Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She returned to the brightly coloured pages of her magazine , leaving Frankie to eat the last remaining quarter of his jam sandwich in peace . |
| 2 | Oates went with Scott to make the first British depot . |
| 3 | His research work has been published extensively and he recently led a team of representatives from Britain , Germany , Switzerland and the Netherlands to create the first European master 's degree in biotechnology . |
| 4 | Lorton told Tolby to take the next left turn . |
| 5 | Mark Pretty removed the offending hold , but it was left to Robin Barker to make the first free ascent of the Free Monster E6+ 6c ( F7c+ ) . |
| 6 | The Saxon forces scored a significant victory and in return Vortigern gave Hengist land in Stamford to build the first Saxon town in Britain . |
| 7 | Recall that in 1964 the developing countries used their voting power in the UN to call the first United Nations Conference of Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ) , because they had been frustrated by the rules operating in the GATT . |
| 8 | His Democratic opponent , Doug Wilder , hoping on 7 November to become the first black governor of a US state , has been forcing him to back-pedal since . |
| 9 | On the 3rd September 1988 , along with 100,000 other people , I went to Denby Dale to see the ninth mammoth pie to be baked there . |
| 10 | ROB BAILEY hammered the Sussex attack all over Hove to complete the first double century of the season . |
| 11 | From then on , development of the magnetron became a cooperative effort between university and industry in the UK : E. C. S. Megaw of the Research Laboratories of the GEC was let into the secret and went back to Wembley to construct the first sealed-off model . |
| 12 | In 1901 , Gorsky was inspired by Glinka 's Valse Fantaisie to create the first abstract ballet . |
| 13 | AI urges King Jigme to release the last remaining known prisoner of conscience , Tek Nath Rizal , who is starting a third year in detention without trial at Wangdi Phodrang Prison . |
| 14 | They led by 14 points at the break only to dry up three minutes from time when they were 58–42 ahead leaving Paul Carr to hit the last ten points of the game and be top scorer on 28 points . |
| 15 | The laws committee required four additional sittings in London and Wellington to complete the first in-depth overhaul of rugby union 's laws for four years . |
| 16 | Undaunted , the staff and supporters of Etnias are joining with indigenous communication organisations throughout Latin America to organise the first international meeting of indigenous press . |
| 17 | What with one thing and another , it was left to Sir Geoffrey Howe to become the first British Foreign Secretary to visit all the countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 18 | AN ATTEMPT by Mr John Taylor to become the first black Tory MP failed last night when the Liberal Democrats overturned a 4,896 Conservative majority to win Cheltenham . |
| 19 | Within months , an Indian side had arrived in Harare to play the first historic Test and a reciprocal tour is being negotiated . |
| 20 | This enabled Mitsotakis to form the first single-party government since 1981 . |
| 21 | We were thrilled in June to have the first live sea-lion pup born and subsequently raised to young adulthood . |
| 22 | A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has allowed the Amsterdam-born Dr Stern to spend the last six years cataloguing the museum 's ancient glass collection . |
| 23 | Thus , not only will the Cavalier beat the Mondeo to become the first medium-sized saloon to boast one as standard but it will , Vauxhall stressed , have the bigger ( and by implication , better ) US-style bag rather than the smaller ( and , by implication , less effective ) Eurobag . |