Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World .
2 Turn-taking and interaction are among the first communicative skills .
3 Accounts survive from over 50 collieries within this period , the earliest series dates from the mid-fifteenth century but the great majority are from the seventeenth century .
4 Unfortunately , due to the troubled times in this area of central Europe , little survives of early Gothic building ; the great Czech monuments of the Middle Ages are of the fourteenth and fifteenth century , and even later , and are , in consequence , in the richer , more decorative Gothic style .
5 All the hotel bedrooms are on the first and second floors and have a colour TV , a radio , a telephone and air-conditioning ( from 15 June to 15 September ) .
6 Very few pupils left before completing a full five-year course , and 40 per cent of the total pupil population of all the schools were in the sixth form .
7 Around one quartr of the children in this study were below the third percentile for weight suggesting an association between cryptosporidiosis and failure to thrive , as described in other centres .
8 WWF members and supporters were amongst the first to receive full details of the new card .
9 Shells were among the first substances to be held in high regard despite being of very limited use for practical purposes .
10 Leeds last 2 goals were in the last 8 minutes .
11 A major industry initiative was launched by the HCIMA at its annual lunch last month when several operating companies and educational institutes , including Compass , Forte , Copthorne Hotels , Universities of Brighton and Surrey and Chichester College were among the first signatories of a new Charter agreement which will strengthen employer/education links within the industry .
12 The entry is from the first floor .
13 Royal attempts , such as Ine 's in the seventh century or Edgar 's in the tenth , to promulgate codes could only meet with success where local practices were not too obviously threatened .
14 All of them had safely negotiated Becher 's for the second time .
15 the quiz is on the second of February , Wednesday , if anyone here is interested in coming they only had about two people attend from this village .
16 1980 ) and onset is during the second half of the first year of life .
17 O'Leary is in the second year of a leisure management course at West London Institute where he says he is adjusting to minor celebrity status .
18 The practice is for the second copy of the Request to be retained in the files of the Central Authority as a record of its action in the matter , and for the second copy of the document itself to be returned with the completed Certificate of service so as to eliminate any doubt as to which document is covered by the Certificate .
19 rent 's up the sixteenth of December and there 's
20 Since in all the investments considered the entire outlay is in the first year , it is already a present value .
21 Since in all the investments considered the entire outlay is in the first year , it is already a present value .
22 While none of these pictures is of the first rank , some are of interest : Paris Bordone 's ‘ A Courtesan ’ ; Pietro Marescalchi 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned , with Saints James the Greater and Prosdocimus ’ of 1564 and Michele Giambono 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned ’ .
23 in my notes is that , as I said , the A G M is on the eleventh of er , of November .
24 Inside , the roof is of the nineteenth century but the fresco painting on the walls is one of the oldest decorative schemes in Germany , dating from c. 1000 .
25 But the font is of the twelfth century , so there was a church here then ; and deep in the churchyard to the east of the chancel is a buried wall which is perhaps the east wall of a Saxon church .
26 Royal attempts , such as Ine 's in the seventh century or Edgar 's in the tenth , to promulgate codes could only meet with success where local practices were not too obviously threatened .
27 She took the torch , using it freely now because speed was of the first importance , and stealth of none at all , and went on down the slippery path towards the thick box hedge , behind which the invisible red roof hung , representing help and companionship .
28 The murder was on the 12th , the 13th found him in Farnham , the 15th in Petersfield , and on the 17th the fugitive was in Portsmouth , trying desperately to join the Marines .
29 The aircraft was on the second leg of a trans-Atlantic flight from Europe to Canada via Iceland , with two pilots and five passengers on board .
30 DeFries was in the Christian Dior suite , Marc Bolan was in the Marc Bolan suite , David was in the next one , Jagger was there and all the Stones , and every night was party night .
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