Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of the brilliant cut supposedly under the patronage of Cardinal Mazarin during the seventeenth century intensified the effect of diamonds , but entailed a greater loss . |
| 2 | Sarah Holladay , Katharine McGettigan , Helen Robson and Lisa Scott of the 18th Chester Pack take part in a craft session , making skeleton puppets . |
| 3 | Between Salvian in the fifth century A.D. and our friend Henri-Irenee Marrou in the twentieth century very few names of French intellectuals can be connected with Marseilles . |
| 4 | He defeated fellow Scot Colin Montgomerie at the first hole of a sudden-death decider after the pair had tied on three-over-par 287 . |
| 5 | This shift led to the return in 1892 of Keir Hardie as the first independent labour MP , and in 1898 of the first labour council in British electoral history . |
| 6 | Guerra was shown the red card for a foul on Erik Meijer in the 58th minute and Ronald de Boer converted a penalty ten minutes later . |
| 7 | Whatever happens , the Scot , who meets Dennis Taylor in the last 16 , is guaranteed to leapfrog back over Jimmy White into first place on the provisional world ranking list . |
| 8 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 9 | Forest created a succession of chances after the break as Tottenham struggled to contain Keane , who shot wide after being put through by Neil Webb in the 50th minute . |
| 10 | He looked to West Germany for support , holding two meetings with Konrad Adenauer during the second half of 1958 . |
| 11 | In front of the house was a typical Victorian garden which had been designed by Edward Kemp for the first Sir John : a few formal terraces , some bedding out , a tortuously clipped yew topiary and a small paved area with rose beds . |
| 12 | and Bankim Thanki for the second defendant . |
| 13 | Steve Haston and Andy Newton on the first ascent of The Prisoner ( E1/2 ) , Thunderbird Zawn , Gogarth ( photo Andy Newton ) . |
| 14 | In 1064 , Harold sailed from Bosham ; a storm cast him up in Normandy where he was apparently tricked into giving his oath on saints ' bones to pledge support for Duke William as the next king of England . |
| 15 | And the master plan is for Lewis to make a third defence of his title against American Tommy Morrison in Las Vegas in the third week of February . |
| 16 | James Toney captured the IBF super-middleweight title from Iran Barkley when the doctor halted their bout in Las Vegas after the ninth round of their scheduled 12-rounder , while Markus Bott , of Germany , won the WBO cruiserweight title when he outpointed American holder Tyrone Booze over 12 rounds in Hamburg . |
| 17 | With a Mozart concerto framed by Beethoven and Richard Strauss in the first , and the British premiere of American composer John Corigliano 's First Symphony scheduled to be partnered by four Ravel pieces in the second , the originally announced programmes for its two Festival Hall concerts had been deliberately chosen to illustrate the Chicago 's versatility . |
| 18 | England may call up Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Richard Blakey for the fourth game at Lord 's tomorrow . |
| 19 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |
| 20 | Racing : Braiswick brings era to a close : Richard Edmondson on the last victory for a racing dynasty before it becomes absorbed by the Maktoum empire |
| 21 | After losing to Richard Krajicek in the fourth round in Key Biscayne , McEnroe outlined how he would try to do for American tennis what he has seen Yannick Noah achieve for France . |
| 22 | As regards the philosophical concept of time , according to Needham , the Mohist school ( followers of the philosopher Mo Ti in the fifth century BC ) was inclined to temporal atomicity , although the hypothesis of material atomism never played any significant role in Chinese thought , which was wedded to the idea of the continuum . |
| 23 | Five minutes later , however , she became only too aware of other members of staff who were trickling into the social club as their shift ended and suddenly , mindful of the interpretation that had been put on her being with David Markham on the last occasion they had visited the club , she finished her drink and stood up . |
| 24 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 25 | Connors faces old foe Ivan Lendl in the second round today . |
| 26 | Further , ‘ A pronoune hath thre persons ’ : These are the traditional grammatical definitions of the pronoun , as first made by Dionysius Thrax in the second century BC , and systematized further by Priscian ( c . |
| 27 | The young midfielder was booked for a foul on Jean Karlen in the 28th minute . |
| 28 | Meanwhile in the first Clubman 's Short Circuit meeting at Nutts corner , Ballymena rider Michael Turtle scored a double in the 250 races , beating Michael Arnott and Jeff Shaw in the first race , and Alan Fairley and David Richmond in the second . |
| 29 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 30 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |