Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviets , as shown by declining equipment orders since 1976 , have themselves become more careful in weighing the balance , and have lost much of their earlier enthusiasm , as Brezhnev made clear to the Twenty-Sixth Party Congress of 1981 : |
| 2 | The worst wildlife depletion occurred prior to the Second World War before conservation was even recognised . |
| 3 | Unlike still red wines , sparkling Champagne does not benefit from a detectable tannin content , although a little tannin will be added prior to the last racking to activate the fining agent . |
| 4 | It starts as for Ziggerat , climbs direct to the first roof , pulls through this and continues up the steep wall to the next roof which is passed by very difficult bridging . |
| 5 | I had imagined that if the Secretary of State was interested in doing his job properly he would have said to us , ’ Mr. Stoner 's opinion will be made available to the first meeting of the Select Committee . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed to flow from a weaker to a stronger system , thus acting contrary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics . |
| 7 | Well that 's going free to the first person to ring us on three double one , one double one with the answers to these three questions , listen carefully . |
| 8 | A Corporate Finance Engagement Letter should be obtained from every client for whom corporate finance activities are to be undertaken prior to the first engagement . |
| 9 | Another option is to create a second segment ring similar to the first and reverse it , or it can be attached to a vertical ring if depth is desired . |
| 10 | And it was the first public result attributable to the second generation at Pininfarina , Pinin 's son Sergio and his brother-in-law , Renzo Carli . ’ |
| 11 | Many Rottweilers were imported prior to the Second World War but their influence on the breed today is negligible because , as in other countries , the war so seriously destroyed the breeding programme . |
| 12 | It is known that Rottweilers had been imported prior to the Second World War , probably by German and Dutch immigrants . |
| 13 | Singing constantly from a prominent post or in flight , they show off their beautiful spring black , white , grey and buff spring plumage in the hope it will prove irresistible to the first passing female . |
| 14 | I 'd shop you in a second , but you 'd remain loyal to the last . |
| 15 | It would be a prime requirement that the airspeed and behaviour at the stall be determined prior to the first landing . |
| 16 | We have to pay the , er , ninety two , three percentages , which were fifteen point two per cent and nine point eight per cent , so there 's an additional element there , and also we have to deal with erm , the additional cash that goes to grant maintained schools , who went grant maintained prior to the first of April nineteen ninety-two . |