Example sentences of "a [noun] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 2 | In making a decision on the first of the three cases cited , the Commissioner communicated with the Chief Executive of the National Health Service Management Executive , asking him about a health authority 's duty to provide continuing nursing care which is assessed as being needed , and which is not otherwise available . |
| 3 | Anyway , he felt he had to make a decision on the next show for the Kings . ’ |
| 4 | McAdam left for Gibraltar in a Sunderland on the first leg of the long journey home . |
| 5 | Firemen were called to an unoccupied house in Patterson Avenue , Middlesbrough , yesterday when a mattress on the first floor caught fire . |
| 6 | To reproduce the slurring of the chords on to the octave D on the 3rd beat of each bar a pianistic effect — the chords must be tied over to a quaver on the 3rd beat , the bassoons , tuba , double bass ( pizz. ) , timpani , and bass drum supplying the octave Ds . |
| 7 | Apparently Lothar received a majority on the first ballot , but not the two-thirds majority made necessary by the constitution " Licet de vitanda " of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 . |
| 8 | Lowering her gaze from the intense sunlight reflected on the upper walls to the leaded doors , she placed a foot on the first stone step . |
| 9 | Vienna fell without a fight on the fourteenth of November , together with large quantities of arms and ammunition abandoned by the retreating Hapsburg army . |
| 10 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 11 | No ‘ once a year ’ outing in a sash on the Twelfth , |
| 12 | DECEMBER 1989 IN A SUITE ON THE 24TH FLOOR of the Mirage Hotel , Muhammad Ali is sitting on a small white sofa near full-length windows that overlook much of the east side of Las Vegas . |
| 13 | For some reason , Noreen had a suite on the first floor . |
| 14 | A verdict on the second suit concerning property rights , however , is not due until 12 May . |
| 15 | However , O. abyssicola differs from O. granulifera by the following characters : the arm spines only form a fan on the first free arm joint while in O. granulifera the fans extend along at least half the arm ; the spinelets of the disk differ , those of O. abyssicola are trifid and glassy while those of O. granulifera are low and resemble granules ; O. abyssicola has a rounded disk whereas O. granulifera 's disk is indented interradially , although this could be an artifact of preservation . |
| 16 | They tapped into Mr Patel 's phone fifty-eight seconds after Quinn had dictated it , then got a lock on the second number in Dunstable . |
| 17 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |
| 18 | To win a seat on the first round in the constituency elections , a candidate would need an overall majority in a turnout of at least 50 pere cent ; if this was not achieved , a run-off vote would be held one week later . |
| 19 | On one occasion a New Bradwell man , having been unsuccessful in boarding the first two ‘ buses to Bradwell at lunch time , expostulated ‘ I 'll get a seat on the next one even if I have to stand up ’ needless to say he never lived that statement down . |
| 20 | She sauntered back to the view and Miss Blandish , but swept her sunglasses on with instinctive irritation as she saw a figure on the next balcony . |
| 21 | They have a department on the first floor ( best reached by door ten ) housing what they call the Plus Collection . |
| 22 | In the end the government was forced to make a minor concession , and the present position is that a second ballot will be held if fewer than 50 per cent of those eligible record a vote on the first occasion . |
| 23 | Well le , shall we take a vote on the first word and then decide whether it 's a park , a sports field or a a sports park or whatever ? |
| 24 | The 13th month rule by which an extra month 's pay is given as a bonus on the last working day before Christmas . |
| 25 | He had not got a result on the first case because he had not been sharp enough . |
| 26 | Ahead was a short marble staircase , leading to what appeared to be a lecture-room on the next floor . |
| 27 | Tomba had led by almost a second on the first run . |
| 28 | Generally speaking , re-sit paper erm will contain at least one question very similar to a question on the first paper . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |
| 30 | They are not speaking to each other , following a disagreement on the eighth night over whether or not Chris was going to have a third bottle of wine with dinner . |