Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 8 April the aluminium returned to tapwater when a mains burst : sludge was found at the bottom of a glass of water but when it was sent to the authority for analysis it was discarded as ‘ too sludgy ’ . |
| 2 | In its survey of six LEAs the Ramp ton Report primarily divided its sample into ‘ Asian ’ , ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Other ’ school leavers , concluding that while ‘ Asians ’ and ‘ Others ’ performed equally well at O level and CSE , ‘ West Indian ’ school leavers performed significantly worse . |
| 3 | On the morning of 18 August The Independent , along with other media , reported that Edwards was prepared to sell for £20m . |
| 4 | The first of these statements , which have only recently come to light , was by Lt-Col D M C Worrall MC and Maj J G Denny MC of the Durham Light Infantry : " On the evening of 15 May the handover of Croatian personnel to the YUGOSLAV ARMY was proceeding . |
| 5 | But that only became known later , following intense scientific detective work ; by the evening of 23 March the discovery of the millennium seemed assured . |
| 6 | By the evening of 23 May the situation in respect of the Yugoslavs was thus almost identical to that in respect of the Cossacks . |
| 7 | The lamp has a colour rendering index of 82 Ra ( the colour rendering index is an accepted standard which compares the appearance of a colour under one light source with its appearance under a reference light , ) and a colour temperature of 2800 K. The lamp runs very cool ; it is not uncomfortable to hold one that is lit . |
| 8 | The average surface temperature on Venus is also much higher than on the Earth , 730 K instead of 288 K. The troposphere extends up to an altitude of about 60 km , and in its lower 50 km or so the lapse-rate is adiabatic . |
| 9 | At least there was soon to be a bit of activity in the neighbourhood to distract the young lad 's attention : in June of 1797 Charles the Cheesemonger was to achieve the singular distinction of being mentioned , en passant , in an Act of Parliament . |
| 10 | It seems that the guardian ad litem expressed some reservations about that decision to move the children in advance of the hearing , but by a letter of 24 January the father 's solicitors said that it seemed to them that the view of the guardian ad litem was ‘ quite wrong as a matter of law . ’ |
| 11 | During 18–19 July the rebellion was taken up by garrisons on the Spanish mainland , spreading roughly northwards from Andalusia . |
| 12 | In 1821 Elisabeth the daughter married Dr John Reid , physician [ q.v. ] , from a Nonconformist family in Leicester ; he died thirteen months later , 2 July 1822 . |
| 13 | After showing at the Accademia in London until 7 February the exhibition travels to the Ruskin Gallery , Sheffield ( 20 February–10 April ) and the Fondazione Ragghianti , Lucca ( 1 May-12 June ) . |
| 14 | In 1695 Earbery the elder was presented by Charles Finch , fourth Earl of Winchilsea , to the mastership of Wye Grammar School in Kent , though retaining his livings . |
| 15 | Also until 25 October the Museum is holding ‘ Designs on Posterity : drawings for medals ’ , a small exhibition which examines the drawings associated with medals and analyses the various stages in the design of a medal . |
| 16 | As from 3 May the premium for lots sold for over £30,000 will be raised to 15% while those making less than that figure will still be charged at 10% . |
| 17 | From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared . |
| 18 | Curated by Meg O'Rourke and continuing until 28 April the show includes work by , among others , Dennis Ashbaugh , Jacqueline Humphries , Sean Scully , Suzan Etkin , Stephen Westfall , Ricardo d'Oliveira , Wolfgang Staehle and Karin Sander . |
| 19 | Until 15 June the exhibition ‘ F.A.I.T. ’ ( acronym for Families Against Intimidation and Terror , a neutral protective organisation in Northern Ireland ) by Danish artist Claus Carstensen features green and white flags , photographs and designs relating to Carstensen 's interest in what he calls ‘ a third force ’ in both politics and art : in this case , the middle ground represented by F.A.I.T. 's non-alignment with both the I.R.A . |
| 20 | On 30 May the king announced that the militia was to be mobilised and might — an important innovation — be required to serve where ‘ occasion shall require ’ , i.e. if necessary outside their own counties . |
| 21 | On 30 September the hotel sent A. Creditor a cheque in settlement of the amount owing on 5 September less the agreed five per cent cash discount . |
| 22 | On 30 November the Decree on Missionary Activity was voted through chapter by chapter , and then approved in its entirety . |
| 23 | Death overtook events only one day after the writing of this letter , when on 30 June the king took part in a joust , that ‘ peaceful ’ demonstration of the military arts which was in fact potentially lethal . |
| 24 | On 22 November the question was first raised in the Commons and John Nott , then Minister of Defence , replied : ‘ It would be wholly against our policy to supply equipment such as Rolls-Royce engines direct to Argentina . |
| 25 | On 2 October the King saw Samuel , the leading recalcitrant in the Cabinet , |
| 26 | On 2 May the dean closed Nanterre indefinitely , saying , ‘ There is a strange climate in the faculty … a very real war psychosis ’ ( quoted Posner , 1970 , p. 64 ) . |
| 27 | On 2 May the Game Conservancy Ball in aid of Game Conservancy , will take place at Grosvenor House . |
| 28 | In a letter published in ‘ The Times ’ on 2 March the Cardinal said , ‘ Whatever stance individuals make take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states . |
| 29 | They were concluded on 13 October 1989 and on 2 November the case was listed for trial in the Crown Court at Isleworth , the trial to commence on 11 December . |
| 30 | On 2 November the ban on the 5 October route was challenged by fifteen DCAC members who walked it , accompanied by a large crowd who followed them on the footpaths . |