Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROLF GOELZ , West Germany 's leading rider , dominated a four-man sprint to win the 214km Milan to Turin classic for the second successive year yesterday . |
| 2 | ROBERT OWEN , a largely unconsidered left-hander from Avon , became a surprise semi-finalist in the British National Championships for the second successive year at Newcastle yesterday . |
| 3 | DAVID CAMPESE will miss the Hong Kong Sevens , which start today , for the second successive year , writes Charles Randall . |
| 4 | The women 's race looks set for the second successive year to be at the mercy of Rosa Mota , a winner at Olympic and world level as well as the three times European champion . |
| 5 | Kimiko Date defeated top seed Amy Frazier 6–3 , 6–4 and will face Sabine Appelmans , who reached the final for the second successive year by beating Naoko Sawamatsu 7–6 , 6–4 . |
| 6 | Paul Beck , Ackers Trust Canoe Club Chairman , receives the Stand Club Trophy for the greatest participation in the Strand Touring Awards scheme for the second successive year . |
| 7 | The standard rate of SSP is frozen for the second successive year at £52.50 a week . |
| 8 | In April the Environmental Secretary Michael Howard announced that businesses facing higher rate bills as a result of the introduction of the UBR in 1990 would have their rate increases frozen in real terms for the second successive year . |
| 9 | The proposed Education Department budget of $26,600 million represented an increase of only $500 million ( 2 per cent , i.e. below inflation for the second successive year , despite Bush 's claim to be the " education President " ) . |
| 10 | Mark Landrum , the talented 17-year-old from Wallasey , won the Stableford Memorial Competition for the second successive year over his home course . |
| 11 | Moodie , despite a clutch problem on his Honda , closed within four seconds at Ramsey on the final lap , but the 37 year-old Reid put the power down and pulled away to win for the second successive year . |
| 12 | And for the second successive year , the St Helens based group is forced to cut its dividend . |
| 13 | MERESYSIDE Youth Games , a showcase for hundreds of Merseyside youngsters , will be staged next weekend at Bebington Oval for the second successive year . |
| 14 | MERSEYSIDE Youth Games a showcase for hundreds of Merseyside youngsters will be staged next weekend at Bebington Oval for the second successive year . |
| 15 | Middlesbrough are already well placed to win the Northern League division one championship for the second successive year and promotion to the premier league will be assured if they win their remaining games . |
| 16 | McRae , who had led in his Subaru Legacy on the first day , was 28 seconds behind Jonsson — winning for the second successive year . |
| 17 | The proposal to close Seacombe Ferry comes a week after the revitalised service won a top tourist award for the second successive year . |
| 18 | ENGLAND 's Mark Foster wrote his name in the record books for the second successive day when he set a European short-course 50 metres freestyle record at a World Cup meeting in Gelsenkirchen , Germany , yesterday . |
| 19 | The world champion , who trails in fifth place in the driver 's championship with only four points , incurred the wrath on Sunday of German newcomer Michael Schumacher , who finished third behind the two Williams drivers for the second successive race . |
| 20 | The poll discloses a decline in selling prices for the second successive quarter , indicating that inflation is expected to fall . |
| 21 | For the second successive quarter . |
| 22 | Moseley47pts Sale15 FOR THE second successive Courage League Two game Sale 's fragile defence conceded 40 points or more as Moseley gave a superb second-half display when they ran in seven tries . |
| 23 | Anglers Choice starlet Graham Metcalfe topped the proceedings for the second successive week and set a new five-hour best of 16–8–0 . |
| 24 | For the second successive week professional Mike Farrell scored 145 not out , his team totalling 241–2 . |
| 25 | SCOTLAND made an undistinguished exit from a sevens competition for the second successive week on Saturday in the Fiji international tournament . |
| 26 | That had always been the plan and was not some presbyterian purge on behalf of the coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey in retribution for Scotland 's showing in the tournament , where , for the second successive week , they failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate . |
| 27 | SURREY , the English Counties League champions , completed the double for the second successive season when they beat Middlesex 13–11 in the Evian Inter-County Tournament final at the Orchard Sports Centre in London yesterday . |
| 28 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 29 | And his perfect ending would be for Villa to become the first winners of the Premier League and break United 's hearts for the second successive season in a title run-in . |
| 30 | Hamilton won the B & Q Cup for the second successive season yesterday with a 3-2 win over Morton . |