Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We were the first British team ever to play in St Thomas and Tortoal ; in Anguilla we made history again because we played the first ever ‘ first-class ’ in England but it certainly will in Anguilla ! |
| 2 | May I ask my hon. Friend nevertheless to keep in touch with the health authority in Cornwall ? |
| 3 | Two Springbok officials , Nick Labuschagne ( Natal ) and Louis Luyt ( Transvaal ) , are in Wellington this week privately to assist in putting South African point of view to interested parties . |
| 4 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 5 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 6 | Cos she , she bought her this clock once to go in her bedroom . |
| 7 | I decided that I had not come all this way only to indulge in polite conversation . |
| 8 | John Henry was retired in July 1985 after a racing career over eight seasons which made him one of the most popular horses ever to run in the USA . |
| 9 | Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett . |
| 10 | Kenny made his League debut for the Palace at Tranmere in May 1975 at just over 16 years of age and is the second youngest player ever to appear in the Palace first team . |
| 11 | Then a Chantry High School pupil aged 16 years and 56 days , he became the youngest player ever to play in a league match for the club . |
| 12 | Another first for Leese was that Stamford was the only place in the country where Fascists fought and won an election , for in contesting an election Leese broke the cardinal rule of the British Fascists never to intervene in the despised democratic system . |
| 13 | Labour 's National Investment Bank , operating on strictly commercial lines , will bring public and private sector together to invest in long-term regional and national infrastructure projects . |
| 14 | He weighed in at sixteen stone , eleven pounds , which makes him the heaviest man ever to row in the boat race . |
| 15 | Both Historie and Geschichte may be translated as ‘ history ’ , and both historisch and geschichtlich as ‘ historical ’ ; and there is no easy way directly to represent in English the contrast he drew between them . |
| 16 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
| 17 | If ‘ The Hollow Men ’ traces the degeneration of ritual to a final babyish ‘ whimper ’ , then Sweeney Agonistes attempts to reconstruct the most basic rituals only to end in a bang . |
| 18 | The Stewarts reigned for 333 years , through 7 Scottish kings , a queen ( Mary Queen of Scots ) , and 7 monarchs of Great Britain , making theirs the longest monarchical dynasty ever to rule in these islands . |
| 19 | The disabled lobby in the arts must take credit for the work they have done in making galleries more accessible , but there is a great deal more to do in order to encourage and demonstrate the creative talents of older people that undoubtedly exist . |
| 20 | So we got a very substantial problem still to overcome in Leeds . |
| 21 | The term ‘ carrier ’ seems to have been coined in Anglo-American legal discourse largely to aid in the assessment of liability for damage to cargo . |
| 22 | As regards the public perception of the term ‘ antique ’ , I think it would be fair to say that a great many of today 's most eminent collectors , particularly in America , and public institutions , are definitely beginning to interpret the word far more loosely than its previously accepted definition of ‘ a hundred years old ’ and , it is clearly a great shame that two of the most original and internationally influential artistic styles ever to emerge in Britain are almost entirely excluded from the Fair : the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau , on the basis of age . |
| 23 | Just one more law hard to argue in court . |
| 24 | Twelve hours just to get in the right position |
| 25 | The elimination of Australian Dave Macaulay and Hawaiian Derek Ho , who would have had to win to keep their hopes alive , means that with one contest still to run in the Hawaiian Triple Crown he can no longer be overhauled . |
| 26 | Luke , 23 , left the bungalow in Camberley , Surrey , nine months ago to live in a rented house five miles away . |
| 27 | Amstrad is the only company also to appear in the return on capital bottom 10 . |
| 28 | Constitutional amendments formally to set in place a multiparty system were still pending , however : they were passed unanimously by the Federal Chamber on Aug. 8 , and it was hoped to secure the necessary ratification by the assemblies of the republics and provinces by Sept. 20 . |
| 29 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |
| 30 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |