Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 2 | The company says its experience this time through is different from when the first Snakes were delayed by shortfalls in the Texas Instruments Inc-produced floating point unit because it 's controlling all design and all fabrication . |
| 3 | Dr Mumby was found guilty of only the first and last charges , for which he was admonished . |
| 4 | Keyboard studies remain paramount for about a third of music college undergraduates although opportunities are provided for the learning of a second instrument or singing . |
| 5 | Now there 's a new twist : how come we can know when a missile is even threatening to fall on Tel Aviv or Riyadh or Dharan , yet remain ignorant of when the next train will leave Waterloo station — or where it is heading ? |
| 6 | ( b ) Where in addition there is a second charge If the former matrimonial home to be conveyed or transferred to the wife is subject to both a first and second charge it may be that whilst the first mortgagee is prepared to release the husband , upon having a direct covenant by the wife , the second mortgagee is not so agreeable . |
| 7 | Officially responsible for nearly a third of the 150,000 divorces granted annually . |
| 8 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 9 | And it is a a very important pathogen responsible for about a third of the cases of meningitis in in this country almost exclusively in children . |
| 10 | IT IS NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE ICI Chemicals & Polymers was formed on New Year 's Day in 1987 as a new group within ICI responsible for about a third of the Group 's total assets and turnover . |
| 11 | Chief Superintendent Meadows added : ’ Excessive speed is responsible for around a third of all vehicle occupancy deaths . |
| 12 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 13 | Horizontal cracking is usually evident at about every sixth course of bricks . |
| 14 | And the victims ' relatives found policemen more worried about where the next beer was coming from , than catching killers . |
| 15 | Politicians are also largely silent on how the next government will be able to carry out spending plans in view of the state of the productive economy . |