things together , and keeps the uncracked winner to go forward the next round , will one inevitably finish Christmas with the hardest nut to crack in one 's hand ? |
| 3 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 4 | The main force came ashore the next night and followed a strict timetable . |
| 5 | With the dress ordered , church and reception booked , invitations sent and wedding lists prepared probably the last thing on your mind is YOU ! |
| 6 | The by-election swing from Conservative to Labour of 21 per cent was the largest such since 1935 , and the result represented only the 13th Labour by-election gain from the Conservatives since 1945 ( the most recent being the Vale of Glamorgan in May 1989 — see p. 36740 ) . |
| 7 | TIPPING Tim is favourite in all books to become only the second horse to land the Mackeson-A F Budge Cup double . |
| 8 | It could be implied in the operation code whether the first or second store address is to receive the result , but in practice any particular computer uses always the first address , or always the second address , as the destination : for example the SS ( two address ) format of the IBM 370 range uses the first address as the destination . |
| 9 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 10 | And we know that Gundulph built here the first buildings which became known as the Bishops ' Palace , and it is most probable that when building his Manor House he rebuilt the church . |
| 11 | It was not till fourteen years later that Rospigliosi produced his second comic opera , Dal Male il Bene , of which Marazzoli composed only the Second Act . |
| 12 | It can be torrential one moment and the sun shining brilliantly the next . ’ |
| 13 | Having taken the field with his directors to become surely the first board to be cheered to the rafters , he was presented with a cheque . |
| 14 | Ballyclare restored their lead in the 55th minute when promising Adrian Moore broke clear on the right and crossed for James Beattie to tap home the second goal . |
| 15 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 16 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Adam phoned again the next day . |
| 19 | distinguish between the Tunguska terminal explosion and energy released by ablation and deceleration during atmospheric entry , with the explosion representing just the last 1% of the bolide 's energy . |
| 20 | The forest air was cool on her naked limbs as Adam stripped away the last of her clothes and she was aware of a glorious feeling of freedom , totally devoid of embarrassment , as he gazed at her , his eyes sweeping boldly over her body , drinking their fill . |
| 21 | It is always dangerous when the hon. Gentleman reads only the first half of a sentence . |
| 22 | Bad weather during the third round had left him with three holes to complete early the next morning . |
| 23 | On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent . |
| 24 | THE number of cot deaths in England and Wales fell from 1,593 in 1988 to 1,008 in 1991 , according to figures published yesterday the third consecutive year the figures have fallen . |
| 25 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 26 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 27 | The deletion detected by the 1,412-bp probe includes only the last exon of the P gene ( Fig. 3 a , and unpublished data ) . |
| 28 | As much as three up after 11 holes the Spaniards lost both the 12th and 13th to pars but held themselves together coming down the stretch to win a priceless point . |
| 29 | The bare statistical truth of solvent abuse is that one in four of the children who die from the habit do so the first time they ever sniff glue or lighter fluid . |
| 30 | The piloting of general SVQs still has 18 months to run , and SCOTVEC continues to plan more events and written guidance to help centres offering both the first and second batches of general SVQs . |