Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Indeed , it is psychologists who have been among those who have queried most sharply even the theoretical feasibility of my third criterion ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Thinking of your next winner ? ’ one of the lads interrupted her reverie as the string turned back to the stable . |
| 3 | James V ordered that the Crown of Scotland be remodelled in time for him to wear it at the coronation of his second Queen , Mary of Guise-Lorraine , at Holyrood Abbey in February 1540 . |
| 4 | She felt as guilty about running away as if she had just robbed a lame beggar of his last groat . |
| 5 | At the time of her second marriage she was in love with Henry Pierce , an attorney 's clerk and associate of her first husband . |
| 6 | A charming cover , such an improvement on the terrible yellow of her first novel The Wayward Tide . |
| 7 | It was through this initiative that Nick finally got to meet his great hero , James Cameron , and after the collapse of his first marriage , he married Cameron 's step-daughter , Sabeita . |
| 8 | Or did Wilson , plagued by his physical disabilities and frustrated in his political and industrial life after the collapse of his first efforts at organisation in 1894 , gradually become a different man ? |
| 9 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
| 10 | Such couples are often recognized by the loss of their first names : they become Mummy and Daddy to one another as well as to the children . |
| 11 | Schools threatened with closure or with the loss of their sixth forms are among the most likely to seriously consider opting out , and the Grammar School Association expects about one-third of the remaining 150 grammar schools to opt out . |
| 12 | It is exemplified in the following extract from a letter addressed in April 1866 to my grandfather , Henry Cecil , on the loss of his first child , a daughter , aged four weeks : |
| 13 | DUKE McKenzie suffered the cruellest of body blows to his career and pride last night the loss of his third world title on a split decision in his home country . |
| 14 | He was given command of his first ship three years later and named the Queen 's Equerry in 1986 following the death of Major Hugh Lindsay in an avalanche at Klosters while skiing with the Prince of Wales . |
| 15 | The 41 women who did not report the result of their last insemination cycle ( over the entire follow up period ) were recorded as not successful up to their last but one cycle . |
| 16 | Their attempts to acquire Bigorre and Comminges were effectively blocked by the counts of Foix , but Bernard VI of Armagnac 's inheritance of the town and comté of Rodez in 1304 ( as a result of his second marriage to Cécile , daughter of Henri , count of Rodez ) was a valuable acquisition . |
| 17 | He was the first to admit that he had been psychologically screwed-up when he joined them after eleven years with the elite American anti-terrorist squad , Delta — a state of mind that had come about as a result of his last Delta mission . |
| 18 | I did n't feel it was worthwhile to make an effort in England any more if this was to be the result of my first exposure in England since Robert Fraser collapsed . |
| 19 | it has all the ingredients I wanted ; Figure 1 was the result of my first visit . |
| 20 | John Carter was charged with the murder of his third wife , Rhoda Anne Carter , on 16 November 1893 . |
| 21 | By the power of his mind , he had the ability to focus a film-like apparition of their last hours on a blank wall … there , quite clearly , were Mallory and Irvine with their backs to the summit , which was a small distance above them … ’ ’ |
| 22 | Unfortunately , there is n't space to illustrate it in this issue , but I will include a photograph of it next time . |
| 23 | In the picture my father was holding a portrait-sized photograph of his first wife , Eric 's mother , and she was the only one who was smiling . |
| 24 | When Mala switched off , there was none of the intimate cosiness of her last talk with Chertro . |
| 25 | ‘ The club can not afford a repeat of their last promotion success . |
| 26 | In Example 21 , Franck gives an almost identical repeat of his first phrase ( bars 1 and 2 ) , with just enough change to satisfy a forward harmonic movement which is stronger than that in the Ravel . |
| 27 | But , despite all the cleverly wrought curlicues , the combo 's most successful material was the most conventional ; the simple , undulating rhythm of their first encore , King of the Unknown Sea , as yet unrecorded , was one of the evening 's simplest and most persuasive offerings . |
| 28 | In the third chapter of his second letter , the apostle Peter predicted that a time will come when people will poke fun at the ‘ blessed hope ’ of every true believer , the promised and eagerly awaited personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 29 | I pretend I am at my father 's in the spring of my eighth year , staying awake late together , the two of us , miles past bedtime , eating cold takeout spaghetti from the local Italian deli , watching My Man Godfrey on hastily edited late night television , the tiny room dark but for the flicker of a tatty late night screen , our tired eyes bleary but soft , placid , from feeding . |
| 30 | So the World Championships starting at Saalbach on 22 January looked certain to feed the ambitions of champions like Tomba and Kronberger , in search of their first gold medal , and newcomers getting a taste of success in the World Cup . |