Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the response at first was muted , for the Acts seem to have been ad hoc responses to a perceived crisis rather than an expression of a coherent programme . |
| 2 | In recent years this aspect has been corrected to a large extent through the response of Third World Christian thinkers and the radical discipleship movement which is emerging among younger Christians in the more affluent nations . |
| 3 | in the tent with first light filtering |
| 4 | I took the tent across next morning . ’ |
| 5 | As we have seen , it was not until 1102 that he had the possibility of holding a council ; but when the opportunity at last arrived , he applied all his talents and energies to the task . |
| 6 | In answer to the first question there is some evidence that initially there is a degree of opposition — staff see themselves losing the opportunity of sixth form teaching , parents , who often went to 11–18 schools themselves , regard them as a second best alternative . |
| 7 | He recognised the opportunity in last year 's East German revolution and grabbed it . |
| 8 | The majority of first and second division football clubs deal with transfer fees through the p&l account ; only Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth put their players on the balance sheet . |
| 9 | The exams on first semester work is June . |
| 10 | The prince at last leaned forward on the verge , we assumed , of uttering some revelation — but instead blocked his right nostril with his index finger and noisily expelled from his left an impressive length of mucus which plummeted precisely through a small hole in the floor . |
| 11 | Standing in Town Hall Square in the Old Town , it is fronted at the base by seventeenth and eighteenth century gabled houses , while behind is the Renaissance Týn Court with Doric loggia . |
| 12 | The variety at first seems bewildering , but leaving aside primitive creatures like jellyfish and corals which we have already discussed , and the much more advanced backboned fish , nearly all can be allocated to one of three main types : shelled animals , like clams , cowries and sea snails ; radially symmetrical creatures like starfish and sea urchins ; and elongated animals with segmented bodies varying from wriggling bristle worms to shrimps and lobsters . |
| 13 | The decisions about teaching practice and the provision of second method time have changed quite radically my method course . |
| 14 | The best track , rolling stock and journey times are to be found on the main intercity routes , where timetables and the provision of first class carriages and full catering services are aimed at the needs of the business community . |
| 15 | Lynam lit the fuse by first questioning captain Lineker about the mood in the squad and then turning on Taylor , who now says : ‘ I end up having a go at the ‘ housewives ' choice ’ and it really was n't me . |
| 16 | Get the change from 1st to 2nd right and you can cover the sprint to sixty in a fraction under five seconds . |
| 17 | Frankly , other GUIs of this type do n't really have a look in — there 's GEM , of course , and GEOWORKS , but neither now has the support of third party software houses to make their purchase a realistic option — a shame , really since both have plenty to offer . |
| 18 | Poor Green wrote a desperate note in the Mercury of 13th December 1791 saying , |
| 19 | Tennis Courts The Secretary of State confirmed the compulsory purchase order and the necessary notice that the order had been confirmed was inserted in the Scotsman on 2nd April . |
| 20 | The final part of the compulsory purchase order was published in the Scotsman on 2nd April 1992 and objections on procedural grounds had to be made within 6 weeks . |
| 21 | Tennis Courts The Secretary of State confirmed the compulsory purchase order and the necessary notice that the order had been confirmed was inserted in the Scotsman on 2nd April . |
| 22 | The final part of the compulsory purchase order was published in the Scotsman on 2nd April 1992 and objections on procedural grounds had to be made within 6 weeks . |
| 23 | In the accounts of first meetings , the subjects generally described the situation , physical appearance and attractiveness ( the first meetings described were often with members of the opposite sex ) , details of the initial conversation , comparisons of the person with oneself , and reaction of the other person to themselves . |
| 24 | They differ in that when the impressions are described in the accounts of first meetings , the situation is important to the impression . |
| 25 | WHILST the accounts from last year 's World Cup are still not available , I.B. Secretary Keith Rowlands asserted in Catania recently that RWC profits would be more than the paltry £3 million mooted earlier this year by fellow director Marcel Martin . |
| 26 | They may stage something to coincide with the trial of last October 's terrorists . |
| 27 | In a slightly different context , that of the attitude to be adopted by an appellate court where there has been a change in the circumstances of the plaintiff since the trial at first instance , Harman LJ enunciated the principle that , " the court should never speculate where it knows " : Curwen v James [ 1963 ] 1 WLR at p753 . |
| 28 | On Wednesday I9 February the trial at last began in earnest with the cross-examination of Lieutenant Colonel Scotland . |
| 29 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 30 | The project describes and appraises the policies and practices of institutions associated with the CNAA concerning the admission to first degree and DipHE programmes of applicants not holding standard entry qualifications and , where possible , to investigate arrangements made for the admission of such students with advanced standing . |