Example sentences of "nothing [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such attempt came to nothing during the Second World War , when a military coup mounted under the pro-Nazi Rashid Ali al-Gailani was defeated . |
| 2 | What was mocked was the arrogant superiority of the traditionally educated arts man who knew nothing of the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 3 | Second team or not , however , there 's nothing like the first century . |
| 4 | You know , if there 's nothing like the last week then Did you have your tea Danny ? |
| 5 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 6 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 7 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |
| 8 | But in Saussure 's system there are only the two terms , Signifier and Signified , with nothing in the third column . |
| 9 | Independent software vendors will be charged nothing until the second year when a $2,500 fee per company will be levied . |
| 10 | Of missions sent by Roman bishops beyond the imperial frontiers we hear nothing until the sixth century . |
| 11 | If reliability is defined in terms of the production of truth , it adds nothing to the first condition once we restrict our attention to the particular case . |
| 12 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |