Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years of basic research led to a first description of Mamprusi court ritual and the system of succession . |
| 2 | In the remaining seats , the candidates who got more than an eighth of the total vote go to a second ballot . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
| 8 | 5.2 Miscellaneous It will be no breach of confidentiality to disclose documents on discovery in the course of litigation even if they are held subject to a duty of confidence owed to a third party . |
| 9 | The emergence of task-oriented behaviour in the group leads to a second pattern of behaviour — the socio-emotional or maintenance behaviour . |
| 10 | At home they had behaved as if she were a toddler going to a first party in a party frock rather than a huge ungainly student eighteen years of age going to university dressed from head to toe in dark clothes . |
| 11 | If the absence continues to a fourth day , at that time , you or some other person acting on your behalf , must notify the Divisional/Section Head of the continuing absence and whether the period of absence is likely to continue beyond the seventh day . |
| 12 | Though this case is always cited on the issue of whether the performance of a contractual obligation owed to a third party can be good consideration , the principal point at issue was whether the testator made an offer of contract at all . |
| 13 | The putative kinase domain of atk does not , however , have the equivalent residue corresponding to a second auto-regulatory site at Tyr527 found in many cellular src proteins . |
| 14 | But where the pre-existing obligation is a contractual duty owed to a third party , some other ground of public policy must be relied on to invalidate the consideration ( if otherwise legal ) … |
| 15 | It can only be hoped that , should the book go to a second edition , the publishers will make time to consult properly and correct the errors . |
| 16 | The disappointment Haslam inevitably felt at being let down in this way led to a second turning point in his career and one of those ‘ negative accidents ’ that ultimately proved to have a positive outcome . |
| 17 | The bar chart shows what the average Westerner consumes in a year compared to a Third World person : the shaded area represents the Third World . |
| 18 | The same objection applies to a third possibility , namely , that the sections apply only to dealings with property , immovable or movable , situate in England and Wales at the relevant time . |