Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleven weeks before the opening of the British Empire Exhibition ( where for the first time the King 's speech was transmitted by wireless to every part of the country and many parts of the British Empire ) , the house with every item in place was ready to be presented to both the Queen and the public . |
| 2 | New light on an Old Master is illuminated indeed , and it 's what you will find at Canada House Gallery where for the first time , an almost forgotten body of work by Henri Matisse , relating to his fascination with the Canadian Inuit , has been mounted together with much original source material in the way of Inuit masks , photographs and books which the artist studied . |
| 3 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |
| 4 | This judgement applies to the I- dominant poems ( 88 , 89 ) as to the Thou- dominant ones , such as 35 , where after the first quatrain excusing the Friend 's faults ( ‘ No more be griev 'd at that which thou hast done ’ ) the second suddenly recoils on itself : This is indeed to bring a plea ‘ 'gainst myself ’ , to become an accomplice or ‘ accessory ’ , plunging oneself in ‘ civil war ’ . |
| 5 | Hotman 's case is particularly interesting in that where in the first version the word populus was used , in the 1576 edition the term ordines , meaning orders or estates , was inserted to " clarify " the meaning , or , we might suspect , to reassure those alarmed by the dangerously democratic sound of the first version . |
| 6 | Knowledge of Greek science and technology , combined with Iranian and Indian traditions and enhanced by further scientific studies and inventions , spread from there to other parts of the Islamic world , including Sicily and southern Italy and especially Moorish Spain , where by the twelfth century the main centres of learning were in Cordoba and Toledo . |
| 7 | All the intercepts are significantly greater than zero except for the first sub-period when it is significantly lower than zero . |
| 8 | However , in the non-proportional tax rate case , the virtual income is also altered ( except for the first segment ) , generating a further income effect which will serve to alter labour supply . |
| 9 | The whole of this passage is spoken by the Wanderer , except for the last lines where the The Solitary ( called the Sceptic because he reads Voltaire ) answers back . |
| 10 | Except for the last Albanians in the Labour party , I do not believe that anyone seriously disputes that the process of competition is essential to maximise what is bought for the taxpayer . |
| 11 | All meta-analysis techniques gave similar p values for association and homogeneity , except for the 6th month . |
| 12 | Most of these are now desolate except for the fifteenth century Church of the Pantanassa , still a convent , and a few others such as the fourteenth century Church of Evangelistria , S. Sophia , c. 1350 , and the fourteenth century Church of Peribleptos . |
| 13 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 14 | The walls were panelled in mahogany except for the fourth wall behind him . |
| 15 | Early redemption of a loan carries a penalty of 90 days ' extra interest , except during the first year of the five year deal , when an additional 150 days ' interest is levied . |
| 16 | The chief ecclesiastical adviser of Louis VI 's later years , and of the opening phase of Louis VII 's reign , was Suger , the abbot of Saint-Denis , who held no formal office , except during the Second Crusade , when he was regent in the king 's absence . |
| 17 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |
| 18 | The Exhibition Committee had advertised the event more widely to the general canoeing public than for the last decade . |
| 19 | This year it has an improved range which again highlights the benefits of Torsion technology , although for the first time it 's combined with injected EVA , rather than firmer PU which turned some runners away . |
| 20 | On stage I still have humbuckers in everything , although for the next tour I hope to change my amp setup to accommodate single coil guitars as well . |
| 21 | In all of Delhi 's history , at no period was that thin dress of civilization more beautiful — or more deceptively woven — than during the first half of the seventeenth century , during the Golden Age of Shah Jehan . |
| 22 | Lucy listened to the repeated message with her heart in her mouth , and , hearing it again , the voice sounded even more arrogant than during the first recording . |
| 23 | Nor were foreign diplomats as yet much more welcome in Russia than during the sixteenth century . |
| 24 | There was a longer period of comparative calm in the townships of the East Rand during the second half of December than at any time in the previous five months , although during the first half of the month deaths had averaged 20 per day . |
| 25 | At tapes up next month there will be a team on the track at Oxford Stadium … albeit in the second division … |
| 26 | This means that the added contradicting note must be a major or minor 2nd ( or 7th or 9th ) distant from either existing note : To form four-part harmony we now add a lower part which again contradicts an upper part except in the fifth chord . |
| 27 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 28 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 29 | Although in the 19th century , the Federal Government was involved in a range of state and local functions , during the 20th century it has become far more difficult to differentiate national from state from local functions . ’ |
| 30 | Although in the first war years the Party substantially cut down the number of meetings devoted to ‘ training ’ in ideological matters — which had never enjoyed much popularity — and concentrated in its regular work in the localities on trying to fulfil ‘ the popular demand for a more lively participation in the events of the day ’ , as one report put it , it was unable to build up much interest in Party work or to enhance the popularity of the local Party organizations . |