Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1928 the Medical Officer reported that maternity and child welfare had developed remarkably over the last two years . |
| 2 | Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold . |
| 3 | Over 2400 JS pensioners gathered together for the 45th JS Veterans Reunions on March 29 , April 5 and 26 — the event being organised on three days for the second time due to the large number of participants from all corners of the country . |
| 4 | His financial transactions during the start-up period are listed below in the first column and are identified by capital letters . |
| 5 | Divinity degrees require some study in each of the departments listed below in the first two years of the course . |
| 6 | Notice how the sunset and the greeting are welded together in the last stanzas and are transformed into the endless journey and ‘ human sweetness ’ of the last three lines . |
| 7 | Pauper apprenticeship , like child labour in general , was not a particular novelty of the factory system , although its use in coal mining seems to have developed only in the nineteenth century and to have been largely localised to the Black Country . |
| 8 | Now the white painted bookcases which reached to the ceiling were filled only on the first two shelves with incongruous modern volumes with used-looking dust-covers . |
| 9 | The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century . |
| 10 | And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years . |
| 11 | But she had a sudden change of heart and the pair were yesterday perched together for the first time . |
| 12 | Do n't forget — the £22,250 Extra Prize ( which you may already have won ) and the £27,750 ‘ Early Bird' Prize can be claimed only within the next SEVEN days . |
| 13 | Resettlement outside the region should be considered only in the last resort . |
| 14 | In 1860 eleven independent Cumbrian rifle corps were grouped together as The 1st Admin Battalion of Cumberland Rifle Volunteers . |
| 15 | The bill , the most draconian to have been passed by any state , prohibited abortion in cases other than to save a woman 's life or in cases of rape ( if reported within five days ) or incest , where abortion would be permitted only in the first 13 weeks . |
| 16 | It was the Saint Mary 's window though , which was considered best for the first class stamp . |
| 17 | This procedure is depicted above for the first three values of the repeated median smooth , shown in full in figure 9.9 : Thus 47 is the value to be smoothed , the skip mean 43.5 is the mean of 40 and 47 and the smoothed value 45.2 is the rounded mean of 47 and 43.5 . |
| 18 | THE BOOKISH PORTFOLIO was liquidated shortly after the 30th September 1992 valuation . |
| 19 | This probably explains why menarche the age of which er menstruation begins menarche er why the age of menarche has dropped progressively in the last century from about fifteen and a half to about twelve and a half er today . |
| 20 | The school established in East Looe , whose boys were dressed by a charitable fund in light blue coats and caps and were known as ‘ blue boys ’ , also was dissolved early in the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | It was rebuilt early in the 19th century by Hicks , who installed steam power . |
| 22 | On the corner of the passage-way is the Purbeck Hotel , rebuilt early in the 19th century and seen in view of Victoria Terrace . |
| 23 | Of the structures of medieval Stockport , only two sections of the town walls ( of rough dressed red sandstone ) and the chancel of the Parish church ( in decorated Gothic ) remain : the rest of the church was rebuilt early in the 19th century . |
| 24 | He was booked early in the second half for a clattering foul on Abel . |
| 25 | The theme of decentralisation is one that is pursued further in the Next Steps Initiative . |
| 26 | Their numbers have dropped noticeably in the last five years and very dramatically since the 1880s , when 70 per cent of all cattle in the Netherlands were Groningens while Friesians represented only 18 per cent and were mainly restricted to Friesland and Drenthe . |
| 27 | Pat Archer , of the county council 's transportation department , said the problem had dropped slightly in the second half of last term . |
| 28 | When it comes to clothes and the British high street , I think the standard has dropped radically in the last five years . |
| 29 | It is not surprising , therefore , that incomes have dropped severely during the last few years , with the result that we are now beginning to see signs of dereliction . |
| 30 | But after all , he had come far in the last few months . |