Example sentences of "the [noun] be [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities are based first on the complete episode , and then progress to more detailed work on each of the four sections into which the episode can be broken down |
| 2 | The serpent is sentenced first ( verse 14 does not mean that he had legs before ) . |
| 3 | The decision was taken to try these two matters separately , and the trial of the charges relating to an alleged conspiracy as to the accounts was taken first . |
| 4 | The old ship logo of the board was revived last year . |
| 5 | Cleveland police are to object to the transfer of a licence for Henry Afrika 's nightclub in Norton Road , Stockton when the case is heard next month . |
| 6 | A short preliminary hearing of the case was held last Monday . |
| 7 | The Chinese government told the Lausanne-based Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) that it will withdraw the exemption it took out when the ban was agreed last October . |
| 8 | If an office development is being built , the foundations are built first , the cosmetics such as paint and carpets last . |
| 9 | The Japanese Ministry of Education 's National Institute of Fusion Science says that its NEC Corp SX-3 Model 24 supercomputer successfully fulfilled all the requirements specified in the initial contract bid : the contract was concluded last June , and was the subject of a challenge by Cray Research Inc late last year , and Cray was permitted to observe the operation of the new computer ; according to the Nikkei Industrial News , Cray complained that it was unable to obtain sufficient data on hardware issues such as NEC magneto-optical installed with the SX-3 , which NEC claims are the fastest in the world , and on the ultra high-speed HIPPI channel linked to them ; on the software side , Cray said that it was not able to obtain information on the efficiency of the automatic parallelising function ; for its part , NEC announced simply that the supercomputer was in full operation . |
| 10 | The plans were proposed last autumn during a general session of UNESCO held in Paris . |
| 11 | The decision was made last week at a planning process review the COSE people and the Open Software Foundation held April 7 at X/Open offices in Menlo Park , California , one of many meetings that have been taking place lately . |
| 12 | The decision was made last week at a planning process review the COSE people and the Open Software Foundation held on April 7 at the X/Open offices in Menlo Park , California , one of many meetings that have been taking place lately . |
| 13 | The incident appeared likely to diminish the chances of the prisoners being freed last night . |
| 14 | Every part of the foot was placed first on the flat and then up on pointes , and the working leg was raised to every possible height and angle . |
| 15 | The gramophone was sitting next to the cabinet , and the totter thought they paired up admirably . |
| 16 | So the rules were changed last week to permit co-option of individual members . |
| 17 | The yacht was launched last year . |
| 18 | The extent of the problems faced by students at the poly was highlighted last week when it was revealed that some students were living in cars , and others had to turn down places because of the lack of affordable housing . |
| 19 | If this option is chosen , or automatically following Option 0 , the user is required first to provide a dark background — preferably of the same material as will be used as a background to the subject and then a light background ( not necessarily white ) . |
| 20 | It is a top-down approach in that the entities are identified first , followed by the relationships between them , and then more detail is filled in as the attributes and key attribute(s) of each entity are identified . |
| 21 | It is also top-down , in that the entities are identified first and then more and more detail filled in , as where the attributes of the entities are identified . |
| 22 | The allegation was made last week by a company wanting to build drive-through fish and chip diners in the North-East . |
| 23 | The action was started last week by solicitor Michael Freeman and , on Thursday , Lloyd 's submitted Mr Randall 's preliminary findings which showed reinsurance arrangements had been changed in 1988 by syndicate 290 but the facts were concealed from the auditors . |
| 24 | A letter from the Prime Minister outlining his record and his vision for the future was sent last week to the Labour leader of Darlington Council , Coun John Williams . |
| 25 | The figure is described first , then , briefly , the method . |
| 26 | Perhaps the best way to approach the interview is to consider first what stage the research has reached . |
| 27 | These extra guitar-gauge strings lie on the topside of each ‘ bass ’ string , so using a plectrum lets the instrument operate to maximum effect , since the drones are struck first — as with a 12-string guitar . |
| 28 | The car was purchased last year at a cost of £5,000 but a similar one year old car could be bought for £4,500 . |
| 29 | The decision to show the car was taken last November , not long after Rolls-Royce insisted that an introduction was still several years away . |
| 30 | A river ran underneath the road there , and the car was lying next to the bridge wall , below the road . |