Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Chasing a massive 287 for six , which included a powerful 122 off only 113 balls from Phil Simmons , South Africa succumbed to some accurate bowling to be all out for 180 in the 43rd over to give West Indies victory by 107 runs . |
2 | Slow left-armer Tufnell had just removed opener Navjot Sidhu for 79 in the 13th over of the day , to leave India 174 for two , when Kambli charged Emburey but failed to connect properly . |
3 | ‘ The greatest mistake any adversary could make would be to doubt America 's resolve during this period of transition , ’ Clinton said in a statement outside the Arkansas governor 's mansion in Little Rock , where he has lived for 12 of the last 14 years . |
4 | England then had lost their last seven wickets for 58 in the first innings and eight for 67 in the second . |
5 | There was little turn , but great accuracy from the spin twins , and by capturing four wickets for 67 in the last session , England had done well . |
6 | But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century . |
7 | Christleton were all-out for 118 in the 39th over as Hall called upon their reserves of experience . |
8 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
9 | He took the wickets of Pakistan captain Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram in the first innings and followed up with three for 49 in the second , including Pakistan 's two top batsmen , Aamir Sohail and Salim Malik . |
10 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
11 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
12 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
13 | In my most cherished memory of him , he is standing on his chair , at a table for twenty-eight in The Last Great Australian Fish Restaurant , bopping and twisting and bellowing his way through ‘ I Ca n't Get No Satisfaction ’ , with his walkabout phone precariously jammed in the back pocket of a pair of apparently descending blue jeans . |
14 | LIMA — Peru is to propose the expulsion of Panama from the so-called group of Eight at the third summit of Latin American presidents beginning today because of the refusal of its military dictator , General Antonio Noriega , to institute democracy , writes Simon Strong . |
15 | Nigel Benn knocks down Welshman Nicky Piper for a count of eight in the 11th round at the Alexandra Palace and ( inset ) celebrates after successfully defending his WBC crown . |
16 | Ultimately , in May of 1568 in the 10th year of her reign , the Queen incorporated " The Governors , Assistants , and Commonalty for the Mines Royal " , reciting the Letters Patent granted to Thurland and Höchstetter on 10 October 1564 . |
17 | The fact is that the majority of the Conservative Party supported the appeasement line , through the National government , from before the Abyssinian crisis of 1935 to the Second World War . |
18 | The number of people out of work and claiming benefit for more than a year fell by 61,000 to a seven-year-low of 613,000 in the third quarter of the year , the Department of Employment said yesterday . |
19 | On Feb. 26 , 1991 , the Anglo-Dutch food and cleaning products company , Unilever , announced that it would be cutting 5,500 jobs from a total workforce of 110,000 over the next three years . |
20 | Hendry , however , won two of the next three frames , compiling a break of 67 in the seventh to lead by one at tea . |
21 | HANSIE CRONJE ( 75no ) and Andrew Hudson ( 52 ) helped South Africa reach 163-3 in reply to India 's total of 212 on the second day of the third Test in Port Elizabeth . |
22 | ; whereas from the end of the first half of 1979 to the third quarter of 1991 , there has been an increase of nearly 6 per cent . |
23 | The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate . |
24 | Pfizer reported net profits of 4900000 for the fourth quarter of 1991 , including compensatory heart-valve charges of $195m , compared to $154m last year . |
25 | After only getting 7 points compared to my target of 10 from the first 6 games , the lads have come back with 14 from the next 6 . |
26 | Showing no remorse , Parrott compiled a 75-break ; he took the lead for the first time with a more orthodox run of 83 in the next and then forged 4–2 ahead with a superb 70 clearance to black in frame six after trailing 58–0 . |
27 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
28 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
29 | However , the observed precession is 43.11 ( 45 ) arcsec larger ; this notation means 43.11 arcsec with an error of 45 in the last two digits , i.e. an error of ± 0.45 arcsec . |
30 | Wales seem ready to support a proposal by England which , if approved , could mean the end to the dominance of sevens in the last full month of the Scottish season . |