Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 2 | " Proceeds " in s.5(4) covers money received from a third party who had cashed a cheque for the accused : Davis ( 1989 ) 88 Cr App R 347 ( CA ) . |
| 3 | There is a difficult , and unresolved , question about the application of the " fair comment " defence to comment by a third party which is published in a newspaper . |
| 4 | With large files , there will frequently be a cylinder index added as a first level index . |
| 5 | Shoemaking with CAD starts with a last marked with a grid and clamped in a digitizer . |
| 6 | Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system . |
| 7 | Two years of basic research led to a first description of Mamprusi court ritual and the system of succession . |
| 8 | The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions . |
| 9 | The ‘ central zone ’ went the same way during March , its collapse preceded by a second ‘ civil war within the Civil War ’ : a tragicomic affair in which ‘ rebels ’ under Colonel Casado , anxious to negotiate a surrender , engineered a coup and then clashed with Communists eager to fight to the last . |
| 10 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 11 | They got it when Inzamam was short of speed returning for a second run , and Malcolm 's throw from third man was slickly relayed by Russell to the bowler 's end . |
| 12 | Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office . |
| 13 | Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy . |
| 14 | It 's interesting that no no other than Tony M P Secretary of State , speaking at the conference , Building on Success , said that the erm construction industry accounts for a tenth of our National G D P . |
| 15 | A large stone can provide a technical problem particular if hard ; in patient XIII the lithotrite cored a hole in a 28 mm stone , which did not break up and required subsequent cholecystoscopy and contact lithotripsy followed by a second rotary lithotripsy procedure . |
| 16 | The disruption caused by a second spell in which roads and pavements are dug up would be too great . |
| 17 | In the remaining seats , the candidates who got more than an eighth of the total vote go to a second ballot . |
| 18 | Macready raised his stick , cruel mouth curving like a second scar , and a foot-long blade sprang out . |
| 19 | Fighting continued into a second day , with the presidential palace again coming under fire from the air and from snipers , despite presidential assurances to the country that the situation was under control . |
| 20 | Section 2(1) can have no application in these circumstances , since any liability owed to a third party victim who suffers the death or personal injury remains unaffected by the indemnity ( Thompson ) . |
| 21 | A payment made by a third party to a company 's employee , but taxable under Sch E as arising from his employment , was subject to deduction of income tax at source under the PAYE Regulations , according to the High Court in Booth v Mirror Group Newspapers plc [ 1992 ] STI 662 . |
| 22 | On the other hand , there are various quite distinct routes , and a single mathematical or physical system may exhibit more than one of them ; a change in some parameter can lead to a qualitative change in the route adopted as a second parameter is varied . |
| 23 | The transaction may also take the form of a reverse takeover or a rights issue underwritten by a third party who expects to acquire a controlling interest pursuant to the underwriting . |
| 24 | Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back . |
| 25 | Three hundred and twenty-five works of art reported missing from Paris 's Musée Jacquemart-André in an inventory published in April 1991 by the Cour des Comptes the lofty body responsible for controlling public finance have not only been found , but never left the museum according to a second survey carried out by order of a Paris court . |
| 26 | In the 1840s only a quarter of London 's newcomers ended up south of the Thames , but during the following three decades the proportion grew to a third . |
| 27 | In other moves , the Chancellor increased by a fifth the duty charged on free fuel supplied to company car users for private use and abolished the 50 per cent discount on this for drivers doing more than 18,000 business miles a year . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll see you in , ’ he said when the car 's engine died on a last throaty purr in the Hamiltons ' driveway . |
| 29 | HOME ownership increased by a fifth and average prices trebled between 1979 and now but the story has turned sour for many homebuyers in recent years as mortgage arrears and repossessions soared . |
| 30 | Determined to achieve his ambition of a modern building on the site , the developer went to a second architect , James Stirling , for a new design . |