Example sentences of "[num ord] of [pron] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dramatic impetus of the second of its two movements demands control , as well as great dexterity from the players , and the performance abounds with flair and virtuosity , with some exceptionally fine work here from Peter Pettinger . |
| 2 | He was off target with four penalty attempts and it was his mistake that presented Malone with the second of their two tries . |
| 3 | Herbert was the second of their six children , and at the age of twelve was sent to St Bartholomew 's Grammar School in Newbury , Berkshire . |
| 4 | Puzzle over the second of our two reader games ! |
| 5 | That the question is not an idle one can be seen if one looks a little more closely at the second of our two examples . |
| 6 | This brings us to the second of my three questions . |
| 7 | In 1880 Queen Victoria had been on the throne for forty-three years ; Gladstone began the second of his four terms as Prime Minister ; Great Britain was at the zenith of its powers . |
| 8 | The problem is that this divine Christ is , in the second of his two natures , the human person Jesus , who is male . |
| 9 | And even if ‘ Un sospiro ’ and the second of his two versions of ‘ La campanella ’ are slightly less distinguished , the three Hungarian Rhapsodies again show him at his most elegantly eloquent , as well as brilliant . |
| 10 | Carleton built up a sizeable estate in the eastern and midland counties , partly by inheritance , partly through the second of his three marriages , to Elizabeth Mohun , a Northamptonshire widow who brought him the manor of Overstone , where he mostly resided . |
| 11 | A Miró pastel and charcoal on paper of 1942 estimated at FFr700–900,000 sold for FFr550,000 ( £59,500 ; $95,240 ) one sixth of its 1990 price , and a Degas oil sketch went for FFr1.5 million ( £178,600 ; $285,700 ) , its low estimate and a third of its 1989 value . |
| 12 | The Committee , however , in the first of its two reports in 1953 admitted that , despite isolated adjustments , no general or widespread changes had yet been made ( HMSO 1953 ) . |
| 13 | The birth of the first of their four children signalled a complete change in her life as , lacking convincing models for the successful media personality and mother , she created her own . |
| 14 | The first of their eight sons , Robert , was born in 1732 and in the same year Sutton returned to Kenton to start his own practice as surgeon and apothecary . |
| 15 | The trip will undoubtedly be a learning experience for both Love and the players , and there wo n't be much time for acclimatisation as the Scots , who arrive at their base in Cape Town tomorrow will play the first of their eight matches on Tuesday . |
| 16 | Pakistan 's 1992 London Test double , Lord 's and The Oval , was completed inside 10 sessions , and had something in common with the first of their five Test victories in England : in 1954 there was unease at England 's choice of players , Bedser and Bailey being rested , so complacent were the selectors in the face of this new Test entity from far away . |
| 17 | It had only one skilled male dancer on its strength , Lionel Luyt , and in the first of their two programmes he had to partner the ballerina in the second act of Swan Lake , then dance both the Prince and Bluebird in Aurora 's Wedding ( with just three minutes to change costumes ) and finally lead the cast of Prince Igor . |
| 18 | The draw to decide which colour pieces the players have in the first of their 24 games ended with Kasparov gaining white — and so the opening move in the series which begins at London 's Savoy Theatre next Tuesday . |
| 19 | With players like Stephen Martin , Kenny Morris , Billy McConnell , Alan Roper , Geoff Clarke , Stephen Smyrl and Martin Deery all sidelined for various reasons , it seemed that Holywood would n't seriously test the visitors in the first of their three weekend games against leading Ulster opposition . |
| 20 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 21 | You suddenly come across something , and , whether it is er , medicine , mostly , or technique think , first of them one stage after another was invented , more or less by accident . |
| 22 | She bore the first of her eight children at fifteen ( the last two died young ) . |
| 23 | But I left the first of her three Sunday night shows feeling vaguely let down after a set that mixed the great with the gaffs . |
| 24 | The first of her twenty-four novels , Audrey Craven , was published in 1897 . |
| 25 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 26 | In 1986 , Sir Ranulph made the first of his four attempts with Dr Michael Stroud to reach the North Pole unsupported . |
| 27 | Following the first of his four goals in the 10th minute , Lyon raced on to skipper Shane Cooper 's long pass from the base of the scrum to put Kiwi Test centre Jarrod McCracken over for the opening try in the 22nd minute . |
| 28 | He was a Cambridge blue during the years 1888–90 and won the first of his thirteen caps for England playing in the match against Wales in 1890 while he was still at university . |
| 29 | After gaining another Youth Cup winner 's medal in 1978 , Billy became a dominant central defender alongside Jim Cannon and was a key member of the side that took the Palace back into Division One in 1979 with the best defensive record in the club 's history ; Billy also gained the first of his eleven England Under 21 caps that season . |
| 30 | It led to the first of his nine England caps , mostly on tour , where his tubby enthusiasm and — from behind the ropes anyway — his seemingly unathletic , but jauntily optimistic matelot 's gait have endeared him to crowds . |