Example sentences of "a [num] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Nagle took a 75 in the third round , it was a two-horse race : Arnold and Dai . |
| 2 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 3 | As Laura Davies was struggling with a right hand injured in a cricketing accident on the eve of the tournament , registering a 79 in the first round , Pam Wright was putting together the most meticulous of level-par 73s . |
| 4 | Hamilton took a 2 at the first and then stole a single . |
| 5 | Hamilton took a 2 at the first , then stole a single and had a 3 at the seventh to go 8-2 up . |
| 6 | It was really exciting as Jack finished sixth , shooting a 67 on the last day . |
| 7 | Faldo ruined his chances with a 76 on Saturday — and even a 67 on the last day could only put him in joint second place . |
| 8 | The Oxford midfielder played a one-two with the recalled Ian Dowie before steering the ball home for his second World Cup goal . |
| 9 | He totalled 98 on his first professional outing , which included a 10 at the eleventh . |
| 10 | Colin Magee , of Douglas , receives our accolade for a hole-in-one at the demanding 188-yard second ( stroke index 6 ) at Rowany Golf Club , Port Errin , Isle of Man . |
| 11 | SCOTTISH golf professional Dale Reid yesterday sank a hole-in-one in the final round of the Alpine Australian Ladies Masters on Australia 's Gold Coast . |
| 12 | In the morning foursomes Alliss and Dawson were level par for 17 holes in defeating Bruce Critchley and Warren Humphreys on the 18th green , the only blemish on their card coming in the shape of a 7 on the 7th hole . |
| 13 | Asif Mujtaba hit a six off the final ball to give Pakistan a dramatic tie against Australia in the World Series in Hobart . |
| 14 | Moving from a four to a six of the same capacity means smoother running , as individual cylinder explosions are less powerful and a six is inherently better balanced . |
| 15 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 16 | Kite was the danger for the start , but he took a six on the 10th . |
| 17 | Resuming at the short fourth hole , he promptly took a double bogey five , leaving a bunker shot in the sand , and then following it with a six at the fifth , where he hooked into some bushes and had to go back to the tee . |
| 18 | Dave had taken a six at the 17th from nowhere . |
| 19 | However , a six at the 14th brought him back level with Woosnam . |
| 20 | I had a six in the third place. : |
| 21 | You know so it 's it 's it 's six of one and half a dozen of the other really , but the company worker learns to be the guidelines the rules the routines of the company and er also really backs up the company line you know and what they 're doing for them really is for the company . |
| 22 | He ran the pub with his wife , an Irish woman who was known as Mrs Nora , and whose reputation along the docks had been assured the day she had broken up a brawl between a huge Turk who had just knifed two men , and a dozen of the wounded men 's shipmates . |
| 23 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 24 | More than a dozen of the young men had been taken , together with a quantity of seditious material : posters and pamphlets , secret diaries and detailed accounts of illicit meetings . |
| 25 | Each carried a dozen of the heavy flasks , and a score of loaves of bread strung together by string , worn like a bandolier . |
| 26 | There may be a dozen of the older fellers — early thirties , dressed younger , staring hungrily at the girls . |
| 27 | And she got about half a dozen of the strongest boys from standard one to stand guard at the door . |
| 28 | He was so impulsive , Ronni thought , watching as he climbed from the car , then , snatching a wad of tissues from the box in the back seat , proceeded to pick half a dozen of the greeny red fruit . |
| 29 | The Basque nationalists are currently expected to win half a dozen of the 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes ; the two-party Catalan nationalist alliance , Convergence and Union , could get 17 to 19 . |
| 30 | this man managing , almost single-handed , a country as large as Scotland ; when one sees that man , living in a leaky mud hut , holding , by the sway of his personality , the balance even between fiercely antagonistic races , in a land which would cover half a dozen of the large English counties ; when one sees the marvels accomplished by tact , passionate interest and self-control , with utterly inadequate means , in continuous personal discomfort , short-handed , on poor pay , out here in Northern Nigeria — then one feels that permanent evil can not ultimately evolve from so much admirable work accomplished , and that the end must be good . |