Example sentences of "[noun prp] at the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new military doctrine , ‘ reasonable sufficiency ’ , was adopted by Gorbachev at the 27th Party Congress and subsequently by the Warsaw Treaty Organisation . |
| 2 | Despite the passage of the new restrictive press laws , observers noted a significantly positive attitude towards democratization in a speech delivered by Council of State Chairman Vo Chi Cong at the sixth session of the eighth National Assembly held on Dec. 18-28 , 1989 [ see also p. 37123 ] . |
| 3 | Peter Eiseman , who with Frank Gehry represented the United States at the last Venice Biennale , brings his latest reflections on symbolism and allusion in contemporary architecture to Sadock & Uzzan , where his drawings and sculptures can be seen until the beginning of June . |
| 4 | The central authorities , late as usual , grasped this detail of local life by 1924 , when Krupskaia at the Thirteenth Party Congress noted that due to the tightening of the economic ‘ scissors ’ , the higher bread prices could no longer be afforded by starving village-teachers . |
| 5 | Radical Palestinian groups claimed that the US decision demonstrated that the path of moderation adopted by the PLO at the 19th session of the Palestine National Council ( the Palestinian " parliament in exile " ) in November 1988 [ see p. 36438 ] was redundant . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he cancelled his trip to England at the last minute and pretended he thought I was going to see you in your show and might as well hand you the invitation at the same time . ’ |
| 8 | And if so , it is devoutly to be wished that both his SNP and Liberal Democrat opponents in North Aberdeen at the next election will together ensure that his constituents are reminded of their sitting member 's fundamental disagreement with his own party 's long-established policy on this key constitutional question . |
| 9 | FRED COUPLES won his first tournament since last year 's US Masters when he beat Robert Gamez at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off in the Honda Classic at Fort Lauderdale , Florida . |
| 10 | The arbitrary division of Korea at the 38th parallel in 1945 was absurd economically , creating two areas which could not function efficiently in terms of what they possessed . |
| 11 | ‘ You turned down Havvie Blaine at the last minute , too . |
| 12 | The jokes ended abruptly when he crashed his Ducados NSR at the first turn of the ‘ 88 Spanish 250 GP at Jarama , losing his helmet and sustaining serious head injuries . |
| 13 | The Premier cancelled a trip to Spain at the last minute as the sick pound hit its lowest level since joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 14 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 15 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 16 | ‘ Fell at the first fence . ’ |
| 17 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
| 18 | The England striker , Tina Cullen , continued her excellent form when she was released by Maggie Souyave and beat goalkeeper Sue Knight at the second attempt in the 53rd minute to send the match into penalties . |
| 19 | I gave the list to Martin at the last meeting . |
| 20 | But an injury to the Motherwell veteran Davie Cooper at the eleventh hour meant that Fleck was summoned to join the squad in Malta , where they were involved in preparatory training . |
| 21 | The fourth International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show will run from 24 to 29 October at the Seventh Regiment Armory . |
| 22 | A priest is there to be for us a specific and bodily reminder of the man Jesus at the Last Supper . |
| 23 | Arangio-Ruiz , who replaced Riphagen as Rapporteur at the 39th session of the International Law Commission , has proposed that the Commission examine separately the consequences of an international delict and an international crime , since certain consequences apply only to the latter . |
| 24 | The referee however waved play on as McConnell at the second attempt saved Byrne 's poorly hit shot . |
| 25 | Britain 's Ministry of Defence was instrumental in blocking GEC 's first attempt to merge with Plessey — and in extracting concessions in return for allowing GEC , in partnership with Siemens of West Germany , to acquire Plessey at the second bite . |
| 26 | Vizigothic in origin , with its Bishop Boèce at the Third Toledo Council in 589 , and worth besieging in 673 , it shared in the collapse of the Spanish kingdom of Toledo , and the Muslims moved in , though not for long . |
| 27 | Alcatel hijacked the contract by undercutting Westinghouse at the last minute . |
| 28 | " Would your Commanding Officer telephone NOIC Portsmouth at the first opportunity . " |
| 29 | the ‘ Holy Grail ’ , the cup or chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper , which is the subject of many medieval legends and romances . |
| 30 | Like Mrs Whitfield at the first interview , he was not sure why he was being compelled by Alice . |