Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with Merseyside MPs Peter Kilfoyle and Eddie O'Hara he was instrumental in securing a £50,000 development grant for the firm last year . |
| 2 | The companies signed a contract for the venture last month , subject to regulatory approvals . |
| 3 | Hence our support for the Bill last year . |
| 4 | And any such maturing sales would mask the extent of support for the pound last month . |
| 5 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 6 | One was his failure to hold a direct election for the presidency last year . |
| 7 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 8 | The ambiguity of Jacques Chirac 's attitude to the National Front helped destroy his bid for the Presidency last year , and with it the credibility of the opposition to President Mitterrand . |
| 9 | It is the normal practice for the Treasury first to make an estimation of economic growth , inflation , public expenditure , and revenue receipts on the basis of unchanged fiscal policies . |
| 10 | The Library 's teams — winners of last year 's competition — did not fare so well this time , coming in 9th and 10th out of 14 teams , but the fishermen are hopeful of winning back the trophy for the Library next year . |
| 11 | Famous names such as Barnardo 's , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and The Spastics Society were hit by the full force of the recession last year . |
| 12 | Sporting Lisbon , who play Celtic in the UEFA Cup in midweek , suffered their first defeat of the season last night , beaten two one by Boavista . |
| 13 | A nephew of Napoleon I had been elected President of the French Second Republic in December 1848 and was to become Emperor of the French in 1852 . |
| 14 | A 23-year-old Glaswegian based in London , the wiry southpaw with the swarming style was voted boxer of the year last season , when he travelled to Las Vegas and beat the Mexican Javier Suazo for the IBF International championship for boxers ranked between No.10 and No.30 in the world . |
| 15 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 16 | In June a soldier of the German 50th Division before Fort Vaux declared that ‘ the torture of having to lie powerless and defenceless in the middle of an artillery battle ’ was ‘ something for which there is nothing comparable on earth ’ . |
| 17 | The driver was oiling an axle box when he turned round to see the trim figure of a young lady with a small boy near the first compartment of the carriage next to the tender . |
| 18 | PLANS for a voluntary split of business interests is among options which British Gas has proposed to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission which is due to report on the future of the industry next month . |
| 19 | The raven-haired 25-year-old , who starred in a TV thriller alongside ex-EastEnder Leslie Grantham , knew the screening of the film last week would open up old wounds . |
| 20 | Sky TV 's broadcast put the whole incident in the public eye , even though Goulding was formally cited after the Disciplinary Committee watched a tape of the game last Thursday when dealing with two men sent off in that match . |
| 21 | Cicely Hepwood sat at the other side of the table next to her husband , with Travis seated next to his mother . |
| 22 | I 'm going to shape the right side of the neck first , so I 'll be knitting over needles 0 to 60 on the right of the machine . |
| 23 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 24 | There is , however , one general rule which uses the wind bend principle : when sailing upwind head for the shoreline side of the beat first . |
| 25 | Existing Golf diesels are sold out , and the first 1992 models with the new larger body in right-hand-drive form began arriving on this side of the Channel last month . |
| 26 | It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm . |
| 27 | Labour 's Scottish constitutional affairs spokesman , Henry McLeish , said that the breakdown of cross-party talks in the row over the Scottish National Party 's vote with the Government last week gave a new responsibility and opportunity to the convention . |
| 28 | But it was n't until I read the piece in the paper last week that I decided to have another try . ’ |
| 29 | I putting the old car in the garage last night , straight up the this car went slow |
| 30 | At this point , technique becomes personal preference : you can either make the cut in the stock first and then prepare the bud for insertion , or prepare the bud , put it into your mouth ( handle protruding ) to keep the cut surface wet , make the stock cut and slip the bud in straight away . |