Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any child whose weight is on or below the third centile ( i.e. only three in every hundred children will be this weight at this age ) is very seriously underweight . |
| 2 | Conversely , any child whose weight is on or over the ninety-seventh centile is seriously overweight . |
| 3 | If you move on or after the 1st April 1991 you will normally lose the reduction although there are certain circumstances when this is not the case . ’ |
| 4 | Between the 4th and 15th and on or near the 27th you may face some extraordinary turns of events . |
| 5 | If you 're thinking about improving your lifestyle , do n't be put off by a well-meaning person who may try to get you to change your mind — especially on or around the 19th . |
| 6 | Given that the rituals of circumcision and menstrual taboo , like the other blood rituals , would appear to have derived at least in their final form from the trauma of the exile to Babylon and the consequent restructuring of the Jewish community , we shall need to start our historical survey some centuries further back in time in order to locate and appreciate the profound changes which occurred in and around the sixth century BC . |
| 7 | Bolton refused to lie down and in the last kick of normal time a shot from Philliskirk cannoned off the crossbar . |
| 8 | The decline in numbers did not really set in until after the Second World War , when elephants were , incidentally , used to carry ammunition during the Burma campaign . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the negotiations for a depôt site in Raleigh Road fell through and at the last minute , the company had to seek another site . |
| 10 | She went over and over the last time she had seen him . |
| 11 | It really did turn me on and after the first time I done it it it turned me on so much I come . |
| 12 | But things turned Oxford 's way after sub Gary Bannisetr came on and in the 71st minute solid tackling gave Mickey Lewis the chance to put Joey Beauchamp through . |
| 13 | I mean , erm she actually then chooses to walk up and down the third storey erm couple of pages later , Jane , when she wants a bit of solitude . |
| 14 | But the fact is I have done it all , up till about the first six months there and then I started getting well , well out of my league , you start getting the machining and stuff like that , I have n't done much on them at all . |
| 15 | Warren pointed out that for the first time Britain was aiming to carry out speculative research . |
| 16 | Finally in this section , it is worth pointing out that in the first Unit of this course we learnt that organisations which were based on an open system ( where information flowed in and out through a ‘ permeable boundary ’ to its environment and publics and where adjustment was made in the light of feedback ) , were more able to adapt to change and continue to prosper . |
| 17 | Mr Vernon pointed out that in the next five years this programme will have cost some £20m , and that figure would need to be borne in mind when setting fund raising targets for the future . |
| 18 | As we wandered across the Széchenyi Bridge towards my hotel , László pointed out that in the last days of the Nazi occupation , Admiral Horthy had protected the Budapest Jews . |
| 19 | She told MPs : ‘ Stage one will not be completed until 1993 , ’ leaving open the possibility that Britain could stay out until after the next election . |
| 20 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 22 | If the nest is a hanging one , then the bird will fly round and round the first threads , binding more around them to form the walls of the cup . |