Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 2 | During my annual medical check-up in 1987 , Dr Dingle discovered a blood irregularity , but as I was fighting fit he said it was probably just a virus and I was to forget about it during my impending holiday and to see him on my return for a second blood test . |
| 3 | To paddle around Laguna Chica enjoying the idle drift of time , the depth of natural silence ; to go and rest my head for a last time between the fifteen-foot-high buttresses of Big Tree … |
| 4 | SUZANNE , 19 , had visited my surgery for a second time in five days . |
| 5 | I am a recent subscriber , having recently renewed my subscription for a second year and I have enjoyed every issue that has come to me in the post . |
| 6 | I was there forty years , right , I 've seen every accident on that bend , I 've had my house as a first aid post a dozen times , until we did something in this committee to sort that corner out |
| 7 | Quite what their role in British theatre was , was hard to define , but they knew everyone , everyone knew them and managements even came to regard their presence on a first night as an essential good luck charm . |
| 8 | HARTLEPOOL United are not prepared to give up their fight for a Third Division promotion play-off place . |
| 9 | Liverpool wound up their programme with a 13th successive league victory , beating Speedwell Rucanor 16-14 , 15-13 , 15-10 . |
| 10 | His residence at the Palais Royal became a virtual ‘ court of disaffection ’ , while his sister , Princess Mathilde , ran her salon as a second centre of hostility . |
| 11 | World No 1 Monica Seles began her bid for a third consecutive title by crushing a hopelessly outclassed Nathalie Tauziat 6–1 , 6–2 . |
| 12 | WIGAN will launch their bid for a fifth consecutive Stones Bitter Championship title at home to Hull one of just two sides to win in the league at Central Park last season . |
| 13 | MIGHTY Wigan launch their bid for a fifth consecutive Stones Bitter championship title at home to Hullone of just two sides to win in the league at Central Park last season . |
| 14 | In December 1990 , the Commission amended its Proposal for a Fifth Directive as part of a general policy of eliminating obstacles to takeover bids . |
| 15 | British Citizens for Hong Kong renewed its campaign for a last resort right-of-British abode for all . |
| 16 | These enable the original owner of the deposit to sell its ownership to a third party if the need arises and make the time deposit instantly realisable , albeit at a price . |
| 17 | Apparently fearing that an increasingly angry president might try to disband the legislature , deputies also voted to continue their session into a fourth day today , ‘ to watch attentively that the executive observes the constitution ’ , in the words of the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov . |
| 18 | PETRA KRONBERGER begins her campaign for a fourth consecutive title when the women 's World Cup Alpine ski season opens in Park City , Utah , this weekend . |
| 19 | They proved their point with a second goal . |
| 20 | The English expectation of life , in the 1880s , was only 43.7 years — by 1940 this had become 60.2 and increasing with the advancement in medical care — and between 1870 and 1900 , the British Empire was increased territorially by a half and its population by a third . |
| 21 | However , Jane felt that many of the problems highlighted by the videos were a result of her inexperience as a first year teacher : |
| 22 | Rosyth Royal Dockyard is preparing to cut its workforce by a third . |
| 23 | On May 20th the firm said it was cutting its workforce by a tenth . |
| 24 | The forms of a number of applicants who have chosen only one single field are temporarily delayed while their choice of a second single field is ascertained . |
| 25 | The curve of her arse was emphasised by the tightness of the fit , as it encased her derriere like a second skin . |
| 26 | NOTHING summed up the supremacy of the Canon Williams Renault team this season more completely on Sunday than Ayrton Senna 's early and silent exit from Interlagos as Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese lapped the field on their way to a third successive one-two triumph in the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 27 | However , when unveiled , this scheme met with only a lukewarm response ( and was disparagingly described by the prince of Wales as ‘ resembling a 1930s wireless set ’ ) and SAVE renewed its objection at a second public inquiry in 1988 . |
| 28 | The Premier League clubs were so unaninmous in their view against a second division that chief executive Rick Parry did not even call for a vote on the issue . |
| 29 | He would doubtless suffer this blow to his esteem in a First Folio or a 1532 Chaucer , given half a chance , but in lesser books the wound is too serious . |
| 30 | David and Lyn went with their son in the ambulance to hospital and watched as electric charges were pumped into his chest in a last , desperate attempt to get his heart going . |