Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] of [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the fond hopes for the tertiary colleges established in Sheffield in 1988 , by the bringing together of sixth form education and the further education colleges , was that the new 16–19 provision would draw upon the strengths of the partners . |
2 | Unix System Laboratories , whose SVR4.2 nQue licensed as its Unix system , reportedly has right of first refusal as an OEM channel . |
3 | Two members of the Under-21 squad — Forbes Johnson of Falkirk and Craig Burley of Chelsea — have had to pull out of next week 's game against Malta at Tannadice . |
4 | Jackson — forced to pull out of last year 's World Championship final when he suddenly suffered shoulder spasms minutes before the race — declared : ‘ I wo n't make the same mistakes again . |
5 | One author missed out of last week 's round-up was Tom Jaine , editor of the Good Food Guide , who was named Restaurant Writer of the Year . |
6 | She was cheated out of last night , and though she does not know it she is going to lose tomorrow night too . |
7 | I dropped out of sixth form because of a young Frenchman with green eyes . |
8 | Bulls argue there are increasing signs that America 's manufacturers may be pulling out of last year 's recession , when the whole economy kept growing only because of the dominant service industries . |
9 | As they were phased out of first line units Londons went mostly to 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit , but a few passed to the Flying-Boat Training Squadron ( FBTS ) at Stranraer . |
10 | With Gilleece crashing out of third place on the last stage , Greer leapfrogged to the top of the championship table for the first time and now heads to round six in Cavan next Sunday with a 14-point advantage over the Belfast dentist . |
11 | A great grey Victorian workhouse looking place , with men hanging out of third storey doorways , pulling up sacks of cereal on pulleys . |
12 | It presents a state-of-the-art survey of the major fields that have developed out of 19th century chemistry : cosmochemistry ; geochemistry ; biochemistry ; and molecular biology . |
13 | The charges arose out of last summer 's internationally publicised ‘ sting ’ operation when FBI undercover agents in California 's silicon Valley formed a bogus company and posed as electronics dealers with trade secrets to sell ( New Scientist 1 July 1982 p 8–9 ) . |
14 | Literally billions have been smuggled out of Third World countries to Western banks , often in suitcases . |
15 | Lyons has pulled out of next week 's Veterans ' World Cup in Italy to take charge of a team which competes in an Asian League as well as the Asian Cup . |
16 | My Series III jumps out of first gear on over-run . |
17 | The gearbox in my 1973 Series III two and a quarter petrol is noisy and jumps out of third gear . |
18 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
19 | Carpet sales are running ahead of last year . |
20 | BRITISH LIONS stand-off Stuart Barnes was ruled out of first Test contention in New Zealand this morning by the intervention of his half-back partner Robert Jones . |
21 | Then there is Test no.8 Tim Gavin who is making slow progress after being ruled out of last year 's World Cup because of damaged knee ligaments . |
22 | NORTHERN Ireland captain Alan McDonald breathed a sigh of relief today when it was revealed that he will not be ruled out of next week 's World Cup match against Latvia in Riga . |
23 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |
24 | Something , done a robbery at nine thirty two precisely , a lady did er actually walk out of next door 's house |
25 | The leg spinner Peter Sleep , the all-rounder Tom Moody and Carl Rackemann have been left out of next week 's squad for the one-day tournament against Sri Lanka and Pakistan . |
26 | JOHN WHITAKER and Henderson Milton have had to drop out of next week 's Volvo World Cup final in Del Mar , California , because the grey has an injured leg . |
27 | Then the Champion got banned for his ride on Midnight Air who was thrown out of first place after the Fillies Mile . |
28 | But FIFA threatened that if he was not forced to back down , all five French clubs would be thrown out of next week 's European competitions , the national team would be barred from the 1994 World Cup finals and that France would no longer be able to host the 1998 finals . |
29 | ‘ We did n't get out of second gear , ’ he said , ‘ but we are looking to get into third gear and , hopefully , top for next Saturday . ’ |
30 | Good , any other questions arising out of last year 's minutes ? |