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 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Within months , an Indian side had arrived in Harare to play the first historic Test and a reciprocal tour is being negotiated . |
| 19 | This enabled Mitsotakis to form the first single-party government since 1981 . |
| 20 | We were thrilled in June to have the first live sea-lion pup born and subsequently raised to young adulthood . |
| 21 | 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 . |