Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This research attempts to provide the first detailed study of the formation of the modern medical profession within the context of local communities . |
| 2 | Lack of early-season form undermined their attempts to reach the last eight of the Benson & Hedges Cup , and in the Refuge League they were inconsistent . |
| 3 | Throughout 1971 and 1972 he remained in Britain 's top three heavyweights , but was overlooked when the BBBC ordered a series of eliminators to decide the next British title challenger . |
| 4 | Once one army had been crushed , the efficient German rail system was to convey the victorious troops to engage the second Russian army . |
| 5 | At the end of September , 35 English dealers and 15 from the Continent joined 35 American dealers to hold the first International Antique Dealers ' Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue , in the heart of Manhattan . |
| 6 | Fresh from launching the new Walt Disney range of ties ( ’ Huey , Dewey and Louie are very popular ’ ) and ‘ art-to-wear ’ scarves collection , chairman Roy Bishko hiked up his trousers to reveal the next big thing : socks covered with brightly coloured ties . |
| 7 | Rejected appeals to commit the next Labour government to introducing a Bill of Rights . |
| 8 | The November 1972 decision by the French government to invite its European partners to develop a launcher , the L-35 , took seven years to produce the first successful Ariane launch , on 24 December 1979 . |
| 9 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 10 | One can scarcely comprehend a hand-chiselled stollen being taken right through to the water — no drill holes to probe ahead and no explosives to blast the last few feet away . |
| 11 | It took only minutes under the hot jets to wash the last dreamy remnants of sleep away , and then once again all the previous night 's fears came rushing back . |
| 12 | The results achieved by a number of research groups were sufficiently encouraging for many academics to form the first commercial companies to develop and market AI software . |
| 13 | So Carlton 's proposals to televise the first four books in Mike 's Angel series next year may be welcome . |
| 14 | Their opponents tomorrow will be Spain , the second seeds , who overwhelmed the Soviet Union in the two singles matches to reach the last four . |
| 15 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 16 | The programme was changed for the final to allow her to make unlimited unforced errors , and after holding points to win the first four games , which she did n't , she hardly raised a challenge . |
| 17 | The approach route to the mountain was complicated by dense bamboo forest on the final climb up the Kusum Khola , hacking through thickets to cover the last four miles to the base camp at 4,000 metres . |
| 18 | To tie in , the BFI have launched the first of four booklets to accompany the first four movies named in the series , THE WIZARD OF OZ , DOUBLE INDEMNITY , STAGECOACH and WENT THE DAY WELL . |
| 19 | Kate and Tom Ballard will be four and six respectively by the time their mother , Alison Hargreaves , attempts to become the first British woman to ascend Everest ; by next August they should be used to life in the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition base camp . |
| 20 | Tom ( left ) will be six and Kate ( right ) four by the time next year when Alison , as part of the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition , attempts to become the first British woman to ascend Everest . |
| 21 | policemen to guard the last Cuban mahogany trees |