Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] its [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 2 | The invasion of the non-marine habitat probably first happened in the Carboniferous , but relatives of the living land snails are rare before the Cretaceous , at which time the familiar Helix made its first appearance . |
| 3 | In 1988 the National Radiological Protection Board produced its first report commissioned by the government into whether there was any link . |
| 4 | Legislation to allow Nazi war criminals to be put on trial passed its first reading in the Commons . |
| 5 | The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884 . |
| 6 | Communism found its first means of expression in the various international organizations ( the Internationals ) that were established by Marx and Engels and their followers from the 1860s on . |
| 7 | Five years ago DIP entered its second phase , thanks to the development of software that not only handled image storage and retrieval but actively managed the routing and movement of images around an organisation . |
| 8 | But as the case entered its seventh day , she withdrew her claim with both sides agreeing to pay their own costs . |
| 9 | Ten years ago on 25 June the Joint European Torus ( JET ) experiment produced its first plasma . |
| 10 | Smyth and Kilgore form a formidable half-back partnership in the City of Derry rugby team but both will be absent when the club plays its first game at its new Judges Road ground tomorrow . |
| 11 | Juniors ' new deal meets its first deadline |
| 12 | The grateful club played its first game in over a year last month , but , surprisingly , not in Broomfield and Alexander colours . |
| 13 | Last year the British opencast industry celebrated its 50th anniversary . |
| 14 | The rock surrendered its last hope |
| 15 | In 1983 the Club celebrated its 75th birthday with an Anniversary Ball at Phyllis Court . |
| 16 | Melbourne College celebrated its 25th Anniversary and Jean Moss 's Medau Class gave a mini display in an Open Evening 's programme . |
| 17 | Opening the 1993 season , Lyles Golf Club started its third year with two competitions on the same day at Braehead Golf Club , Alloa , on 16th April . |
| 18 | The programme completed its first year in May during which time 25 miles of footpaths were improved . |
| 19 | The Royal Air Force celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary next week at the International Air Tattoo at R-A-F Fairford , the biggest airshow in the world . |
| 20 | A striking flash of yellow drew crowds to the River Ouse in April when the Bedford Rowing Club launched its second Wimpey sponsored boat . |
| 21 | The task force published its first report in September 1988 . |
| 22 | On Jan. 22 the Medellín cartel released its fifth hostage , Alvaro Diego Montoya Escobar ( the son of the General Secretary of the Presidency Germán Montoya Vélez ) , kidnapped on Dec. 17 , 1989 , as proof of its claimed intention to achieve a peaceful settlement with the government . |
| 23 | In 1830 , the National Association held its first conference . |
| 24 | This was symbolized in 1908 when the World Sunday School Association held its sixth conference in Washington , under the presidency of F. B. Meyer , the Baptist who succeeded Newman Hall as minister of Christ Church , Westminster Bridge Road . |
| 25 | In the same year the Department gained its first Deputy General Manager with the promotion of Anthony Depledge from Traffic Manager . |
| 26 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 27 | As the tape makes its first pass , the first pair of heads scans half the tape . |
| 28 | When the measure received its first reading in Strasbourg , MEPs secured a number of changes on , for instance , the definition of polymers , safety data sheets and compulsory use of child-proof containers for dangerous substances intended for domestic use . |
| 29 | Earlier , in May 1939 , No 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron received its first spitfire , also becoming the first Auxiliary Unit in Britain to be equipped with the new 1000 H.P. 8-gun interceptors . |
| 30 | A Bill of Parliament received its second reading on 23 March 1930 , but by February 1932 , there had been a change in the government and Mr. Pybus , the new Minister of Transport , decided to drop the Bill . |