Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] be [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 So , the Conservative response to Mr Smith 's Budget was at first feeble .
2 It appealed directly to aristocratic sporting interests , and the Zoological Gardens in Regent 's Park were at first restricted to members and their guests .
3 It is true that the British Medical Journal wrote favourably about his technique in 1930 : ‘ Mr. Alexander 's work is of first class importance and investigation by the medical profession is imperative . ’
4 When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor .
5 Despite her discovery of the simpler B pattern , Franklin 's attention was at first directed to the more crystalline A form ; but by March 1953 she had carried the quantitive analysis of the B form patterns to the point where the paths of the backbone chains were determined , and she wrote up her work in a typescript dated 17 March — one day before news of the Watson and Crick structure reached King 's .
6 For example , what should the government 's policy be towards First Secretary Gorbachev 's attempt at perestroika ( economic and social reconstruction within the Soviet Union ) ?
7 The next reading of the private member 's bill is on 17th January , so would as many people as possible press the case with their MP — to make life easier , a draft letter is available to which you need only add MP 's name and your name and address .
8 Allan Donald 's hostility was at last rewarded with a wicket off his final delivery from his 12 overs .
9 And erm Mark was in last week he said
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