Example sentences of "is [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1980 ) and onset is during the second half of the first year of life . |
| 2 | The critical time for an adverse effect on language development is during the first three years of life ( Sak and Ruben 1981 ; Zinkus et al . |
| 3 | It is during the first few months in particular that these sorts of activities can affect the developing foetus , producing babies that may be premature , and with a low birth weight . |
| 4 | The survival curve for the study shows that the highest mortality is during the first four years after diagnosis . |
| 5 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 6 | This is about the fifth meal you 've made ! |
| 7 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 8 | No , I tell ya , there 's about four in the company started doing it altogether , oh this is about the fourth one I think why that 's what third |
| 9 | It 's not fair to the others — and asking for clothes for his wife is about the last straw ! ’ |
| 10 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 11 | He served for three years , originally as chairman , and it is as the first chairman of the future Labour party that he achieved his principal prominence in labour history . |
| 12 | The practice is for the second copy of the Request to be retained in the files of the Central Authority as a record of its action in the matter , and for the second copy of the document itself to be returned with the completed Certificate of service so as to eliminate any doubt as to which document is covered by the Certificate . |
| 13 | Erm you 'll be getting a new set of essay titles soon , that is for the second semester from February to erm the end of . |
| 14 | Natural water from two 300ft boreholes beneath Huddersfield , West Yorkshire , is for the first time to be bottled , and sold to France . |
| 15 | Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy , which is great . |
| 16 | The offence is for the first time triable either way , and is punishable on indictment with either three years ’ imprisonment or a fine and summarily with six months imprisonment and a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum . |
| 17 | The UK government is for the first time to publish environmental conditions attached to the granting of oil drilling licenses . |
| 18 | One possible solution is for the last step in the procedure to be the subject of a strict time limit . |
| 19 | The bulk of that is for the next generation of mobile phones — the personal communications network — to get 30 p.c. of that market . |
| 20 | At each anniversary National Savings will write and say what the guaranteed rate is for the next 12 months . |
| 21 | If they are all full , the blockage is between the last inspection chamber and the main sewer . |
| 22 | It is after the first few years in employment that the profiles diverge dramatically and again the male/female contrast is vivid . |
| 23 | And then the other two erm , less preferred areas , erm the least preferred is opposite the erm number one , the most preferred , and the third one is opposite the second one . |
| 24 | The nearest naked-eye star to the pole is Sigma Octantis , but as it is below the fifth magnitude it will be hidden by mist or moonlight . |
| 25 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 26 | Much of the building is of the thirteenth century and comprises encircling outer and inner curtain walls incorporating over 50 towers . |
| 27 | The nave is of the first quarter of the 17C and the altars are of the 1670s . |
| 28 | The overall picture is of the first generation harbouring little interest in sport , apart from horse racing ! |
| 29 | While none of these pictures is of the first rank , some are of interest : Paris Bordone 's ‘ A Courtesan ’ ; Pietro Marescalchi 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned , with Saints James the Greater and Prosdocimus ’ of 1564 and Michele Giambono 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned ’ . |
| 30 | The work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is of the first importance in this area . |