Example sentences of "are [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
| 3 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
| 4 | In the Famous Crouse Coronation Foursomes Medal , Mrs. S. Meredith and Mrs. B. Halsey are through to the next round . |
| 5 | Swindon Town are through to the third round of the Coca Cola Cup after a nine-two aggregate win over Torquay … and tonight Oxford United will be trying to join them but they 've got to win at Aston Villa … |
| 6 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 7 | Older people are always among the first to be made redundant and to retire prematurely yet there is no evidence to show ‘ that redundancy or early retirement are seriously associated with health or any general tendency for workers to become less productive with age . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 9 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 10 | ‘ The Four Marys ’ , for example , are still in the 3rd Form of St Elmos , and despite new haircuts for them and their arch enemy Mabel , remain the same . |
| 11 | They are still in the first flush of passion . |
| 12 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 13 | ‘ We are probably in the last days of this authority and we want to make sure our schemes and aspirations come to fruition . ’ |
| 14 | Nizan 's preferences are clearly for the second and third hypotheses which interconnect . |
| 15 | This affinity alone suggests that , like some examples of individual arrangements of squares , the multiple configurations are also of the second quarter of the fourth century . |
| 16 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 17 | Detective Constables Rowse and Calder and Detective Sergeant Bourne are up before the next Promotion Board and your reports have n't gone in yet . ’ |
| 18 | You might get the occasional guest who notices a camera in the foyer or speaker in the restaurant but we are nearly into the twenty-first century and high tech equipment does not have to be offensive . |
| 19 | Its houses and cottages — apart from recent additions — are mainly of the 18th and 19th centuries respectively , the former rectory being perhaps the most noteworthy . |
| 20 | They are mainly of the fourth , fifth and sixth centuries B.C. and illustrate episodes and customs in Etruscan life . |
| 21 | Brothers and colleagues statistics show that the majority of car accidents are mainly within the first year of people passing their driving test . |
| 22 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |
| 23 | Its restaurant and coffee bar are now on the first floor but once were on the ground floor where the bank is now . |
| 24 | And Schlegel in turn is followed by the Three Pieces Op. 29 by Jan Brandt Buys ( 1868–1933 ) , whose abrupt , rather Janáčekian turns reveal that we are now in the Twentieth Century , if only just . |
| 25 | We are now in the second division of world football and world cricket . |
| 26 | We are now in the third year of recession |
| 27 | The farmers are now among the first to use biological insecticides , becoming increasingly popular as a replacement to conventional chemical ones , to protect the environment and overcome the problem of resistance , which insects can develop after extended exposure to the same chemical . |
| 28 | We are back with the ninth century as a historiographical battleground : " It was the best of times , it was the worst of times … " |
| 29 | Gloucester against Bridgend … that 's the game tonight … its more than a run out too … next week the cherry and whites are back in the first division fight at Northampton … but no chance of planning ahead six first teamers are missing |
| 30 | But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle . |