Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Institute 's standards , for example , training organisations are expected to pay for the students ' first examination attempt . |
| 2 | Elland Road , home of England 's football champions Leeds United , was the stage for the Springboks ' third game of their four-match tour , and the North Division took up the gauntlet . |
| 3 | Within two minutes Mike Hall put Peter Dods in for the Barbarians ' third try , and another four followed in a procession interrupted by one for Newport by John Thomas . |
| 4 | The tie is sponsored by Carmen Furniture , appropriate to the musical chairs likely for the Scots ' second outing and key to qualification for the knock-out stages — against Canada — where the intention is that Tony Stanger and Carl Hogg will play . |
| 5 | Swooping in on a spilled pass he gathered one-handed on the run for the winners ' fourth try , one that Rees just failed to convert . |
| 6 | South African tour manager Abie Malan , preparing for the tourists ' first game with England since 1984 , said : ‘ I am disappointed to hear such news on the eve of the last important match of our tour , one which the ANC publicly approved . |
| 7 | Walters landed a second penalty in the opening minute of the second-half before wing Wayne Proctor squeezed in at the left corner for the tourists ' third try . |
| 8 | A piece of magic from Collins settled the issue when he won a tackle and looped over a high pass for Chris Higgs to race clear for the Police 's fourth try . |
| 9 | This was partly due to the timescale involved ( the commitment to privatise during the Conservatives ' third term ruled out any complex break-up ) , but was also due to the problems involved with the nuclear industry . |
| 10 | However , promises were made to shift the emphasis of policy during the Conservatives ' third term towards reforming the private rented sector of the housing market . |
| 11 | The very day after the judges ' first meeting , the slenderness of the chances of anything being built , as a result of the competition , was publicly revealed . |
| 12 | The gathering of about 90 delegates from most Highland denominations took place a year after the churches ' first AIDS conference . |
| 13 | The windows are open to the night , spilling the sound of the pretenders ' first album out over the slope of grass towards the small loch and the lights of the library and Admin buildings on the far side . |
| 14 | When the Linfield manager gets a telephone call from Windsor Park tonight it will provide details of the Blues ' first domestic defeat in the season — and their worst performance to date . |
| 15 | By the end of the colleges ' last school year on 31 August , nearly £19 million had been contributed to city technology colleges by the private sector . |
| 16 | One of the apprentices ' last projects was to build a microlight aircraft to fly to Gibraltar . |
| 17 | The 1985 study reports no examples of parents teaching their children at home under the guidance of a teacher ; no activity packs for use at the time of the children 's first admission to school ; no parents helping in the classroom with music , and no home-school liaison assistants or secondary/junior/infant liaison teachers . |
| 18 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 19 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 20 | Glasgow City Brightsiders are the only one of the leading men 's sides in action and they can overtake Edinburgh Burger Kings at the top of the men 's first division if , as they should , they take care of the young Cumnock team at Cumnock Academy tomorrow . |
| 21 | Glasgow City Brightsiders went back to the top of the men 's first division with a 117-67 away win over Cumnock . |
| 22 | Pentland — who are currently propping up the bottom of the men 's first division table without a win — have called for a bigger , more competitive league next season . |
| 23 | The Manchester outrage is a considerable escalation from the terrorists ' last attempt to place bombs in the city almost a year ago to the day . |
| 24 | However , it will be a week on Sunday before the men 's first division title is settled following Livingston Bulls ' surprise defeat by Edinburgh Burger Kings at Meadowbank last Friday . |
| 25 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
| 26 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
| 27 | In the men 's First Division , there were no surprises with Malory , the champions , beating MGI Wessex 15-6 , 15-13 , 15-13 and Polonia , who have made such a fine start to the season , defeating Hilton Leeds in five sets . |
| 28 | Chelsea-bound Kharin was due to make his farewell appearance for CSKA Moscow in the Scots ' second match of the champions ' league in Bochum . |
| 29 | In the Kiwis ' first innings , Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-25 and Muthiah Muralidaran 3-22 , their best Test figures . |
| 30 | Now the tourists find themselves the underdogs with Will Carling expected to lead England to their third win in the sides ' 10th meeting . |