Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This heated debate ends when the third member of the crew , pilot Jeff Garvey , emerges from the surrounding bushes , driven by an overwhelming desire to kill Lowery . |
| 32 | To transfer the first 5,626 papers that came to hand would mean ignoring the 8,907 other papers on which Paisley was placed first , and the system reasonably requires that the second preferences expressed on those papers should also be taken into account . |
| 33 | Mark states that the next morning Jesus and his disciples walked passed the fig tree that had been cursed the previous day . |
| 34 | Now head of the seven staff in the Serbo-Croat section Clare acknowledges that the last year has been exciting , frustrating , harrowing and sad . |
| 35 | At times in Rangoon it seems that the second economy is all pervasive , and gaps in conversation are filled by discreet requests to change money . |
| 36 | It seems that the Third Law of Aerodynamics is especially at work in this case . |
| 37 | It appears that the second Summer of Love may have spawned another monster . |
| 38 | It will be recalled that the proceedings had been adjourned from June to August , and about that time of year it appears that the first appellant was offered employment in Italy . |
| 39 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 40 | Labov notes that the first type of approach appears to work best in working-class neighbourhoods while the second is more successful in middle-class neighbourhoods . |
| 41 | Emilio Botin , Santander 's chairman , asserts that the First Fidelity stake ‘ fits perfectly ’ with Santander 's other American alliances , a small shareholding in a financial group , Kemper , and a co-operation agreement with an insurer , Metropolitan Life . |
| 42 | If British Rail feels that the first stage of the channel tunnel rail link to Stratford and King 's Cross does not offer immediate opportunities for a freight route , there is something seriously amiss in its thinking . |
| 43 | To take a particular instance , we have seen that the form of question with how ? is associated with predicate qualifiers but not with clausal adjectives , and also that the verb believe will only be compatible with the clausal adjective ; it follows that the second part of the exchange in ( 70 ) should be odd or ungrammatical , which is indeed so : ( 70 ) LECTURER : The Venetians believed their proposals generous … ( interrupted by sound of electric drill next door ) MEMBER OF AUDIENCE : * How did the Venetians believe the proposals ? |
| 44 | It follows that the next statement , which provides a particular instance of the general category ( the acid … such as linseed oil ) , must be an illustration , so a soap is a particular manifestation of a salt , and saponification a particular example of the general process of acid + alkali reaction . |
| 45 | It also indicates that the first resection was indeed complete . |
| 46 | Seán Mac Stíofáin indicates that the first time the leadership discussed the civil rights movement was when |
| 47 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 48 | The recent greening of the world means that the first clover of summer is greeted with an enthusiasm previously reserved for the cuckoo . |
| 49 | This means that the first set of questions about facts mentioned at the outset can now be answered . |
| 50 | This means that the second part of the question is the same as the first part , except for the variation expressly stated . |
| 51 | Which means that the Third World 's potential for transformation is crucially conditional on not imitating or trying to ‘ catch up with Europe ’ ( p. 252 ) . |
| 52 | This means that the last part of the original key pattern remains : if this includes a code of , say , 05 then randomization will be incomplete . |
| 53 | An income tax plus an allowance OA implies that the first OA pounds of pre-tax income are still retained after-tax . |
| 54 | He explains that the last eruption was a slow drawn-out affair lasting six years ‘ just like the last war ’ ( 207 ) . |
| 55 | Yes , for many charge distributions of practical interest the net charge is zero , so the first term disappears and the second term acquires significance . |
| 56 | He considers that the nineteenth century cases of Camplin , Flattery and Williams accomplished no more than to include within rape sexual intercourse with an unconscious woman or one deceived by a specific type of fraud and that the 1976 Act merely declares the law as it was established at that time . |
| 57 | The Securities and Futures Authority proposes that the first £5m of any levy on its members would continue to be raised on a weighted , registered persons basis , taking account of the amount of business conducted with private clients . |
| 58 | The medieval character remains and the 12th century cloisters and church remain surprisingly intact . |
| 59 | This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front . |
| 60 | The game continues until the first player is back at the front . |