Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent trends in the geography of voting in Great Britain pose major problems for all political parties as they develop strategies for the next general election . |
| 2 | The COPEI and the MAS on Feb. 24 declined Pérez 's request to the secretaries-general of all main opposition parties to join a " political cabinet " of ministers without portfolio to draft policies for the next two years of government . |
| 3 | But , with that unpredictability which makes biology such a fascinating science , it was some biochemists interested in nutrition who laid foundations for the next major advance in the treatment of cancer . |
| 4 | They meet , and make plans for the next day . |
| 5 | The Consortium is to review its work of delivering food into southern Sudan and make plans for the next nine months . |
| 6 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 7 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 8 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 9 | Are building programmes for the next financial year drawn up in time to be available to managers before holidays are allocated ? |
| 10 | We then laid plans for the next voyage . |
| 11 | The majority of actual examples investigated by Johnson revealed profiles of the second type , so that it may be concluded that much of the material forming the bar is eroded from the sea floor . |
| 12 | We take a discrete time model where the individual lives for two periods , working in the first , using savings from the first to provide for retirement , and there are no bequests . |
| 13 | I have no illusions about the likelihood of its transforming schools in the next ten years . |
| 14 | However , Newell made amends in the 64th minute when he raced on to a hopeful through ball , rounded Hitchcock and fired home . |
| 15 | Both missed with other attempts before Stephens made amends in the second half , landing another three penalties and kicking three conversions . |
| 16 | The Don made amends in the second innings with a memorable 103 not out and the crowds held a ‘ bob in ’ collection to buy their idol a piano . |
| 17 | He was struck by the way that the buffalo hide pictures from the last century , drawn by his great-great grandfathers , showed the monastery as it was now , in 1997 . |
| 18 | ISS proposals for the fourth and fifth years were carefully formulated to ease transition to FE , both in terms of providing students with fuller and positive records of achievement ( the unit credits ) and by experiences of new forms of curriculum organization , especially in modular form ( the units ) . |
| 19 | Drawing attention to the cost of UN peacekeeping operations in the last 12 months , estimated to total US$3,000 million , Boutros-Ghali urged members to reflect on the organization 's financial crisis , prompted by outstanding dues totalling US$908,000,000 in regular contributions with a further US$845,000,000 due in peacekeeping contributions . |
| 20 | On this occasion some of the Messerschmitts had carried bombs for the first time — not a new role for III/JG 27 , which had operated in this manner over the Balkans during the previous month . |
| 21 | The work has voices in the first two movements , but is essentially for solo organ , dazzlingly played by Gaston Litaize , who clearly enjoys himself of the magnificent beast which lives in the church of St. Francois-Xavier in Paris . |
| 22 | Prof Pierotti also has doubts about the second phase — using 600 tons of lead weights under the base of the tower on its northern side to prevent the angle of incline growing . |
| 23 | Northamptonshire is a county rich with fortified sites from Iron Age hillforts to Saxon ‘ burhs ’ , from Norman castles of earth and timber to the stone built castles of the 12th to 14th century . |
| 24 | If you want crosses from the second forward then bring in Shutt . |
| 25 | We swopped experiences for the last time . |
| 26 | We know from the pottery of the Chimu period that the Incas were cultivating potatoes during the 13th Century but we believe that for many hundreds of years before that the Quecho Indians had enjoyed a staple diet of wild potatoes and had even developed an ingenious method of freeze-drying them to provide food throughout the winter months . |
| 27 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 28 | So far , we have discussed evidence which is particularly relevant to the first of these issues , but which also has implications for the second . |
| 29 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 30 | When John Ryan became Welsh coach in 1988 , the shattering tour of New Zealand having instantly expunged memories of the first Welsh Triple Crown in nine years , he had no compunction about picking old-style tight forwards who , if they did nothing else , would scrummage till the cows came home . |