Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had some microworm available — they were far too small for the usual Mbuna first foods — and they were soon gaining in size . |
| 2 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 3 | Rev Jackson , who ran his own campaign for the Democratic nomination last time , remains America 's most influential black politician . |
| 4 | Neale was re-elected captain for the 1991 season last November , already equalling the record for longest serving captain . |
| 5 | DAVID Mellor was heading for the political scrapheap last night after Downing Street revealed that he did NOT seek permission for his ‘ freebie ’ holiday with Mona Bauwens . |
| 6 | Ballymena will have the services of former London Irish flanker Gareth White , who played for the Irish Exiles last season , but is now home working in Coleraine . |
| 7 | In the disappointment of defeat , he was wavering about trying again for the blue boat next year , because of academic work . |
| 8 | Why do n't you have the fi look for the three p first and tick that off and then look for the five p next and tick that off . |
| 9 | But now , after his near miss with Hoomey , Nails remembered that he was for the long drop next time — no more cautions . |
| 10 | Emilio Butragueno , who twisted an ankle in earning the first of three penalties , may not be fit for the European Cup first leg in Milan next week . |
| 11 | Now the loss will be converted to a profit of around £65,000 — money which would have gone to Tblisi as qualifiers for the European Cup first round proper . |
| 12 | Orders came in , and that helped the warehouse people unpack the boxes and despatch them ; the information got fed back to the editor to tell him what the sales were , and it was a continuous process and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them , rather than for the other department next door . |
| 13 | It was a continuous process , and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them rather than for the other department next door . |
| 14 | I released the crew that had had no food or rest all day and we were ready for the first watch next day . ’ |
| 15 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 16 | Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals . |
| 17 | The committee , which meets for the first time next Tuesday , is expected to end its deliberations in January . |
| 18 | THE hearts of millions of viewers will go out to Michael Aspel 's 12-year-old son Patrick when he appears on TV for the first time next month . |
| 19 | A REBEL priest who defies church law by marrying divorced Catholics is to conduct a wedding in Edinburgh for the first time next year . |
| 20 | Now that they have achieved that ambition ahead of schedule , Stokes has the chance to take a team into Europe for the first time next season . |
| 21 | Having watched both the East End Park team and Kilmarnock in action against Raith this month , my guess is that two teams from Fife will compete in the Premier Division for the first time next season — provided Dunfermline get their act together in defence . |
| 22 | At least 645 different designs were published — the number in Mr Hooker 's collection , shown for the first time last weekend at the British Matchbox Label and Booklet Society 's annual exhibition in London . |
| 23 | For the first time last night , the official ADN news agency published a statement by the group , and a regional newspaper printed a ‘ catalogue ’ of New Forum demands yesterday . |
| 24 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
| 25 | Astronomers observed the gas ring for the first time last August using the Space Telescope 's Faint Object Camera . |
| 26 | THE new Sussex Downs Conservation Board , which will have responsibilities for 600 square miles of countryside in West and East Sussex , met for the first time last week and elected Baroness Cumberlege as chairman . |
| 27 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 28 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 29 | CHINA : Amnesty International was publicly recognised by a senior government official in the People 's Republic of China for the first time last year , in connection with the commutation of the death sentence of Lobsang Tenzin , a Tibetan student accused of the murder of a Chinese policeman . |
| 30 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |