Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above example also shows how reported speech may carry over into a second sentence without any reinforcing signal . |
| 2 | So you can allocate up to a third . |
| 3 | On a high-rating Sunday , they will draw up to a third of the population of Britain . |
| 4 | ‘ We are now in our second recruitment round , and if that does n't succeed we will go on to a third . ’ |
| 5 | One can go on to a third group that I did not discuss , " all-ischaemic events " , including non-fatal and fatal reinfarction ; it includes the development of unstable angina , and revascularisation procedures . |
| 6 | Could well go down as a second own goal of the match . |
| 7 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 8 | Watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy , Stuart did get on as a 64th minute substitute , but added : ‘ It seems everyone else gets straight back into the side after injury except me . |
| 9 | But I understand , and somebody here will no doubt correct me , that there is research to show that if you do actually walk about with a Sony Walkman , go to noisy discos , and then go into a noisy working environment , that by the age of thirty you can lose up to a third of your hearing . |
| 10 | In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m . |
| 11 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
| 12 | The girl might yet come out with a first . |