Example sentences of "[to-vb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed to support nineteenth of June ninety four . |
| 2 | For Alton , Mike Lake found some improved form after a long time out with injury , to come 899th in 50 mins , 05 secs . |
| 3 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 4 | Teammate Rob McElnea is on course to secure second place in the Super Cup points at Mallory Park in two weeks time after fourth and fifth places today . |
| 5 | Who wants to come second ? |
| 6 | In the Czech Lands Civic Forum won about half the total votes , and in Slovakia PAV emerged as the clear winner , although the latter had been expected until shortly before the election to come second to the CDM . |
| 7 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
| 8 | Adam Smith of Annadale set produced a 13.59 triple jump to come second to Micky McDonald of Ballymena and Antrim who recorded 13.76 metres . |
| 9 | H.D. , nicknamed ‘ the Hama-dryad ’ , is the subject of much high-spirited comedy in the letters that Ezra and Dorothy exchanged , and this ought to provoke second thoughts in those who want to take Hilda 's account at face-value : H.D. may have honestly persuaded herself that she was the great ( though virginal ) love of Pound 's life , but it 's unlikely that Pound thought so , nor need we . |
| 10 | The Government 's answer has been to introduce AS-levels , equivalent to half an A-level syllabus , designed to encourage sixth formers to take a broader range of subjects . |
| 11 | But there were a few hurdles to jump first . |
| 12 | She had gone to work first for a radical magazine , perched in a cramped office behind Kings Cross . |
| 13 | He went to India in 1870 to work first for the raja of Kathiawar , and then for the public works department of the government of India , in which he became executive engineer , military works . |
| 14 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
| 15 | Those Coastal Command laddies are inclined to bomb first and ask questions later . ’ |
| 16 | The serviles , as the conservative opposition was known , had few prospects in the Constituent Cortes : on 23 May 1813 the Cortes summoned its successor , the Ordinary Cortes , which was to meet first in Cadiz and then Madrid . |
| 17 | The new machines are expected to appear first through Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , one of Pyramid 's OEM partners , thought to be readying a 24-way version of its Pyramid re-badged LSX range for a mid-June introduction . |
| 18 | Turbulence has been observed to appear first of all in small spots restricted laterally as well as axially and presumably forming in the boundary layer . |
| 19 | A long struggle by writers to establish first domestic and then international copyright resulted not only in a new concept of literary property but new , or at least amended , social relationships of writers . |
| 20 | In a letter dated 19 November , the Lord Advocate said that in Scotland ’ Civil actions are raised in the Court of Session or Sheriff Court Mrs. would have to establish first of all that she does indeed have a right to raise an action arising from the unfortunate incident of which she has complained . |
| 21 | The last stretch is down a narrow lane bordered by woods and lined with horse boxes , cars and spectators , the latter all striving to catch first sight of the leading riders coming at full gallop . |
| 22 | Buck had to putt first . |
| 23 | It was Bugner to putt first from the edge of the green . |
| 24 | It was Andy to putt first . |
| 25 | After a nuclear accident , scientists expect to find first leukaemia cases , beginning after five years and peaking after 15–20 years , then thyroid cancer and finally general cancers . |
| 26 | Over two years patients routinely attending the diabetic outpatient clinic were asked to provide first morning urine samples from three consecutive days before each visit to the clinic . |
| 27 | It is advisable to ask if this service is available and to TRY FIRST whenever you can . |
| 28 | It was hard to know what to try first — tennis , squash , volleyball — no expert knowledge was required , just plenty of enthusiasm . |
| 29 | Probably the remedy to try first , two or three times a day especially if there is a thick , milky-white , bland discharge that does not irritate or only very little . |
| 30 | The cable in Sample 1 is a good one to try first . |