Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He succeeded in producing the first development plan for Athens since it was liberated from the Turks , but in 1984 he was forced to resign over his proposal for establishing a green belt by bulldozing illegal slums in the suburbs . |
| 32 | Thousands of Latin American Indians and their supporters staged demonstrations on Oct. 12 across a range of Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile , and succeeded in turning the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas from a celebration to a reflection of the current plight of the 40,000,000-strong indigenous population . |
| 33 | But that is petty cash to the jackpot the Rangers players and the club will earn from becoming the first British side to play under the changed European Cup format . |
| 34 | Instead of italics , the French translator of the above extract opts for repeating the last statement to achieve similar emphasis : |
| 35 | The people and Government of Mexico take pride in supporting what came to be known as ‘ The Declaration Of Stockholm , ’ a key component of which called for declaring the 5th June World Environment Day . |
| 36 | " Inability to predict what will happen after taking the first drink " is how we define alcoholism . |
| 37 | Classification schemes specialize in showing networks of subjects and displaying the relationships between subjects , and thus are particularly suited to achieving the second objective . |
| 38 | So far , most of the effort has been devoted to unifying the first three categories of physical interactions , the strong and weak nuclear forces and electromagnetism . |
| 39 | The results found by taking the first ten allowable strings in order of combined ranks and probabilities are shown in tables 3.7 and 3.8 below . |
| 40 | Moz 's dinner could then be brought into the yard without dumping it over the fence ; and the horse was then led up to this food , caressed a few times , and released while he was still distracted by eating the first few mouthfuls . |
| 41 | But if he came prepared to kill it was odd that he had relied on seizing the first convenient weapon ; unless , of course , he knew that the mallet would be ready to hand . |
| 42 | ‘ I have spent the last six months investigating Free People , and what they have asked for constitutes the first stage of their long-term programme . ’ |
| 43 | Edberg appeared a bit off form but seemed on his way to yet another dramatic five-set win after taking the third set . |
| 44 | In February 1685 , Charles II , the ‘ Merry Monarch ’ , died after receiving the last rites and absolution from a Roman Catholic priest . |
| 45 | The fresh-faced , girl-next-door image could not be allowed to be tarnished by being linked with the wrong merchandise and the negotiations that went into choosing the first Kylie-recommended products were intense . |
| 46 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 47 | Data which go toward answering the first two of these questions derive from a number of sources . |
| 48 | Premiums can also be cut by paying the first £150 or £250 of a claim and some insurers offer no-claim discounts , which should suit the super fit . |
| 49 | A further difference arising from naming is indicated by entitling the mid-seventeenth century the Civil War period . |
| 50 | Performance is increased by prefetching the next instruction during the execution of the current instruction . |
| 51 | Hence the marginal cost of producing the last film must be the value of the meals sacrificed by using the last units of labour to make films rather than meals . |
| 52 | Bates , on the other hand , relaxed after claiming the first set 6–1 to lose the second 6–0 and found difficulty in mentally recharging as the 25 year old Swede took his opportunity to achieve a career best performance to reach the final . |
| 53 | Example 103 , from No. 7 of Karg-Elert 's Interludes in Various Keys for organ , shows a mixture of diatonic and chromatic substitution notes typical of this composer : The student will be able to analyse this for himself , but he should beware of treating the second chord in the penultimate bar , or the first chord in the last bar , as triads in their own right . |
| 54 | They had reacted badly to the amount of time she was forced to spend on organising the first meeting . |
| 55 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 56 | He followed this up by a brief speech about his poor old mother , God bless her sweet soul , and ended by singing the first few verses of Onward , Christian Soldiers , in a light , pleasing tenor . |
| 57 | Thus scheme six , for instance , might be altered by making the first instalment payable on the 22nd day after the loan and taking 7d per pound for interest . |
| 58 | The ratios of proportions in the fourth column of figure 8.6 , calculated by dividing the first column of proportions by the second , tell a rather more convincing story . |
| 59 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 60 | They did n't hear Lachlan stop his father , as the old man returned after seeing the last visiting galley off the shore . |