Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book caused Robert Blatchford , editor of the socialist newspaper The Clarion , to write to Mr Carpenter in some concern : economic change had to come first , said Mr Blatchford , and it would therefore be better not to mention sex until after socialism had been achieved . |
| 2 | So far this chapter has attempted first to document the range of inequalities existing today in the areas of education , health , housing , work and income maintenance services after more than thirty years of welfare state policies ; and second , to estimate the trends in these inequalities during the same period , and the effects of social policies upon them . |
| 3 | One that forces you to listen to what this 18-year-old has to say next . |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend consider rearranging next week 's business to enable us to have an urgent debate on industrial relations , bearing in mind that our reforms over the past 12 years have brought industrial relations to a new level of success ? |
| 5 | I wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman has read last week 's edition of The Economist , which investigated which European Community countries conformed with the convergence conditions set in the treaty . |
| 6 | The German economy stopped growing last summer and is now in deep recession , with industrial output in the year to March down more than 10% . |
| 7 | He used to say that he wanted to give prose the strength and stature of poetry ; but part of this project seemed to include first cutting poetry down to size . |
| 8 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 9 | Well I think the answer to that is you 've got to remember this kind of hunting is cooperative and cooperative hunting does rely first of all on having other men to go hunting with you which is , which is important and also or so I 'm told by people like David McKnight and Warren Shapiro an awful lot depends on information , we want to know where the game is , who saw what where , what did they catch you know , was there rainfall over the so and so ranges and so on , and you need to know that information if you 're gon na be an effective hunter and you need good communication with other men . |
| 10 | Germany 's trade surplus with the rest of the European Community did shrink last year , to DM65 billion ( $40 billion ) from DM94 billion in 1989 . |
| 11 | Still only 39 , Ian confesses to adoring his wife — hence the silk rose for Valentine 's Day — and a determination to put the love boat out in style when his 20-year-old daughter gets married next year . |
| 12 | The custom-built disease has gone next door . |
| 13 | Those with least distance to travel arrived first , as one would expect . |
| 14 | Sapiens International Corp has reported first quarter net profit down 37.9% at $402,000 , on sales up 26.7% to $8.7m . |
| 15 | Sapiens International Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits up 61.6% at $3m , on turnover up 94.5% at $16.1m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 1,027.7% at $6.5m , on turnover that rose 96.2% to $37.8m . |
| 16 | Analogic Corp has reported second quarter net profits up 45.3% at $2.9m , on turnover up 18.3% at $43m ; mid-term net rose 31% to $5.7m , on turnover that rose 17.4% at $84m . |
| 17 | Important work had to take first place . |
| 18 | England 's 34–32 half-time lead left them bang on target for the four-point margin required to overturn last year 's narrow 77–74 reverse in Moscow . |
| 19 | Or you could you could point to that directory called put first of all . |
| 20 | Legent Corp has reported second quarter net profits up 85.9% at $18.4m , on turnover up 0.2% at $102.6m ; mid-term net rose 66.7% to $37.5m , on turnover up 9.8% at $219.3m . |
| 21 | One practice has used last year 's savings to clear its waiting list totally for eye , orthopaedic , and ear , nose , and throat surgery by purchasing the operations from the private sector . |
| 22 | There was one stratagem left to try first . |
| 23 | THIS full-brother to Southern Minstrel has finished second in three novice chases this term . |
| 24 | Trinzic Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits of $143,000 against losses of $1.1m last time , after $1.2m non-recurring charges related to the write-off of software last time , on turnover down 7% at $11.1m ; net losses for the year to March 31 stood at $8.9m down from losses of $11.7m last time , on turnover that rose 4% to $41.3m . |
| 25 | Anglian Water refused to attend last night 's meeting and Mr Cox accused them of a ‘ stone wall of silence . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ A young girl got attacked last week , my mate in the police told me . |
| 27 | Eastern Germany aside , the rest of Eastern Europe has been economically timid , and the Soviet Union has done next to nothing . |
| 28 | However , religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation . |
| 29 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 30 | There was jubilation that a local team had come first . |