Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the demand from industry and society at large was for better school education , the response came at first not from schools but from Youth Training Schemes for school-leavers , organized by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 2 | With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police . |
| 3 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 4 | It read : ‘ Not only is debt partly responsible for the slump in commodity prices ; it also devours the money earned by Third World exports . |
| 5 | Last month , WMC performed a demonstration at Windsor Castle for the queen 's architect , Paul Sherrod , and some of the craftsmen involved in assessing and repairing the damage caused by last year 's fire . |
| 6 | TEN loss adjusters are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by last week 's 1,000lb blast . |
| 7 | Diana was overwhelmed by the horror spotlighted in last week 's Mirror shock issue on the African nation 's famine . |
| 8 | Individuals are not accorded the protection given to third States to treaties of having to assent in writing to the imposition of burdens upon them . |
| 9 | When the light came they mustered what was left to them , and knew without many words spoken , even when the storm subsided at last into mere mist and drizzle , that they could not advance further . |
| 10 | Hogan , above , is writing and starring in To Be An Outlaw , a bank robber who finds his profession under threat as the West bows to 20th Century technology . |
| 11 | Wall Street yesterday finally woke up to what we have been saying since January — that IBM Corp sets its dividend for one quarter at a time , and that there is no guarantee that the level declared for fourth quarter 1992 will be maintained quarterly this year : market dealers in Europe say a rumour surfaced here yesterday morning that another cut may be coming . |
| 12 | He said he would be happy to lead the march planned for next Sunday ‘ to show the city 's revulsion for terrorism . ’ |
| 13 | The roof fell in last night . ’ |
| 14 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 15 | The demonstration had at first been banned by the Moscow city soviet . |
| 16 | With this in mind , the research proceeds by first constructing and estimating a multi-technology diffusion model . |
| 17 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 18 | The lawyer murmured at last : ‘ Let's not be hasty . |
| 19 | The poet appears at first to be unable to utter his thoughts clearly ; he circles wildly , stumbling from one half-finished sentence into another , and breaking up the lines awkwardly ( 1 , 2 , 6 , 9 ) . |
| 20 | Pretreatment with TCV-309 ( 50 µg/kg ip ) did not affect basal secretion but reduced by about 40% the initial peak secretory response to caerulein and significantly ( p<0.05 ) enhanced the protein outputs in next hours of caerulein infusion . |
| 21 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 22 | The telephone rang at last at 9.30 . |
| 23 | When the council re-convened on 3rd June , the arrival of the anti-treaty Nez Perce — led by Old Joseph and his son , Big Thunder , Eagle from the Light , Three Feathers , Red Owl and White Bird — had swelled the Indian ranks to 3000 . |
| 24 | Recently moved from Holland Park , the gallery specialises in seventeenth , eighteenth and early nineteenth-century prints and here you can find the extraordinary and the exquisite ; pictures that are touching and others that are bizarre . |
| 25 | The win takes Scotland above Portugal and into joint second place with Italy in the battle to qualify for next year 's finals in the US . |
| 26 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 27 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 28 | Because it applied to all bodies everywhere , the universe had at last become a universe . |
| 29 | The Chancellor announced in last November 's Autumn Statement that he wished to enhance this private sector involvement . |
| 30 | The sediment created during second fermentation is composed of various waste-products , several types of which possess a sticky character ; to encourage these more cohesive particles to descend to the base of the cork requires a certain amount of physical persuasion and , as a result , a method of supplying this encouragement , remuage , was developed . |