Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flockmasters had to forget the last decade when seat-of-the-pants management brought reasonable returns from a supported market . |
| 2 | Celebrations planned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of independence , on July 5 , were cancelled . |
| 3 | Ants had to play the first quarter one player short and did well to hold the Saracens to 9–9 . |
| 4 | Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows . |
| 5 | The procedures employed to conduct the second multi-agency enumeration survey were similar to those adopted in the first survey , the main differences being the need to revise the agencies employed to enumerate problem drug users ( see Parker et al . |
| 6 | The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole . |
| 7 | Hence the value of meals sacrificed to make the last film is also the marginal utility of the last meal times the number of meals sacrificed . |
| 8 | And equilibrium in the film industry , by equating the marginal utility of films to the marginal utility of the meals sacrificed to make the last film , guarantees that society 's resources are allocated efficiently . |
| 9 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 10 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 11 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 12 | O'Rourke appeared in court on Sept. 17 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds which carried a possible prison sentence of up to one year ; under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement , the federal prosecutors agreed to drop the third and more serious felony charge . |
| 13 | The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in the first half of 1992 . |
| 14 | Both men promised to return the next day . |
| 15 | And it may have been pertinent that in the major games ( and Bay of Plenty and Manawatu might rank only slightly below the status ) the home sides tended to dominate the last quarter of each game . |
| 16 | Given that she 'd nothing in particular to gain , the chances seemed to favour the first of these options . |
| 17 | The speedway fans started a campaign which was backed by the local MP and raised a petition signed by over five thousand names … today the speedway rulers decided to reorganise the first division and keep Swindon in it … |
| 18 | Mrs Pat Taylor , of Prestatyn , was one of 100 women nominated to attend the first North Wales Woman of the Year lunch , at the Kinmel Manor Hotel , Abergele , which raised £10,000 for the work of the children 's charity , Barnardos , in Wales . |
| 19 | Further declines in infant mortality and substantial declines in mortality of older adults had to await the twentieth century , where the former was substantially responsible for the improved trend in expectation of life ( see Woods and Hinde 1987 ) . |
| 20 | RUGBY League bosses had to overcome the first major fixture hurdle of the season last night . |