Example sentences of "passed [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 India 's new minority government has passed its first parliamentary test .
2 A PLASTIC grain that could stop deserts spreading has passed its first field trial .
3 A de-Sovietization law , banning former KGB or Communist Party employees from holding state posts , had passed its first reading on Feb. 5 , 1992 .
4 Lord Citrine , the chairman-designate , began work in the offices of the Ministry of Fuel and Power early in 1947 , and , after the Bill had passed its second reading in the Lords in May 1947 , he was assisted by an Organising Committee .
5 It has now passed its 500th edition , outlasting all other independently produced programmes for the BBC .
6 It is not usual to find brand managers or copywriters in advertising agencies who have passed their 40th birthday .
7 The MPIs too could benefit from closer contacts with universities : older members who have passed their first flush of creativity would have the opportunity to refresh themselves by teaching , at the same time attracting new young people .
8 These promotional tools can be extremely useful to the discerning PRO , particularly for products and services which have passed their first peak of interest .
9 Just over half a million had passed their 75th birthday and only 57,000 were aged over 85 .
10 She had passed her first Challenge !
11 It was Louisa as much as the doctor who supervised the carrying of Emilia into the Hall , holding her cold hand , murmuring small phrases of consolation and encouragement as the improvised litter was lifted carefully up the stairs and the invalid laid in the same bed where she had passed her first night at Easterness .
12 Samantha Ward Tadman , 10 , of Rhyl , has just taken up the cello , and after only a few months , the prize-winning pianist has passed her first cello exam Picture : PHIL MICHEU
13 A woman of this world who had passed her eighteenth birthday without being contracted in marriage was entitled to go with any man she chose — but did so on her own terms .
14 TERRY Tyacke , 66 , of Trowbridge , Wilts — who left school with no qualifications — has passed his 17th A-level exam .
15 Performance-wise , I suppose the best Bill ever managed was on a sunny spring weekday in the early 80s , when he 'd already passed his 60th birthday and I coaxed him up a few 5c slab routes at about E3 on Froggatt : Long John 's Slab , Great Slab , Armageddon .
16 He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board .
17 It was her first meeting with this grandchild , even though he had passed his third birthday , and she wanted to try to get to know him .
18 You 've passed your second one .
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