Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] ' [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the Scottish boys ' first victory after 14 defeats in that series . |
| 2 | Among the Foreign Ministers ' first actions on June 17 was the unanimous approval of Turkmenistan 's application for full membership of the ICO . |
| 3 | Whoever it is will be the Social Democrats ' fifth candidate in 11 years . |
| 4 | The Liberal Democrats ' first gain was Cheltenham , where the Tory candidate Mr John Taylor , failed to become the party 's first black MP . |
| 5 | They would be the paying customers ' first impression of Crystal Springs . |
| 6 | The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box . |
| 7 | It is now 16 years since I wrote a book , The Poor of the Earth , to popularise one of the huge international conferences that were common during the seventies , the United Nations ' Second Development Decade . |
| 8 | This same interpretation appeared in the Irish bishops ' next statement in mid-June . |
| 9 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 10 | The two bodies ' first annual reports to the Department of Trade and Industry reveal an alarmingly high proportion of registered firms which have failed to meet the standards set by audit regulation . |
| 11 | Unusually , the merged banks ' first interim dividend will be paid without deduction of tax . |