Example sentences of "[noun sg] of the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The workforce reduction and other actions will result in a one-time charge of $40m to be taken against the fourth quarter figures , but Cray expects to remain profitable for the year , and sees higher profitability as a result of the measures next year . |
| 8 | Europe provided 42 p.c. of the profits last year . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | The first brigade of the US 82nd Airborne Division , numbering some 4,000 men , was dispatched within hours of the announcement , as were the first F-15 fighter bombers and AWACS radar aircraft . |
| 11 | Of equal importance , it can be argued , to the Vietminh cause was the half-dozen Colt 45s which Ho had obtained from US sources , together with a signed photograph of the US 14th Airforce Commander , General Chennault . |
| 12 | The independent turn of mind of the youngsters first showed itself when they were invited to choose who to throw out of a descending balloon . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It appeared she had put the glass instead of the film side of the plates next to the lens . |
| 18 | Cicely Hepwood sat at the other side of the table next to her husband , with Travis seated next to his mother . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 21 | There is , however , one general rule which uses the wind bend principle : when sailing upwind head for the shoreline side of the beat first . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Beyond this the line became the responsibility of the French Tenth Army . |
| 24 | Lord Goold announced his resignation as chairman of the orchestra last autumn . |
| 25 | Withdrawing the bid yesterday , Mr Fitton said the original discussions with Eagle , which was then chaired by Malcolm Stockdale , were amicable , but when company doctor David James took over as chairman of the group last week it was clear any approach would have to be aggressive . |
| 26 | Although Surrey 's Alec Stewart is an obvious candidate , Lancashire 's Michael Atherton , who was the unofficial holder of the post last summer , is now fit again . |
| 27 | Until New Scientist asked the NRPB to reexamine its assessment of the fire last week , to take account of the polonium , no official body had tried to calculate the effect of its release . |
| 28 | I do not need to tell you the potential problems and chaos that the delay is causing to the reorganisation of the leagues next season . |
| 29 | Yates 's lawyer , Philippe Grollet , said the rider , from Forest Row , Sussex , tested positive for nostestosteron , a proscribed muscle-building substance , after the first part of the split first stage of the tour on 9 August . |
| 30 | It will still be possible to make this part of the journey next year . |