Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scarborough badly need to pick up points after slumping down to 17th place after suffering a run of just one League win in nine games . |
| 2 | In the big race … the womens championships … the favourite Andrea Whitcombe who was out to win for a record equalling third year in a row was beaten in to second place by Lisa York of Leicester … they raced for nearly four miles and at the finish there was just three seconds between them |
| 3 | The win took the Republic back up to second place in the Group behind Spain on goal difference but they had enough chances to close the six-goal gap on the pace-setters . |
| 4 | Manuel Caballeros with a 66 had moved menacingly up to fifth place with the little Japanese , Otaki . |
| 5 | AST Research Inc 's agreement to buy Tandy Corp 's personal computer manufacturing business will shoot the Irvine , California company up to fourth place in the US market ahead of Dell Computer Corp and behind Apple Computer Inc , IBM Corp and Compaq Computer Corp — but why should anyone want to buy a personal computer manufacturer — after all no-one came in for bankrupt Everex Systems Inc : the answer is that the deal includes full access to Tandy 's retail stores — AST will supply machines to be sold under the Tandy brand name ; the plant in Scotland is also an attraction . |
| 6 | WHILE Premier Division leaders Wisbech lost 1–0 at Wroxham , Newmarket moved up to third place with this win . |
| 7 | IAN WRIGHT grabbed a superb 73rd-minute winner against his old club Crystal Palace as Arsenal moved menacingly up to third place in the Premier League just a point behind leaders Blackburn . |
| 8 | He was the youngest driver in the field , qualified on the fifth row and was up to sixth place with 10 laps to go as leading British driver in a British car when he crashed at Copse , escaping unhurt . |
| 9 | After losing a couple of games early in the season , Yeovil are now unbeaten in nine outings , moving up to sixth place in the Conference , and disposed of Torquay 5-2 in the first round with the aid of a hat-trick from striker Paul Batty . |
| 10 | The 39-year-old Scot , despite having to contend with hay fever and a heavy cold , kept Ian Woosnam , Paul Broadhurst and Johan Rystrom at bay to move up to sixth place in the Ryder Cup points list . |
| 11 | Hamill , who has dropped back to 34th place in the Challenge Tour order of merit following his recent two-week break , had a three-under par 68 in the third round to leave him with a tournament aggregate of 210 , seven shots behind leader Frederick Larsson of Sweden . |
| 12 | Joe Turi , the first to go clear in the jump-off , was pushed back to third place on Country Classics Vital . |
| 13 | Vauxhall held on to second spot with 21,679 sales ( down 6994 ) . |
| 14 | As noted above , a majority of Oxfordshire teachers are in favour of going on to second round of reviews and reports . |
| 15 | Only three seasons ago , under Dave Stringer , Norwich led Division One until New Year 's Eve , hung on to second place for nearly three more months but collapsed to finish fourth , 14 points behind Arsenal and Liverpool . |
| 16 | Supply landing operation already laid on to last detail with Mid . |
| 17 | Watson held on to third place with a final 74 for a 296 total , with former England international Martin Foster of Worksop just a stroke behind after a closing 68 . |
| 18 | Enzo Ferrari has watched him in Monaco , where in the superannuated BRM he had held on to third place for a third of the race , and then at Zandvoort . |