Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | CITY share strategists believe that if Labour forms the next government , or leads a coalition government in a hung Parliament , investment sentiment will swing away from companies linked to the British economy in favour of those making the bulk of their profits overseas . |
2 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
3 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
4 | Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second . |
5 | Very few organizations the first model due to its prohibitive cost . |
6 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
7 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
8 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
9 | The Hindu promised fresh disclosures the next day , but Wednesday 's paper contained no more reports . |
10 | This is condemnation indeed , but more crucial is the circumstance that in its diminished state , criminal law remains for some students the first impression of serious legal study . |
11 | The ‘ A ’ or No. 1 solution is then applied liberally and after about 10 minutes the second solution is applied . |
12 | Sometimes it would start first thing in the morning and go on until the early hours the next day , ’ she said . |
13 | They 're going to govern the country , they cut the money off from they cut the support grant from the , the from the district council , and still are , still are , and there 's going to be even bigger cuts the next year . |
14 | I am already planning to catch more and bigger ones the next time I come . |
15 | CORONER 'S REPORT , SECTION 224 : Lepine was seen on the campus at least ten times before December 6 : in September at the student co-op , then three times the next month in the Polytechnic building , in November at the administrative building , and four times in the first week of December , and the last time in the cafeteria on the ground floor . |
16 | Glenmuir , which has become synonymous with top quality golfwear , is offering exclusive to Golf Monthly readers the first prize of tickets for two to this unique spectacle , held this year from the 25th to the 29th of September . |
17 | According to Jazz head of sales and marketing Katy Turner , the appointment gives the three stations the first opportunity to sell against Capital , the UK 's largest radio station . |
18 | I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all . |
19 | There were no happier men the next day than the Labour Scottish leadership . |
20 | In the case of skilled jobs , the initial approach was made by telephone , and for white-collar jobs the first approach was by letter . |
21 | Economic indicators from the RF State Statistics Committee reported in Ekonomika i zhizn issue 17 , April 1992 , showed that in all sectors the first quarter of 1992 showed a fall in output compared with the similar period in 1991 . |
22 | For many companies the first pay and file deadline is now less than 12 months away . |
23 | In innumerable works one finds that for many movements the last bar of one movement changes to the time signature of the following movement . |
24 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
25 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
26 | How often , in my past life , I had claimed that one of the great benefits the nineteenth century had conferred on the West had been science 's liberation of thought and feeling from organized religion . |
27 | On great occasions the third Earl of Egremont would entertain 6000 people at Petworth and his 160 servants would be hard-pressed ; by contrast Bishop Trevor managed his retreat at Glynde with a combined staff of 16 , including a trainbearer , a French cook , and a ‘ jolly old coachman ’ . |
28 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
29 | If everything tumbled into place there was just a chance that they could be on the same ferry as the Renault , at 1330 hours the next day . |
30 | He had only two more readings the next day , in Perth , before his release . |