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 .
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