Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is he going to say when he discovers that he is expected to transmit the first report from an advisory unit in the history of government to include an account of the Director 's domestic arrangements ? |
| 2 | He realised , with a thrill of annoyance at himself , that in his haste — his weary haste — to get to the hearing that morning , he had omitted to set the second lock with its automatic alarm connection . |
| 3 | After months of national debate it was reported on Aug. 10 that Miyazawa had approved a proposed state visit to China by Emperor Akihito , in October , designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic Sino-Japanese relations . |
| 4 | Factory Records created and organised The Festival Of The Tenth Summer , a series of 10 events designed to celebrate the tenth anniversary of punk . |
| 5 | Less flamboyant and more measured in person than in print , Budhoo speaks with disillusionment about the Fund : ‘ The IMF was never designed to help the Third World or end poverty . |
| 6 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
| 7 | The competitive nature with which most counties have come to contest the Second XI competition adds to the pressure . |
| 8 | I wondered if I was expected to buy the next round as well . |
| 9 | The Tories say Labour can not be trusted to form the next Government . |
| 10 | In 1908 they were amalgamated to form The 4th Battalion ( TF ) . |
| 11 | In the country 's first multiparty elections in January 1991 [ see p. 37948 ] , the newly formed MPD defeated the PAICV and was expected to form the next government after the February presidential elections . |
| 12 | Ostensibly the visit was designed to mark the 20th anniversary of the normalization of relations between China and Japan . |
| 13 | " The problem was he omitted to divorce the first wife . |
| 14 | Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers . |
| 15 | Year II of the core subjects is designed to develop the first year taxonomy of skills at a problem-solving and decisional level and to provide an integrative view of the office environment . |
| 16 | Last month it doubled the speed of its 486 chip and later this year the company is expected to introduce the next generation processor , the 586 . |
| 17 | Political sources said that Mitterrand loyalists were already in touch with Gaullist Edouard Balladur , 63 , widely expected to head the next government , to discuss the handover from the present prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy . |
| 18 | Yamaichi is expected to become the 20th market-maker this summer ; it has recruited two of S.G. Warburg 's best analysts . |
| 19 | An audition will be held on 7th April 10.30 — 4.30 at Aylwin School , Southward Park Road , London SE16 , to select a display team to represent the Society at the Festival of Movement and Dance being given to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation . |
| 20 | The show is intended to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the British Antique Dealers ' Association . |
| 21 | If no notification is made prepare the first absence letter to be issued . |
| 22 | He jumped out of bed , contemplated his new seaside pyjamas with renewed pleasure , and prepared to enjoy the second week of his precious holiday . |
| 23 | Today the Fothergill Fountain can be seen regaling the first president 's achievements . |
| 24 | His most bitter disappointment came when the music entrepreneur Phil Spector pulled back from financing a screenplay Hopper had written called The Last Movie ( it was eventually produced in 1970 ) about Hollywood 's exploitation and destruction of South American Indians . |
| 25 | The Irish Ordnance Survey Memoirs are descriptions of the northern half of Ireland , written to accompany the first Ordnance Survey maps between 1830 and 1840 . |
| 26 | It was all hands on deck as the crew of the Soren Larsen , prepared to lift the first part of the ship 's 100 ft foremast back into place . |
| 27 | We were sentenced to hang the next morning at the gallows of Montfaucon . |
| 28 | Prost could be said to represent the next generation of drivers and Niki the past . |
| 29 | July 26 , 1976 The barrister successfully applied to have the third party notice struck out on the grounds that it disclosed no cause of action . |
| 30 | Three MXY6 canard gliders were built to test the tail-first concept of the Shinden . |