Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |
| 2 | The outcome of the strike and its immediate consequences was that for almost the first time many people , including politicians in the Republic , who had previously been unconvinced were now satisfied that the majority of people in Northern Ireland would not accept a united Ireland and wished to have another election before their future was again discussed . |
| 3 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 4 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 5 | The company says its experience this time through is different from when the first Snakes were delayed by shortfalls in the Texas Instruments Inc-produced floating point unit because it 's controlling all design and all fabrication . |
| 6 | Dr Mumby was found guilty of only the first and last charges , for which he was admonished . |
| 7 | Keyboard studies remain paramount for about a third of music college undergraduates although opportunities are provided for the learning of a second instrument or singing . |
| 8 | Now there 's a new twist : how come we can know when a missile is even threatening to fall on Tel Aviv or Riyadh or Dharan , yet remain ignorant of when the next train will leave Waterloo station — or where it is heading ? |
| 9 | ( b ) Where in addition there is a second charge If the former matrimonial home to be conveyed or transferred to the wife is subject to both a first and second charge it may be that whilst the first mortgagee is prepared to release the husband , upon having a direct covenant by the wife , the second mortgagee is not so agreeable . |
| 10 | Officially responsible for nearly a third of the 150,000 divorces granted annually . |
| 11 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 12 | And it is a a very important pathogen responsible for about a third of the cases of meningitis in in this country almost exclusively in children . |
| 13 | IT IS NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE ICI Chemicals & Polymers was formed on New Year 's Day in 1987 as a new group within ICI responsible for about a third of the Group 's total assets and turnover . |
| 14 | Chief Superintendent Meadows added : ’ Excessive speed is responsible for around a third of all vehicle occupancy deaths . |
| 15 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 16 | Horizontal cracking is usually evident at about every sixth course of bricks . |
| 17 | The " congress " of the combined French National Assembly and Senate ( lower and upper houses of parliament ) , holding a vote on June 23 for only the fourth time since the foundation of the Fifth Republic in 1958 ( earlier occasions being in 1963 , 1974 and 1976 ) , approved by 592 to 73 the constitutional amendments necessary before submitting the Treaty for ratification by referendum [ see also pp. 38882-83 ] . |
| 18 | And the victims ' relatives found policemen more worried about where the next beer was coming from , than catching killers . |
| 19 | When the poplar-tall Munton came on , his first ball was driven for four by Sohail who , 11 overs later , topped a hook off Lewis to reach 52 and take the total to 104 in only the 21st over . |
| 20 | Casting was practised here from the 13th to perhaps the mid-16th century AD , though terracotta sculpture was practised earlier . |
| 21 | Pan-European sales of research biochemicals had reached an estimated $536.4m by the end of 1990 with over a third of sales made in Germany , where the market is forecast to climb to $319m by the close of 1996 . |
| 22 | Politicians are also largely silent on how the next government will be able to carry out spending plans in view of the state of the productive economy . |