Example sentences of "[noun] taken [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Two other directions taken in the 19th Century by the theory of groups should perhaps be mentioned . |
2 | The BA pass degree consists of thirteen classes ( or their equivalent ) taken over three years — five classes taken in the first year and usually four in each of the following two years . |
3 | It should also be noted that although candidates may be admitted initially as prospective students for honours , admission to the honours courses is not guaranteed at the outset but depends on performance in classes taken in the first two , or in some cases three , years . |
4 | Such difficulties of interpretation as the modern local historian may encounter are not , however , confined to this class of writing alone , as a single example taken from the sixteenth century will illustrate . |
5 | The ban on commercial whaling is to remain in force for another year , as a result of decisions taken at the 44th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) held in Glasgow , Scotland , on June 29-July 3 . |
6 | This is just the approach taken by the second theory to be considered . |
7 | French may be studied at Edinburgh not only at all levels of MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) but as a single honours subject ( with a secondary subject taken in the first two years ) ; or as the major or minor subject in a wide variety of joint degrees , where it is combined with another modern European language , or with one of a number of Arts Faculty subjects , or even with subjects ( Business Studies and Law ) from other faculties . |
8 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
9 | Nevertheless , an opinion poll taken in the first week of December gave the Alliance 37 per cent support amongst the electorate , two points ahead of the opposition Labour Party and 10 points in front of the governing National Party . |
10 | A Gallup Poll taken in the last three weeks of 1959 found that only one person in fourteen listed among their major worries the international situation . |
11 | Success was rapid with 2,196 organized weeks of holiday taken in the first year of operation . |
12 | In a study of the use of British Rail for long journeys , a random sample of households is selected and each member is asked to list all railway journeys over 40 miles taken in the last 12 months . |