Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently many members are voted in only the second or third time round and he too could have waited quietly to be elected next time . |
| 2 | Startlingly bold as this idea is , the arguments for it were initially contained in just the first thirty-three short sections of the Principles . |
| 3 | It is shortened to just the second and third phrases , both of which are cadentially ‘ open ’ , and so what had been a self-sufficient arch shape is turned into continuous , open-ended variative repetition ( see Ex. 1.2 ) . |
| 4 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 5 | The Marine Mammals Protection Act was passed in New Zealand in 1978 , and reflected a growing public awareness of the need to provide for the conservation of the country 's marine mammals , which had been ruthlessly slaughtered during both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |
| 6 | The staircase stood in a garden overlooked by both the first floor and a ground-floor flat let to the plaintiffs . |
| 7 | There was improvement in all Commercial lines when compared with both the first and the final quarters of 1992 . |
| 8 | A monthly on the Third World from a big publishing stable had just had the plug pulled after only the sixth issue . |
| 9 | Sumitomo Metal Industries , Japan 's third-largest steel company , has abandoned at least the first phase of a big refinancing scheme . |
| 10 | With the passing of time , Greek silver coins tended to have a wider diameter and lesser thickness , and a glance at the general appearance of a coin will enable it to be assigned to either the fifth to fourth centuries or the second to first centuries BC ( compare figs. 9 and 6 ) . |
| 11 | The pigeon had still not passed on when the last fly leaf sputtered out an hour or more later . |
| 12 | Subsequently borrowings were repaid in both the third and fourth quarters , from a combination of a reduction in liquid resources and the measures taken to return to a positive cash flow . |
| 13 | It was a stretched Telecaster , using the same ‘ slab ’ ash body with no contouring whatsoever , while its elongated top horn extended to above the twelfth fret and offered good balance for an instrument of its considerable weight . |