Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Geriatrics became a serious medical specialty for the first time . |
2 | The trouble for the Tory whips , and for such organisers of backbench opinion as the Chairman of the 1922 Committee , Cranley Onslow , was that far too many Conservative contenders appeared : Peter Brooke , the former Ulster Secretary ; Terence Higgins , a minister as long ago as Ted Heath 's government , and chairman of the Treasury Select Committee ; Sir Giles Shaw , another officer of the '22 ; Paul Channon , another former cabinet minister ; Dame Janet Fookes , some Tories ' hope as the first woman Speaker . |
3 | The plan should not be formulated and then forgotten after grant for the first year has been obtained . |
4 | Subsequently , polythene played an important part in radar during the Second World War . |
5 | THE DEATH of Harry Boot on 8 February at the age of 65 removes a distinguished figure from those who contributed in an outstanding way to the successful application of British science to radar during the Second World War . |
6 | He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday . |
7 | I expect that I shall think of the term 's work as a preparation for the second teaching practice . |
8 | It is against such a background of fervent articulate piety in Europe , always presenting the Church with the challenge of potential heresy , and occasionally erupting into mass movements like the hysterically fervent white-robed flagellants who lashed themselves in hysterical penitential preparation for the Second Coming , that the English situation in the fourteenth century has to be seen . |
9 | This put the central management of the Course on a more secure footing for the important preparation for the second resubmission of the Course in 1983 — 84 . |
10 | In preparation for the second round , Nebot , presenting an image of an energetic young leader , made public overtures to Bucarám on May 16 which hinted at the possibility of a populist alliance . |
11 | WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . |
12 | OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS Wolfgang stayed at home in Salzburg , learning arithmetic ( which he enjoyed ) , Latin , and Italian in preparation for the next trip . |
13 | Training after a main event should be much less dynamic and should concentrate on improving technique in preparation for the next competition . |
14 | She was moving back on board Wavebreaker in preparation for the next day 's early departure . |
15 | On top of that there could be time spent tutoring individual pupils with special needs before they had time to think of preparation for the next day . |
16 | Corbett , ignoring Ranulf 's pleas and remonstrances , told them both to get a good night 's sleep in preparation for the next morning . |
17 | This information seems to fit in well with the growing body of sporting opinion that good physical fitness training is intense , punctuated by good amounts of rest in preparation for the next effort . |
18 | When acceleration or deceleration is complete the transistor switch is opened and the capacitor can then recharge in preparation for the next speed change . |
19 | I knocked her weight down an eighth of an ounce in preparation for the next flight , but the next day the weather was too bad for flying , so I ‘ fattened ’ her up again . |
20 | Suggestions , in preparation for the next meeting , for those procedures that we still have to review , the procedure owners are going to put the information to us in one of two ways , if it is a minor modification procedure small changes of wording things need to be uncontroversial , we will resite the procedure with red line and strike out in the way that Jenny procedures have been prepared and circulate before the meeting . |
21 | 3 The leading arm then withdraws back to the body in preparation for the next move . |
22 | It 's money for preparation for the next phase of building work which is to restore the Grand Stair and the rainwater system which has failed . |
23 | I 'm sure you already have too many papers to read , but since I have spare copies I have enclosed a background paper we received on a European coastal conservation strategy , and a commentary on the EC and the Ramsar Convention in preparation for the 5th conference of the contracting parties of the Convention . |
24 | Colonic transit was similarly assessed with the four colonic segments and effluent as the fifth segment . |
25 | Many farmers still retained some milk for cheesemaking but regulations on the production and use of milk during the Second World War almost brought farmhouse production to a halt and it has never been resumed on an appreciable scale . |
26 | Using anti-env antiserum as the second layer , specific NIP.BSA-binding activity was detected in supernatants from pooled pNIPenv psi2 clones ( titre 10 3 G418 t.u. /ml ) and from clone psi2-NIPenv5 , but not from clone psi2-NIPenv1 or pooled psi2-DCNeo clones ( titre 10 3 G418 t.u. /ml ) . |
27 | If you 're complete beginners , active , familiar with camping or caravanning conditions , and two or you pay for our ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course in Nidri , then we know you 'll be safe to skipper your own yacht for the second week on flotilla . |
28 | We at the Bastille have been particularly blessed by his presence during the first concert of our season , in which his active participation and guidance were of invaluable help , especially for the recording of the Turangalîla-symphonie . |
29 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
30 | A great deal of research in the field during the twentieth century has been carried out by scholars trained , in the first instance , as historians , with an equally significant contribution by a number of eminent scholars working in museums ; these latter tended to introduce a strong art-historical bias . |