Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the Dalmatian cities changed hands many times , but despite these upheavals they enjoyed long periods of prosperity and their commerce and their arts flourished . |
| 2 | By the sixteenth week the male testes are in position for descent during the last two months of foetal existence and the vagina has fully formed in the female . |
| 3 | Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 4 | In the sixteenth century the Ottoman regime made one important further step , defeating the Mamluks in 1516 , which left the way clear for Ottoman domination of the main Arab-inhabited areas — Syria , palestine , Egypt and the Arabian peninsula . |
| 5 | In the sixteenth century the Spanish Armada , before its abortive attempt to invade Britain . |
| 6 | In the sixteenth century the Swiss physician Paracelsus tried to introduce more logical and effective methods of treatment.and laid the foundations of a pharmaceutical approach to drug selection , while at the same time reviving the idea of treatment by similars . |
| 7 | Both had the broadly similar functions of recording , in different ways , payments into and out of the Exchequer of Receipt ; but from the middle of the sixteenth century the older office , the Clerkship of the Pells , was being encroached upon by the Writer of the Tallies . |
| 8 | Until well into the sixteenth century the royal court and its functionaries were peripatetic . |
| 9 | By the fourteenth century the principal form of financial assistance was the direct tax known as a fifteenth and tenth . |
| 10 | In the fourteenth century the Fabian tactics of the chevauchée found greater favour on both sides , although there were notable exceptions when the heavy cavalry did play a major role . |
| 11 | Mr J. C. Sainty 's analysis of posts in the Exchequer shows that in the fourteenth century the important offices of Chancellor , King 's Chamberlain , and King 's Remembrancer were all held by their clerical occupants during the King 's pleasure or during good behaviour . |
| 12 | Indeed , their very syntax encodes English as a self-motivating agent within a historical progression from language to literature : " by the end of the fourteenth century the English language had definitely asserted itself against the results of the Norman Conquest and later French influences " . |
| 13 | In a second case the single mother of four-year-old Graham Garlick was refused on the same grounds , because she had been evicted by Greater Manchester council for rent arrears of £150 . |
| 14 | Erm the novel , the second preface the second edition of the novel was dedicated to William Thackeray who Charlotte admired tremendously . |
| 15 | The remainder of the platoon has been ‘ volunteered ’ to help the 1st Battalion the Black Watch with specialised training for fighting in built-up areas . |
| 16 | At the same time a platoon from A Company were finishing their week attached to the 1st Battalion the Danish Life Regiment , during which time they were thundering over training areas in the Danish Ml 13 Armoured Personnel Carrier . |
| 17 | The 1st Battalion the Royal Hampshire Regiment took over operational control of the city of Londonderry on 5 March 1989 . |
| 18 | On the hills above the town , amongst cool , dark pines , is Albuhera Barracks , the present station for the 1st Battalion the Royal Scots . |
| 19 | At 0300 hours on 30 June 1989 , 1st Battalion the Royal Scots found itself deployed into hides , along with the attached tanks , artillery and engineers that make up the Royal Scots battle group . |
| 20 | For this reason , soldiers on yet another emergency tour in Ulster with the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots approach their frequent foot patrols with perhaps an extra edge of caution and respect . |
| 21 | L-Cpl Lawrence Dickson , 26 , of the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots , was from Edinburgh and lived in the Inverness area with his German-born wife , Silke , and their daughter Roxanne , who will be two in July . |
| 22 | At the same time , elements of the 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ( 1 RFF ) , one of two non-parachute-trained battalions in the brigade , are also preparing for an airborne operation . |
| 23 | The King , in his capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of 1st Battalion The Green Howards ( Alexandra , Princess of Wales 's Own Yorkshire Regiment ) , was paying a visit to present new Colours upon the occasion of the regiment 's tercentenary celebrations . |
| 24 | Elsewhere in Catterick that day , another member of the team , Warrant Officer Dunston was busy ensuring that the enormous catering support required by the 1st Battalion The Green Howards for their tercentenary celebrations was running smoothly . |
| 25 | The 1st Battalion The Green Howards and a bomb disposal squad cordon and clear an area scattered with armaments . |
| 26 | The 1st Battalion The Green Howards will guide the ten-strong team over the demanding course at Catterick Garrison next Sunday . |
| 27 | In the second half the all female No Hopers team stormed through to issue a strong challenge and this was mainly due to the answering of the Sibhion and Leona Stars . |
| 28 | I take as a second period the ten years thereafter until the parents are about their early seventies . |
| 29 | On the second day the Roman infantry crossed the Medway at a point between Snodland and Halling , again the villagers fleeing into the hills as the Romans passed . |
| 30 | On the second day the biggest crowd was following Manuel Caballeros , who was today paired with Buck Finnegan , himself no mean player . |