Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with Merseyside MPs Peter Kilfoyle and Eddie O'Hara he was instrumental in securing a £50,000 development grant for the firm last year . |
| 2 | The companies signed a contract for the venture last month , subject to regulatory approvals . |
| 3 | His nearest challenger for the £37,500 first prize , which would push his official winnings since 1971 to £1,020,545 , is Scotland 's Bill Longmuir , whose 75 for 217 included a triple-bogey seven at the 10th . |
| 4 | It was also a base for the campaigns first in Gallipoli and later in Palestine . |
| 5 | This manoeuvre , however , opened a gap of some 48km/130mls between the German First and Second armies , inviting disaster . |
| 6 | Hence our support for the Bill last year . |
| 7 | And any such maturing sales would mask the extent of support for the pound last month . |
| 8 | Thanks for your 5th July letter enclosing your personal cheque in the sum of Sixty Four Pounds in favour of , being ‘ cottage contribution ’ re Arnisdale for the dates 14th-21st August inclusive . |
| 9 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 10 | One was his failure to hold a direct election for the presidency last year . |
| 11 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 12 | When Lineker threw down the captain 's arm band in disgust , the rift between the pair first became public . |
| 13 | The other four candidates for the April 9th poll are Michael Mates ( Conservative ) , Jim Phillips ( Labour ) , Sue Baring ( Liberal Democrat ) and Ian Foster ( Green ) . |
| 14 | Torrance arrived in time yesterday for nine holes practice behind the pro-am field and like the rest of the contenders for the £41,660 first prize was delighted by the condition of this Donald Steel-designed course amid the pines . |
| 15 | News reports from Washington said troops took part in a house to house search in an attempt to capture Aideed , blamed by Pakistan for the killing last Saturday of its ‘ blue helmet ’ peacekeepers . |
| 16 | The ambiguity of Jacques Chirac 's attitude to the National Front helped destroy his bid for the Presidency last year , and with it the credibility of the opposition to President Mitterrand . |
| 17 | Rosenthal scored seven goals for the Reds last season in 36 appearances , although in many of those games he was either substituted or came on . |
| 18 | The former Wrexham starlet hit 31 goals for the Deesiders last season , despite only joining them in October . |
| 19 | It is the normal practice for the Treasury first to make an estimation of economic growth , inflation , public expenditure , and revenue receipts on the basis of unchanged fiscal policies . |
| 20 | The Library 's teams — winners of last year 's competition — did not fare so well this time , coming in 9th and 10th out of 14 teams , but the fishermen are hopeful of winning back the trophy for the Library next year . |
| 21 | Famous names such as Barnardo 's , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and The Spastics Society were hit by the full force of the recession last year . |
| 22 | Sporting Lisbon , who play Celtic in the UEFA Cup in midweek , suffered their first defeat of the season last night , beaten two one by Boavista . |
| 23 | A nephew of Napoleon I had been elected President of the French Second Republic in December 1848 and was to become Emperor of the French in 1852 . |
| 24 | A 23-year-old Glaswegian based in London , the wiry southpaw with the swarming style was voted boxer of the year last season , when he travelled to Las Vegas and beat the Mexican Javier Suazo for the IBF International championship for boxers ranked between No.10 and No.30 in the world . |
| 25 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 26 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 27 | The workforce reduction and other actions will result in a one-time charge of $40m to be taken against the fourth quarter figures , but Cray expects to remain profitable for the year , and sees higher profitability as a result of the measures next year . |
| 28 | Europe provided 42 p.c. of the profits last year . |
| 29 | In June a soldier of the German 50th Division before Fort Vaux declared that ‘ the torture of having to lie powerless and defenceless in the middle of an artillery battle ’ was ‘ something for which there is nothing comparable on earth ’ . |
| 30 | The first brigade of the US 82nd Airborne Division , numbering some 4,000 men , was dispatched within hours of the announcement , as were the first F-15 fighter bombers and AWACS radar aircraft . |