Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As expected on the basis of the hypothesis proposed above , that the relationship between maternal age and chances of child survival may depend upon the status of the mortality transition , it was found that , in those regions where overall infant mortality is relatively low ( under 100 per 1,000 live births ) , the likelihood that an infant will survive until its first birthday is greatest if the child 's mother was 20 to 29 years old when it was born . |
| 2 | A small cemetery plot had been added since my last visit . |
| 3 | The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ) held on Dec. 14-16 what it described as its 40th congress , and the second since the change of name from Bulgarian Communist Party in April 1990 . |
| 4 | A trip chain is a sequence of trips beginning when a resident leaves home , and ending when they next return home . |
| 5 | What he overheard provided his first insight into the intimate sentiments of mature Fists who had been warriors for over seventy years — as the seven long-service studs on the craggy , crewcut forehead of each star-knight signified . |
| 6 | The Duke of Kent had to wait until his fiftieth birthday for the Garter , the senior ranking Duke of Gloucester ( at 45 ) is still waiting . |
| 7 | None of his victories was more characteristic of his indomitable will to win than his first success in the Arlington Million . |
| 8 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 9 | With its overwhelmingly Hindu population , New Delhi was quite unchanged by the onset of the Muslim month of fasting , but the Old City had been transformed since our last visit . |
| 10 | The crisis that many married couples face when their last child leaves home is well known . |
| 11 | The majority report concluded that there should be equal representation of owners and trade unions ; and then proceeds straight to the view that a third group of co-opted directors should be appointed , adding as their first reason that those directors would bring special experience to the board room , and a broader and more detached view of the company 's affairs . |
| 12 | However , I do still have a squashed , rather brown and mildewy rose pressed between the pages of a book somewhere , so I suppose that could be classed as my first attempt ! |
| 13 | Neither Haig nor Kendall plans to sleep before their second night shift begins at 6pm . |
| 14 | After a while you get when you first start the first time you ever ride a two wheeler and you have someone holding it or you have some stabilizers on till you know what you 're doing . |
| 15 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 16 | On 20 December 1780 , soon after his departure , Great Britain declared war on the United Provinces of the Netherlands , giving as its first reason ‘ That , in violation of treaty , they suffered an American pirate ( one Paul Jones , a rebel and a state criminal ) to remain several weeks in one of their ports ’ . |
| 17 | Ignore how you feel when you first wake and take note instead of how you feel after you have been up for about ten minutes — many people find those first waking moments difficult to cope with . |
| 18 | ‘ I have n't been able to sleep or eat since our last meeting and , from the way you look , neither have you , ’ he said , taking in the discarded food and her too slender form with one glance . |
| 19 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 20 | Discover the romantic ivy-covered Dower House of 1520 , deserted since its last occupant Dame Alice Knightley died in 1702 . |
| 21 | He 'd chain-smoke a couple of Merits while we chatted about what had happened since our last meeting and then he 'd hand me over to the guy in the room next door for a routine polygraph . |
| 22 | But the striker admitted after his 80th minute winner had plunged Middlesborough deep into relegation trouble : |
| 23 | The Oxford English Dictionary gives as its first meaning for ‘ moor ’ ‘ uncultivated ground covered with heather ’ . |
| 24 | You must learn to become aware of your pattern of breathing when you first start to become anxious . |
| 25 | Thus we could require as our fourth condition that our justification would remain even when every truth is added to our belief set , all at once . |
| 26 | If he waited until his first female had completed laying , he would have missed opportunities for finding another female . |
| 27 | ‘ I wonder what happened to men , ’ she said as her second vodka sank lower in the glass . |
| 28 | Increasingly infirm , he married as his second wife his nurse , Florence Ridley , and when she died married her successor , Gladys Murdoch . |
| 29 | The Pennsylvania connection was further strengthened when Alexander Durdin married as his third wife the widow of William Penn , grandson of the colony 's founder . |
| 30 | I caught a glimpse of her , eyes red with fury , and I wondered if my last hour had come , but Bill , the man who was on guard , managed to push her back with the aid of a large plank , and she soon quietened down when we passed her babies back . ’ |