Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The writ named the Secretary of State for the Environment as the first party for failing to provide the necessary certificates , with the Coal Board conjoined as second party .
2 Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) .
3 The roof fell in last night . ’
4 Well that 's what I was going to say if if we could make it that the training course came after next week and not next week then
5 Initially , the establishment ( in 1989 ) of an entire museum devoted to 10th century design seemed to constitute a threat to the status of the V&A as an up-to-date institution .
6 Diana was overwhelmed by the horror spotlighted in last week 's Mirror shock issue on the African nation 's famine .
7 After his inclusion in the side the Town rose from seventeenth place to third , where they finished the season , their highest position yet .
8 The sudden collapse in sterling came despite last week 's 1-point rise in base rates to 15 per cent , intended to defuse the selling pressure and reinforce the Government 's battle against inflation .
9 And some of the worst excesses during this period came from Third World governments , such as Sanjay Ghandi 's notorious sterilisation campaign in India in 1976 .
10 According to French sources , the problems with the Longines Classic started at last year 's event when , though the sponsors paid out the prize money , it did not reach the players .
11 Argentina 's Jorge Recalde , who had been Sainz 's main challenger through the six-day rally fell to third place , 59 minutes behind the leader after both the rear and front drive shafts of his Lancia HF Integrale failed .
12 The Saint 's views on Rovers appear in Matchday , a new magazine devoted to first division football .
13 BLACKPOOL : A bit of a cheer went up when the news came through last week in Brighton of the Government 's humiliation at the hands of the Bundesbank .
14 But the home tie with West Ham in the next round went to Second Division West Bromwich Albion .
15 ‘ We also want to know exactly how Garland spent his time from Saturday afternoon when his father died to last night when somebody shot him on the wharf .
16 The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door !
17 Zitel Corp saw in first quarter net losses of $3.1m against $61,000 profits last time , on sales down 43.7% to $6.3m .
18 West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay .
19 The music came from next door and when he left the bathroom and turned into the sitting room he felt dizzy .
20 VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep .
21 The row simmered on last week despite deliberate efforts in Bonn to brush the affair under the carpet and diversionary events such as Stoltenberg 's resignation , campaigns for state elections today in Baden-Wurttemberg and Schleswig-Holstein — and Kohl 's 62nd birthday celebrations .
22 Where do you lot got with last night , pissed off . .
23 That improvement came despite last year 's drought and reflects our better feeding regime using the complete diet feeder .
24 In addition to this major report on the Christian family , which is the Board 's contribution to the twin track work with the panel on doctrine , the Board also offers an interim report on young people in the media , and its final report presaged at last year 's general assembly on ritual abuse .
25 Hardware faltered in last place with median annual turnover having dwindled 3.1% and below average pre-tax growth of 5.4% , but the companies in the hardware sector that survived the 1980s bubble are more soundly based .
26 Then , ‘ The money , ’ she said with a snap , as her brain clicked into fourth gear .
27 O & Y said the company had until next week to find the money .
28 Plans requiring more efficient electric lights and tax benefits for generators of wind , solar , and geothermal energy survived until last week , when the White House finally rejected them .
29 The Mendeleev Table appeared at first sight to conclude the study of the atomic theory by setting a limit to the existence of fundamentally different kinds of matter .
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