Example sentences of "the [noun] came [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The election came first and the changes were never made . |
| 2 | The decision came last month after the government had been considering bids from the remaining two consortia interested in BTG . |
| 3 | I 'm not sure that The Correspondent came first , no I 'm not sure that anybody came first . |
| 4 | The PKI came next with 13 : in total there were 232 MPs . |
| 5 | I would tend to think the titles came first as it was usual to show a composer something of what you were envisaging . |
| 6 | The horse is more steady , but the ox came first , so I think prefer the ox . |
| 7 | He thought of a survey after the North-East came eighth in a list of 11 favourite tourist spots in Britain . |
| 8 | It was poised to get into the new expanded premier league in the sport , until news of the closure came last night . |
| 9 | A more dispassionate observer insists that ‘ The work came first . |
| 10 | It looks very much as if the version in the manuscript came first and Purcell did some polishing before the piece was printed — in the treble clef , of course , with an eye to the market . |
| 11 | During the year to mid-1991 by-elections were held in Knowsley on Sept. 27 , 1990 ( held by Labour with an increased percentage over the Conservatives ) ; in Eastbourne on Oct. 18 , ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 37784 ) ; in Bootle and Bradford on Nov. 8 , and in Paisley North and Paisley South on Nov. 29 ( when Labour retained all four seats ; in the Scottish constituencies the SNP advanced from fourth to second ) ; in Ribble Valley on March 7 , 1991 ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 38110 ) ; in Neath on April 4 ( when Labour retained the seat despite a large swing to Plaid Cymru — see p. 38200 ) ; in Monmouth on May 16 ( when Labour won the seat from the exports — $2,500 ) ; and in Liverpool Walton on July 4 ( when Labour retained the seat and the Conservatives came fourth — see p. 38355 ) . |
| 12 | Ido n't think it 's right , my husband 's remarried and there is an income coming in I always thought the child came first |
| 13 | The war came first , though anti-Chinese sentiment flared up periodically as the numbers of Chinese engaged in British ports continued to rise to 8,182 in 1914 and 14,224 in 1915 , increased by the diversion to the west of ships normally operating east of Suez . |
| 14 | His career record of 506 wickets and 3,882 runs does not convey his impact on the game because he was not concerned with his own performances — the team came first . |
| 15 | The prototype came first , built mostly from wood with modifications agreed between Roberts and Cusick as obstacles were encountered . |
| 16 | The only comment on the rhododendron came first |
| 17 | One can only understand how things are in terms of concepts in the first place , so in a sense the concepts came first since natural conditions only gain significance in terms of the way one had learned to see them . |
| 18 | Despite all his years with his stepfather Findlaech , despite the life he had made in Alba , the Norse came first to his tongue , always , in a matter of war . |
| 19 | alright ? , the only thing is last week , Jean said that when the surveyor came last time they took all the carpets up so you might , they might have to do that |
| 20 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 21 | The call came first to the anti-terrorist squad , so it took an hour before Milton heard the news on the grapevine . |
| 22 | Years later his eldest daughter Catherine commented , " The Army came first and the position was accepted by all of us as part of the existing order . " |
| 23 | The latest , and the largest of the takeovers came last week with the offer of £1.1bn by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurance company , for Pearl Group , a leading British life insurer . |
| 24 | Francisco Sotomayor of the PJ came third with 10 per cent , in contrast to the government 's success in previous rounds of the extended mid-term elections [ see pp. 38388 ; 38434 ; 38527 ] . |
| 25 | ‘ The climax came last night . |
| 26 | The alarm came first from Belmodes . |
| 27 | In fact , Labour came second in seven out of ten council seats , and in the Euro elections , the SLD came fourth behind the Greens . |
| 28 | ‘ The message from the Chief came first . |
| 29 | The party came third , with 13.0 per cent of the vote compared with 31.1 per cent in the general election in 1988 . |
| 30 | The embassy came next . |