Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most county record offices will have estate plans showing parks in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in considerable detail .
2 It is sometimes forgotten that Anglo-French relations in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries in many ways resembled a family history .
3 At Headingley , David Gower , thirty-three years old , became the youngest player to reach one hundred Test matches — or , as Don Mosey put it on the radio , he reached his hundredth Test in fewer games than anyone else .
4 Each person on the register will be given a renewal date ( 31st October in each year ( by which that person must apply for the registration to be renewed .
5 Registration will only last until 31st October in each year , no matter what the date of the initial registration , and a further fee is payable on renewal of registration .
6 An RFL who wishes to remain on the register should apply to the Law Society annually by 31st October in each year for renewal of his or her registration .
7 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD , in the notes to his Hollywood novel , The Last Tycoon , wrote , ‘ There are no second acts in American lives . ’
8 The second election in two years was fixed for July .
9 Continuing , this charming road , my second favourite in all Scotland , now turns inland to avoid the high ground overlooking Plockton , and after a new byroad leaves on the right , makes a long detour , passing a pleasant inland loch , to arrive at a T-junction at Duirinish , the left fork heading for Kyle of Lochalsh , that on the right being a no-through-road to Plockton .
10 A second change in many professions is the shift away from autonomous , individual practice to teamwork : group practices in law , primary health care teams in medicine , project teams in engineering , team-teaching in education , co-ordination and liaison in social work .
11 In the second division in this day and age , I had to climb a wooden ladder , I had to go all the way to the very top of the main stand and there was a shed , and at the end of the match , surface water forced me to dry my socks off in the radiator in the dressing rooms afterwards .
12 Who would have guessed from his cold efficiency that this was only Damien 's second contest in two years .
13 Good , tight bowling enabled England to do this comfortably , giving them their second trophy in ten days .
14 The Wearside club made a mockery of their lowly League standing with a performance that gave leaders Ipswich only their second defeat in 18 games and their heaviest reverse of the season .
15 Their second defeat in four days by a London club means that a quick return to the present Second Division is more likely than ever for the First Division 's bottom team .
16 Mark Wright , John Barnes , Ian Rush and David Burrows were all missing as Liverpool crashed to their second defeat in four days .
17 In division two , second place West Ham were in trouble again ; third place Sheffield Wednesday inflicted the Hammers second defeat in four days ; a three one victory for Wednesday with two goals for Paul Williams and one for David Hurst .
18 Mr Francis ' only consolation after witnessing his side 's second defeat in 20 games was the news that he had backed the winner of the Grand National .
19 To her at least one , if not two , more Tory victories will be needed to get rid of socialism as a second force in British politics .
20 This was only his second murder in eighteen years , and he was somewhat annoyed by it , coming as it did during the best fishing of the year , and right at the time when his garden was at its peak .
21 In the second chapter in this section the focus is on changes at these levels .
22 Hodkinson 's defeat was only his second loss in 24 contests and he has since vowed to regain his title .
23 The phenomenon of second homes in rural areas has been quite widely researched , although there is debate as to their definition ( Dower 1977 ; Davies and O'Farrell 1981 ) and little agreement as to whether they constitute a ‘ curse or a blessing ’ ( Coppock 1977 ) .
24 These people , owners of homes and second homes in rural England , sensed the threat or alien hordes , closed ranks , and , as is customary , looked to royalty to sanctify their cause .
25 The legislation did enable authorities to grant various reliefs to second homes in certain situations and Lothian Region exercised its discretion in certain cases ( see attached letter re Standard Community Charge ) .
26 Virtually the whole movement comprises a double canon which begins as in the second violin and viola parts given in Example 90 ( these parts first being played by first violin and viola ) : The point at which our example begins is the first entry of the full orchestra , with the first and second violins in one canon and the violas and basses in another .
27 She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home .
28 It 's the second escape in three months .
29 Sun Microsystems Computer Corp has established Sun Mexico as its 19th subsidiary worldwide , and its second subsidiary in Latin America .
30 They played throughout the second half in peeved mood , allowing Blackburn to assume the dictating role with Gordon Cowans prompting from midfield and Speedie in predatory form up front .
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