Example sentences of "the [num ord] 25 " in BNC.

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1 The first 25 years of FYT 's life owes more than can be told to Philip Tompson .
2 Oxford wasted two penalties in the first 25 minutes against London at Paddington Rec but still prevailed 2-1 .
3 Oxford wasted two penalties in the first 25 minutes against London at Paddington Rec , but still prevailed 2-1 .
4 The first 25 sections of the 1988 Act , and many other parts of that legislation and of the Education ( No.2 ) Act 1986 , concern the school curriculum .
5 ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’
6 For the first 25 years of my life I was convinced that everybody was either writing or wanted to write a novel .
7 The first 25 out of the bag win a free set .
8 The first 25 metres are 8a+ , serving to sap strength and stamina for the harder moves to come .
9 The first 25 of the 30 questions on each of these were equivalently worded written versions of the orally presented mental test questions .
10 Specific activity was calculated from the slope of the linear incorporation of radioactivity observed during the first 25 min of the reaction .
11 The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction .
12 The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest .
13 However a rough estimate of optimum switching angle can be obtained if the three torque/speed characteristics are approximated by constant torques , effective up to the maximum speed for each angle : The time taken and number of steps executed during acceleration to the maximum speed may be calculated , since for a constant torque , For constant accelerating torque the instantaneous velocity is proportional to time and therefore the distance travelled during acceleration is simply : so for each switching angle the acceleration time and distance can be found : The time taken to travel a total distance of 60 steps can be calculated for each switching angle , e.g. if the switching angle is 6 degrees the system executes the first 25 steps in 94.3 ms and the remaining steps at a constant speed of 540 steps per second : The time taken to decelerate has been neglected in this calculation because the retarding torque ( motor braking torque + load torque ) is , in all three cases , much larger than the accelerating torque ( motor accelerating torque - load torque ) .
14 In the first 25 years after the Second World War the Keynesian approach to macroeconomic theory and policy came to dominate academic and governmental thinking in most Western economies .
15 ‘ I 'm now 36th in the European merit order , but I feel I can make the first 25 ’ , said big hitter Clarke before teeing off in Switzerland .
16 Behind , away from home and down to 14 men , Kelso ought to have been down and out , but Jeffrey rallied his men in typical fashion and the visiting pack dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half .
17 Cash boost : Wirral council staff who retire are to receive £90 for the first 25 years of service and £3.60 for each subsequent year following an increase in long service awards .
18 A limited quantity of our souvenir booklet detailing the history of the first 25 Festivals is still available from the Festival Booking Office , price £2.95 .
19 ‘ I figured I 'd better get started before I ended up like Brahms or something , ’ he deadpans in a voice that betrays his Welsh origins ( he was born in 1942 in Garnant ) rather than the last 25 years living in New York .
20 The North opened with a hard-won 2-1 defeat of the East , scoring at two penalty corners in the last 25 minutes through Cate Cook and Kirsten Spencer .
21 … because the economic situation is now more serious than at any time over the last 25 years , the Government decided that resources must be released for investment and improving the balance of payments …
22 ‘ What has predominantly improved race relations in this country over the last 25 years has been the firm , fair immigration controls we have sustained throughout that period .
23 ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations .
24 Public administration and management in central government has stood up to these strains , but the weakness has shown itself in the apparatus of policy formulation and in the quality of many government decisions over the last 25 years .
25 Average milk yields nationally have increased by more than 1,000kg in the last 25 years as the result of a very high usage of artificial insemination and milk recording nationwide , and more recently an increasing interest in embryo transfer as well .
26 The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult .
27 Only for the black bean aphid Aphis fabae has it been possible to develop over the last 25 years an effective system to predict migration several months ahead to advise farmers when to spray .
28 It is instructive to note that relative newcomers to the dinosaur scene , the mosasaurs ( the violent giant aquatic lizards referred to in Chapter 3 , who appeared in the last 25 million years of the Cretaceous ) , showed evidence of mammalian-like illnesses .
29 A telephone statement enables the last 25 recorded transactions to be read back on the phone .
30 Pictures of stars who have made most contribution to the music industry over the last 25 years featured at a glittering party in New York 's Four Seasons Restaurant .
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