Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the us [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first brigade of the US 82nd Airborne Division , numbering some 4,000 men , was dispatched within hours of the announcement , as were the first F-15 fighter bombers and AWACS radar aircraft . |
| 2 | Of equal importance , it can be argued , to the Vietminh cause was the half-dozen Colt 45s which Ho had obtained from US sources , together with a signed photograph of the US 14th Airforce Commander , General Chennault . |
| 3 | Ahead of its database announcement in the US last week , IBM France SA announced the company 's first relational database effort for its RS/6000 Unix , DB2/6000 version 1 . |
| 4 | They are , for example , going as a group to the US next week to do just that . |
| 5 | On Sept. 30 the US Navy decommissioned its Subic Bay base , hitherto the major supply and repair centre for the US Seventh Fleet . |
| 6 | The inquiry heard that a tube rupture at the Ginna PWR in the US last year ended with radioactivity being discharged into the atmosphere . |
| 7 | Lawyers acting for the Queen are set to try to block Living With The Queen before it goes on sale in the US next month . |
| 8 | If a successful sponsorship deal is arranged , the Liberator will be based in the UK for a two year period , during which time it would be a major attraction at the various events marking the 50th Anniversary of the US 8th Air Force 's arrival in the UK . |
| 9 | The highest-grossing film in the US last year was the dark and sinister Batman Returns , followed by Lethal Weapon 3 . |
| 10 | Sixth former David , 16 , is one of six UK students to win the award and will represent Wales at the International Student Forum in the US next month . |