Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will probably correctly object that this theory of mine seems to get things round the wrong way , and that even if we grant my argument that growth in the power of the state detracts from that of the individual 's superego , there is every reason to suppose that in most cases the total power came first , and the deterioration in personality , however we like to describe it , later . |
| 2 | Sir Patrick must hope this will be enough to bring the parties back to the table , to build on the broad principles agreed last time . |
| 3 | SUPERMARKET giant Tesco hailed the end of the recession yesterday , saying that sales at its stores have moved ahead from the low point reached last November . |
| 4 | But it was in Cropper 's and Roscoe 's home town amongst liberal men of religion that agitation of the economic arguments had first substantially begun . |
| 5 | Formally , it mandated the government to fulfil the economic resolution passed last Saturday — the one that began the crisis by forcing Mr Yeltsin to present a new government by July . |
| 6 | The Kent-based team finished fourth out of 15 nations in the eight-way event . |
| 7 | Awareness of the camera has , however , led many Members to plan more carefully their behaviour in the Chamber , including taking care to sit next to Members who are likely to be called ( although organised ‘ dough-nutting ’ has largely been dropped ) or choosing the right people to sit next to them . |
| 8 | Only 30 out of the 410 films launched last year raised more than $20m at the American box office ( half of which goes to the cinema owner anyway ) . |
| 9 | THERE was no reprieve for the Scottish Pipe Bands last Saturday , as Field Marshal Montgomery , under the leadership of Richard and Gordon Parkes , claimed the premier prize of the Cowal Championships — the gigantic Argyll Shield — and the accolade of Overseas Champion of Champions . |
| 10 | In Malaysia , environmental concern over the rainforests is now seen as at best a Western fashion , and at worst a cynical attempt by the wealthier nations to thwart Third World development . |
| 11 | A good deal of the upbeat feel reported last month gave way to dismay and much questioning , which reached a crescendo over the selection of the second Test 12 with its five changes . |
| 12 | St Ives last week reported pretax profits of £10.5m for the half year ended 29th January 1993 , an increase of 4.1% over the same period last year . |
| 13 | The English team batted first and mustered 117 , thanks mainly to C.B.K. Beachcroft , the Exeter opening batsman who made 23 , and F.W. Cuming , who top-scored with 38 . |
| 14 | Erm market demand will take the easier site to develop first . |
| 15 | Social workers and doctors who wrongly diagnose sex abuse cases can not be sued for their mistakes , the High Court ruled last week . |
| 16 | The 2 sides met last August . |
| 17 | The 84-year-old actor came first in a survey which asked Americans : ‘ If you wanted to buy something , who would you want to sell it ? ’ |
| 18 | The outermost limits came first — the sky , with a pale shine of overcast through the bare branches of the trees . |
| 19 | FAMILIES are in line for a Christmas cash boost from the taxman , the Inland Revenue said last night . |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman asked first why the assessment credit , the skill check credit , is not to be made available to unemployed people . |
| 21 | I took the trouble to look at what the hon. Gentleman said last time , when Swan 's was successful . |
| 22 | Derek Smith , the British businessman imprisoned last month after he tried to sell five and half pounds of uranium to Greece 's Nuclear Research Centre , was yesterday set free on bail , writes Helena Smith from Athens . |
| 23 | Among the nine member countries in 1985 the British pension came second to last in what it enabled older people to buy in their own countries . |
| 24 | It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out . |
| 25 | The Foreign Office said last night that most of the people in the camps were fishermen and farmers from the north seeking a better life . |
| 26 | Arising from the deutocerebrum are four pairs of nerves : the antenna/nerves are the longest and most important , and are the sensory nerves of the antennae though the motor fibres mentioned next are also present in the same nerve ; each has two roots , one of which is derived from the antennal lobe of its side and the other from the dorsal lobe . |
| 27 | Finally , Malcolm Fraser , ex-editor of the Standard and of the Daily Express became first honorary press adviser and subsequently was employed to run the press bureau at the colossal salary of £1,200 . |
| 28 | There was no presentation this year for the Daily Newspaper of the Year a title which the Daily Post won last year . |
| 29 | SEP , the French company acquired last October , will form the basis of expansion into Spain and Portugal . |
| 30 | AMONG THE SPEAKERS WERE ALI BOUREQUAT , THE FRENCH CITIZEN FREED LAST DECEMBER AFTER 19 YEARS IN MOROCCAN PRISONS ; BRUCE HARRIS , THE RELENTLESS CAMPAIGNER ON BEHALF OF GUATEMALAN STREET CHILDREN ; AND IAN MARTIN , THE DEPARTING SECRETARY GENERAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL . |