Example sentences of "[prep] the fourth [noun sg] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The fifth-century kings of Macedon , and indeed those of the fourth century till Philip acceded in 359 , imported Greek culture — Pindar wrote a poem for Alexander I in the 490s — while keeping at spear 's length the Greeks who were actually manufacturing that culture .
2 By now it was the morning of the fourth day and West Indies had a lead of 164 ; clearly quick runs were needed to make sure they had plenty of time to bowl England out again .
3 Abbado 's latest disc as Karajan 's Berlin successor is devoted to Brahms : cogent and altogether admirable performances of the Fourth Symphony and Haydn Variations to join the many others of which the same could be said .
4 Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 .
5 The ‘ Christ against culture ’ position was adopted by Tertullian in the fourth century and Tolstoy in recent times .
6 The beating was made worse by two crazy own goals , Mark Carlisle putting the first past his own keeper in the fourth minute and Stephen Young looping a spectacular back header over Grant in the second half .
7 He toiled endlessly to rescue Wales with Mouland scoring a triple bogey six at the fourth hole before Woosnam nursed him to a 72 .
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