Example sentences of "and the eighth " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then more wickets fell , and the eighth was down for 103 ; only for Logie and Bishop to put on 74 for the ninth wicket , and when Logie was last man out just two short of a well-deserved hundred , the score was 199 . |
| 2 | The 13th , the shortest of them all , and the eighth , the longest of them all , had both yielded him nothing . |
| 3 | At that time , Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day . |
| 4 | While the SAS were returning to Jalo a battle was raging and the Eighth Army was in retreat back to the Egyptian frontier . |
| 5 | Canada has the eighth largest coal resources in the world and the eighth largest gas reserves . |
| 6 | The Fourth Company Law Directive regulated the form and content of company accounts ; the Seventh Company Law Directive dealt with consolidated accounts ; and the Eighth Directive with the qualification of auditors . |
| 7 | The seventh card is put on the s of mutus and the eighth on the s of cocis . |
| 8 | Such textiles as these are found on the Continent between the fifth and the eighth centuries . |
| 9 | But they said to us on that night ‘ unless we have the full £150,000 for the seven performances we 've done and the eighth which we are about to do we wo n't go on . ’ |
| 10 | The seventh bit is a parity bit , and the eighth is known as the word mark bit ; by the usual definition , this computer therefore has a 7-bit word . |
| 11 | , John ( 1585–1654 ) , dean of Winchester , was born in Seaton , Angus , 25 June 1585 , the sixth of eight sons and the eighth of twelve children of Sir Peter Young [ q.v. ] , tutor to James VI of Scotland , and his first wife Elizabeth Gibb . |
| 12 | , George ( 1698–1761 ) , goldsmith , was born in Bury St Edmunds , Suffolk , and baptized 7 July 1698 , the fifth of the six sons and the eighth of ten children of James Wickes , upholsterer , of Bury St Edmunds , and his wife Dorothy Burton . |
| 13 | , Harry ( 1871–1948 ) , steel metallurgist , was born 18 February 1871 in Sheffield , Yorkshire , the youngest of five sons and the eighth of nine children of John Brearley , steel melter of Sheffield , and his wife Jane Senior , daughter of a blacksmith of Penistone , Yorkshire . |
| 14 | The following were listed as the key points in economic construction during the coming decade and the eighth five-year plan period : strengthening agriculture ; strengthening the basic industries and infrastructure and reorganizing and transforming the processing industry ; and strengthening educational , scientific and technological undertakings . |
| 15 | Earlier , a two-day meeting of the NPC Standing Committee had described the session as aiming " to promote political stability and economic growth and ensure the smooth implementation of the 10-year programme of social and economic development [ 1991-2000 ] , and the eighth five-year plan [ 1991-96 ] . " |
| 16 | On April 9 the NPC formally approved an outline of the 10-year programme and the eighth five-year plan for national economic and social development . |
| 17 | In Chapter 3 , for example , the first and the third , strict logic and comprehensiveness , were applied four times , ( pp. 27 – 9 , 30 – 1 , 32 – 3 , 35 ) and the second , explainability , once ( p. 27 – 8 ) and the eighth , beneficial consequences , once ( p. 31 ) . |
| 18 | We think it was going to be the seventh and the eighth and the ninth , and they 've told Newcastle City it 's the ninth , but she was meant to confirmed last Wednesday , and she 's still not . |
| 19 | If the technical regulations are applied vigorously , massive upheaval could follow in the three weeks between yesterday 's race and the eighth round of the world championship in France . |
| 20 | And the eighth seed 's hopes of an easy Centre Court opening were dashed when he landed awkward German Bernd Karbacher , ranked 36 in the world , in today 's draw . |