Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] its [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The Board of Trade , a free-trading department down to its last paper-clip , had long opposed this restrictive practice as a conspiracy against the consumer and as a malign , artificial inflator of prices . |
2 | Ray Hanna too G–FIRE up for its first test flight on March 14 , 1981 , in primer . |
3 | That way , we can strip the thing down to its last nut and bolt . |
4 | Last week , practically at the last minute , it reportedly decided to press the code for a 30-way system on to its first CD-ROM . |
5 | The Headmaster had decided that he would retire when he had completed 21 years at the School ; the Chairman of Governors had recently celebrated his 80th birthday , and was considering his future commitments ; the Bursar had also decided to retire : it seemed that there would be a new team at the top to take the School on from its 475th birthday . |