Example sentences of "the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 17th annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions , held in London in October , endorsed the use of international standards on auditing for cross-border offerings and continuous reporting by foreign issuers . |
| 2 | The coup was the 17th successful intervention by the military since the removal of the absolute monarchy in 1932 , but the first since in 1977 [ see pp. 28861-62 ] . |
| 3 | Leamington Spa , the 17th largest society in 1990 , was the first to exit from the market via a merger after declaring a loss . |
| 4 | To Lichfield for the 17th Literary Dinner , hosted at the spectacular and refurbished Guild Hall by booksellers Ralph James and Cliff Redshaw . |
| 5 | The 17th Franco-African conference was held in Libreville , Gabon , on Oct. 5-7 [ for 16th conference , held in La Baule , France , in June 1990 , see p. 37524 ] . |
| 6 | ABSOLUT vodka , the third largest selling vodka and the 17th biggest-selling spirit brand worldwide , was imported to the UK last month , marketed by Rivalage . |
| 7 | The 15th annual meeting of the heads of state and government of the 16 member countries of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) was held on July 27-29 in Dakar , Senegal [ see p. 38058 for membership ; p. 38327 for 1991 summit ] . |
| 8 | It was later revealed that this was the 15th such shipment to Israel since October 1990 ( the majority of which had been made under BND auspices ) . |
| 9 | The beautiful tawny stone of the great churches and university buildings seemed to me stained with the blood of Republican idealists in the British battalion of the 15th International Brigade . |
| 10 | The 15th international symposium on the Organic chemistry of sulphur will be held from 29 June until 3 July 1992 in Caen , France . |
| 11 | ICI 's pharmaceuticals business is already , in effect , the 15th largest drug company in the world , ahead of such renowned outfits as Wellcome and Germany 's Schering . |
| 12 | Pharmaceuticals production : ICI is the 15th largest drug company in the world |
| 13 | The surprise package of the tournament was the 224th ranked qualifier , Mark Keil , another young American who defeated US Open Champion , Pete Sampras in straight sets . |
| 14 | More than 1,200 delegates attended the 45th annual Assembly of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in Geneva , Switzerland , on May 4-14 . |
| 15 | The 45th ministerial meeting of the 11-member Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OAPEC ) was held in Cairo on Dec. 8 . |
| 16 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |
| 17 | There was a brief look at war and peace before debate on ‘ Schema 13 ’ closed on 10 November , the 119th general congregation . |
| 18 | The cutting edge of British art historical research was presented at the nineteenth annual Association of Art Historians ' Conference , held from 2 to 4 April at the Tate Gallery . |
| 19 | In terms of ( 9.8 ) , if denotes the jth slack variable in ( 9 .8 ) , we are seeking a non-negative solution to ( 9.8 ) with . |
| 20 | It was 5 November 1964 , and the 115th general congregation . |
| 21 | 4.15PM After the hundredth charred building , I become numbed to the destruction and find myself only stopping to photograph the ironic and unusual : a rental outlet called ‘ Hot Videos ’ up in flames , men carrying couches and lamps through the shattered window of a furniture store next to a large inviting sign : ‘ Come in for real bargains ’ . |
| 22 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
| 23 | This was only the fourteenth successful ascent , and his account of this exploit , published in 1828 , Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc , on the 8th and 9th August , 1827 , is a classic of Alpine literature : a vivid narrative of the pleasures and perils of mountaineering enhanced by examples of his skilful draughtsmanship made on the journey . |
| 24 | And then the annual parish council meeting was May the fourteenth last year so the corresponding date will be |
| 25 | They were colourists then and good fabrics in the fourteenth fifteenth century . |
| 26 | In 1732 a new colony — the fourteenth British colony on the Atlantic seaboard — was set up in Georgia . |
| 27 | It was 15 September 1964 , and the 80th general congregation . |
| 28 | Lt Col Campbell-Preston has provided an account of how on 28 May his regiment , the 80th Scottish Horse Medium Regt RA , was near Riccione , south of Rimini . |
| 29 | Debate on the all-important , but heavily traditionalist , schema on the Church began at the 31st general congregation on 1 December . |
| 30 | Peter Ballingall is on the Teaching Panel of Golf Monthly and was one of the Teaching Panel of Golf Monthly and was one of the principal speakers at the 1st European Golf Teaching & Coaching Conference in Milan in 1990 . |