Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the universities , where in the sixties rioting students and the educated tele-celebrities of the ‘ chattering classes ’ had commanded public attention , there were now dormant , apolitical students anxious only for their future employment , and embittered lecturers suffering a crisis of morale and lamenting the bureaucratic invasion of time traditionally left for teaching and research . |
| 2 | We went in gingerly but as far as one could tell the floor was solid except for the one strip over the missing bit of beam . |
| 3 | That 's right , but Locke was turning it on , on occasion and and just could n't strike at all , except for the one wicket , if he bowled quicker and quicker he might have been in trouble . |
| 4 | To meet this gap in the old ‘ circle of control ’ , an Estimates Committee was appointed in 1912 and reappointed in every session , except during the two world wars , until 1960 when Standing Order No. 80 made the sessional appointment of the committee mandatory . |
| 5 | As in previous budget debates , few figures were revealed , but the Middle East Economic Digest of Jan. 18 , 1991 , reported that overall spending was " likely to be considerably less " than under the 1990 deficit budget of ID24,400 million . |
| 6 | While keeping the same kind of security of tenure structure … it was made far weaker from the tenant 's point of view than under the 1977 Rent Act . |
| 7 | Hedgerows all over the Richmond constituency seem to be sprouting a new form of vegetation even faster than in the 1989 by-election . |
| 8 | The result was a blow for the Liberal Democrats , who polled nearly 1,000 votes less than in the 1987 election . |
| 9 | As expected , there were strong regional voting patterns , although these appeared a little less rigid than in the 1988 election . |
| 10 | The number of committees in most authorities is now smaller than before the 1974 reorganisation but larger than Bains suggested . |
| 11 | In order not to jeopardise the CPO no tennis will be played on the courts until after the six week period … mid May . |
| 12 | In order not to jeopardise the CPO no tennis will be played on the courts until after the six week period = = mid May . |
| 13 | Other than in Ipswich , where the WEA branch was among the small group of vigorous , active and well-organised centres in the District , there appeared to be little prospect for development without LEA-funded support in the pre-war years and , as in West Suffolk , the development of a substantial WEA presence did not occur until after the 1939–45 war . |
| 14 | If a person remains in ignorance of a publication until after the three year period has expired , he or she can start proceedings within a year of learning of it but the court 's permission is necessary . |
| 15 | It lay derelict from about 1870 until after the 1914–18 War , when it was restored . |
| 16 | A 54 hour working week was to remain until after the 1914–18 war , when , on l January l919 , a 47 hour week was introduced . |
| 17 | From here on , until the old road was rejoined at the ‘ Windsor Castle ’ , Carshalton , the area served was entirely good-class residential housing , much of which was not built until after the 1914–18 war . |
| 18 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 19 | Thus , if on the one hand the ‘ civilizing ’ role of the Russians in Siberia should not be belittled , neither should too much credence be given to nationalistic claims put forward in Russian accounts of the subject , whether before or after the 1917 Revolution . |
| 20 | This is a particularly cruel irony because as the 1911 census revealed doctors had the smallest families of all categories of occupations . |
| 21 | Even the current world recession has left Singapore virtually unscathed because after the 1985/86 slump , the government worked hard to make the economy less dependent on single industries , such as electronics , or certain countries , such as the US . |
| 22 | To be sure , there are more young men and women in this age group because of the 1960's baby boom . |
| 23 | Kenchester 's status has been the subject of considerable discussion , not least because of the 1795 discovery of an inscribed milestone , apparently re-used in the northern defences . |
| 24 | And th and can I restate the view of British Rail , there is little or no prospect of a new station being opened up on the east coast main route main line , because of the four track configuration , which I 'm sure you 'll have seen on your when you 've come up to York by tr by train . |
| 25 | Because of the two factor experimental design ( substance and site ) , two way analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) was carried out on the incremental hormone responses after the test stimuli . |
| 26 | We 'd been able to keep the same crew from coast to coast , he said , only because of the two rest breaks along the way . |
| 27 | However , because of the two dithiadiazole functionalities at either end of the molecule , the solid state structure is polymeric rather than dimeric . |
| 28 | And of course , in spite of everything that 's being said , the thing about was that because of the two railway stations you could get anywhere in half or three quarters of an hour . |
| 29 | The ordination of women should be opposed , she said , because of the 2,000 year history of the Church . |
| 30 | This study is comparatively insensitive , however , for an assessment of the effect of prednisolone because of the one year interval between measurements , the small number of patients given corticosteroids , and the variable dose and duration of treatment . |