Example sentences of "[verb] to the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use the erm , they they invited the Chislehurst May Queen , dan maypole dancers to come to the next open evening . |
| 2 | My disagreeable reaction to the photos reminded me of the way I — and a host of others — responded to the last major American exhibition of Koons ' work two years ago . |
| 3 | Yet it is migration to and from rural areas that has been the main concern of rural geographers in the last century , and so attention is now turned to the first major theme of this chapter , rural population change . |
| 4 | A few observers had already commented on the effectiveness of coaching for tests , a factor which was to lead to the first serious public disquiet over tests as measurement of innate , unalterable and asocial ability — although such comments were not yet thoroughly substantiated . |
| 5 | Elaborating later at a news conference , Mr Levy said Mr Shamir had assured him in writing that he would retain his positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister , and one of his followers would be named to the next Likud-led government . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , yeah , it 's obvious that Runrig had a good listen to the first Big Country album , you know ? ’ he remarks , archly , and it 's hard to tell from his deadpan tone whether or not he 's joking . |
| 7 | In lead : President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken a big lead in Iran 's presidential election , winning nearly 70% of the votes counted , according to the first partial results issued by the interior ministry today . |
| 8 | A large number of firms the Joint Monitoring Unit visited last year are failing to meet one or more of its criteria for good audit procedures , according to the first annual review of audit regulation . |
| 9 | According to the last good book I read , this means that I am half way through my time travel , my travel through time . |
| 10 | now I 've got two little girls he said I hate to turn away knowing what he 'd done to the last little girl |
| 11 | With its tirades against the ‘ unnatural alliance ’ between capitalism and Bolshevism , it appealed to the last remaining hope — the belief in the miracle of a split between the eastern and western allies and a new alliance between the Reich and the West against Bolshevism . |
| 12 | Some fungi succumb to the first heavy frosts , but there are others which seem to thrive in cold , wet weather . |
| 13 | ‘ No , it passes to the next male heir , that 's my cousin , Craig Grenfell . ’ |
| 14 | Cocoa prices in 1989 also tumbled to a 14-year low owing to the sixth consecutive year of oversupply on the world market ( estimated at between 100,000-154,000 tonnes for 1989-90 ) ; failure to agree on the minimum price to be defended and continuing problems stemming from unpaid producer levies , estimated in 1989 to be well over $100,000 million . |
| 15 | Elsewhere the 70 m ( 230 ft ) terrace is sometimes attributed to the first interglacial period . |
| 16 | The suggestion of the 1977 Review that a comprehensive system of periodic review , analysis and assessment of regional policy should be instigated was upheld , leading to the First Periodic Report . |
| 17 | This challenge to the assumption that the revolution can be understood primarily by studying the major actors on the political scene leads to the second major theme addressed by revisionist work : the impact made by ordinary men and women upon political developments . |
| 18 | This leads to the second main characteristic of the retrovizor in Thru : unlike the Lacanian mirror , it is flawed , causing it to reflect not two but four eyes , two in their correct position and two further up the brow ( 1–3/579–81 ) . |
| 19 | Patterned on what athletes will be wearing to the 11th Asian Games in Peking next year , it includes sportswear , jackets and close-fitting suits : ‘ The vigorous clothes will help build the atmosphere of the Asian Games and encourage people to get more exercise to promote health , ’ the agency predicted . |
| 20 | In 1578 he subscribed to the first unsuccessful colonizing voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v . ] . |
| 21 | The dates on the letters are quite clear , but a vague possibility is that they refer to the first actual parachute operation and that the dates are confused — by perhaps a month . |
| 22 | The minutes of the Council of Europe , which were published in October , refer to the fourth environmental action programme of the European Economic Community and the Council of Europe . |
| 23 | Quoted errors refer to the last significant digit ; the r.m.s. phase residual for the least-squares fit was 15μs . |
| 24 | Compared to the last major overhaul three years ago , there was almost a 90 per cent drop in ethylene dichloride discharge and around 80 per cent in vinyl chloride . |
| 25 | A short while after the evening at St James 's Palace , I was very kindly invited to the First Annual NCH 's George Thomas Society Lecture , held at the Cafe Royal . |
| 26 | When Americans reply to the twenty-first national census on April 1st , they will take part in a statistical marathon costing $2.5 billion and employing 8,500 full-time and 500,000 part-time staff . |
| 27 | His swift rise to international acclaim was nevertheless tragically cut short when at only 42 he died of a heart attack just when ‘ poised to take his place alongside Barere , Friedman and Horowitz as the natural successors to Hofmann , Rachmaninov , Rosenthal , Godowsky and Lhevinne , all of whom had contributed to the last golden age of pianism ’ as Bryan Crimp , the dedicated compiler of this anthology of Levitzki 's total surviving electrical recordings for HMV , puts it in the accompany booklet . |
| 28 | This may have partly contributed to the next important influence which has been brought to bear on hearing children read — the move towards parental involvement . |
| 29 | This certainly did not apply to the next great dog of influence on the British show scene : Ch. |
| 30 | ‘ There 's a comic article in The Studio this month , ’ he told her in July 1947 , alluding to the first full-length article on himself written by Bernard Denvir . |