Example sentences of "[adj] and [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 2 | The price for the first seems high and for the second low for a house with six acres and a lodge , but it used to be the headquarters of British Coal 's opencast mining subsidiary , which can not have done it any good . |
| 3 | But by the fourteenth century , contemplation had become something very different and in the second part of his book , Hilton explained to his nun what the modern , innovative Contemplation involved . |
| 4 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 5 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 6 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 7 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 8 | " The neighbourhood was not very populous and during the first three days our visitors were few , some children from the village below , a gypsy woman or two with dark eyes , who carried of a few halfpence , and perhaps a chance passer by . |
| 9 | Because they were already in successful careers they were able to learn fast and by the second week our Gofer teams were veteran roadies . |
| 10 | At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged . |
| 11 | Really dowdy , quite pretty but really dowdy and at the next one you see she 's erm this real baddie got bite my boots and real trendy sort of bimbo type character ai n't she ? |
| 12 | At the beginning of the 19th century the condition of the agricultural workers was desperately poor and for the next forty years wages did not improve . |
| 13 | Their direction was poor and in the first 12 overs they conceded 12 wides and no-balls , so it was an unexpected bonus when Donald , with the last delivery in his first spell of four overs , had Haynes caught at backward square-leg . |
| 14 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 15 | The endowment fund for such masses was enormous and in the thirteenth century some system of regulation was required . |
| 16 | The easier areas of supply are beginning to become saturated and over the last few years more effort has tended to be put into SUPPLYING gas to outlying villages which , because of the application of modern pipelaying techniques , and the subsequent reduction in unit costs , have become more attractive . |
| 17 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 18 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 19 | This was the worst part as by now everyone was tired , hungry , needed a long hot bath and still had a long drive home ; however spirits were cheerful and by the 29th May we were ready to do it all again . |
| 20 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 21 | In the first place , he 's wealthy and in the second place I never could get on with his father . |
| 22 | For over a week government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance , but the army remained loyal and by the second half of December the workers , movement was clearly on the retreat . |