Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book has a symbiotic relationship with Professor Stone 's earlier volume , The Family , Sex and Marriage in England 1500–1800 , drawing heavily as it does on the idea of the emergence of affective individualism in family relationships and its link to the rise in marital unhappiness during both the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries . |
| 2 | Offering an agenda for change during bad economic times , the 46year-old Arkansas governor harnessed his youth , dogged determination and a passion for politics to unseat a sitting elected president for only the eighth time in US history . |
| 3 | In the first quarter of 1980 the ICI group was making profits at a rate of six hundred million pounds a year and in the third quarter we posted a loss for only the second time in our history . |
| 4 | The Congress Party , the biggest single group in the house , but now in opposition for only the second time since independence in 1947 , had no option but to sit in silence when the voice-vote was called . |
| 5 | Groupe Axime SA , France 's third-largest software and systems integration house , reported net profit equivalent to $2.9m for the first half of its 1992-93 fiscal year to December 31 , compared with net losses for both the first half and the full year 1991-92 . |
| 6 | Three more tries followed to rub more salt into Trinity 's wounds and put Crusaders into the second round of the Regal Trophy for only the second time in their history . |
| 7 | After receiving alarmist reports from the heads of both the Second and Third Departments , on 27 February / 11 March 1848 Nicholas set up a committee under Menshikov to recommend ways of limiting the circulation of unwelcome ideas . |
| 8 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 9 | The spread of the TNCs has brought significant changes to the sexual division of labour in both the First and the Third World . |
| 10 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 11 | Stirling sent a blistering series of signals to both the Eighth Army and MEHQ which seem to have had some effect . |
| 12 | Yes , there 's the relief of knowing you do n't have to worry about where the next question is coming from , but that 's simply replaced by the worry of where the first answer is coming from . |
| 13 | These quirks of fate , combined with Jane Brown 's own enthusiasms ( she is the author of a fine book on the Lutyens-Jekyll partnership ) have resulted in a narrative in which the gardens of the Arts and Crafts movement , a relatively short period between 1890-1914 , get twice the space of the gardens of either the eighteenth or the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | After a consideration of the theories , the case law from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be examined . |
| 15 | … and how many flats have gone to blacks in just the last few years ? |
| 16 | You would never guess it , she is so modest , but she knows more than anyone else in England on how the eighteenth century reader regarded Scandinavia … . |
| 17 | And even if your Centre does n't have the part you need , if they order it from our National Parts Centre before 3.30pm , provided it 's in stock , it will be delivered to any Centre in the mainland by 10.30am the next day . |
| 18 | This is 6 days on the water with your own Wayfarer for either the first or second week of your holiday . |
| 19 | This is 6 days on the water with your own Wayfarer for either the first or second week of your holiday . |
| 20 | Different approaches to the organization of knowledge may emphasize the relative importance of either the first or second objective , but it is difficult to neglect one without impairing the effectiveness of the other . |
| 21 | Arie could be simple , tuneful canzonette , ‘ little short songs ’ , as Morley defined them , ‘ wherein little art can be showed , being made in strains … and every strain repeated except the middle ; ‘ Caccini 's aria VIII , ‘ Odi , Euterpe ’ is a canzonetta with only the first ‘ strain' repeated . |
| 22 | A pseudo-variable which points to the position within the file from where the next byte to be read will be taken or where the next byte to be written will be put . |
| 23 | There was clearly an increase in population from probably the ninth and tenth centuries right through to the troubled fourteenth century , but there are several ways in which extra people can be fed and accommodated on the land . |
| 24 | Until things collapsed , I had planned to hold a conference in either the last week in January or the first week in February because , as a result of discussions with the Shopping Hours Reform Council , SOS , the Union of Shop , Distributive and Allied Workers , the Keep Sunday Special campaign , the consumers and other groups , I am confident — |
| 25 | Worrell averaged 83 with the bat , leading his team to only the fourth 5–0 clean sweep in Test history . |
| 26 | So cold was the weather that Sergeant Phillips died of hypothermia on only the second night . |
| 27 | The Department of Transport is unmoved , insisting that the cafe 's must shut up shop by july the 22nd . |
| 28 | The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years . |
| 29 | Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham . |
| 30 | The famine simply must end today if Koppelaar 's team are to hold down a crucial fourth slot in Pool A which would keep alive their chances of reaching hockey 's premier event for only the third time . |