Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any other rule used during search is rewarded by the amount of weight which the next rule loses . |
| 2 | It will monitor a range of hydrocarbons which the first station , set up last year , can not detect . |
| 3 | In doing so , it secured for co-operatives what the first of the modern Companies Acts had done in 1844 for joint stock companies . |
| 4 | … in Rugby its the third round of the cup this weekend … |
| 5 | What he says about the king 's own explanation for his forwardness in battle is one of a number of examples of d'Ayala 's perception of the Scottish kingdom : ‘ He ( the king ) said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods , in just and unjust quarrels , exactly as he likes , and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger . ’ |
| 6 | At Cannington itself the first informal session was so full that the inquiry organizers told us afterwards they were concerned that the balcony might not be able to sustain the weight . |
| 7 | At tea-ti me the next day he picked up Catherine at her flat , noticing that she was looking rested and pretty even if he was feeling jaded and disaffected . |