Example sentences of "[adv prt] the series " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last possibility seems to be that our original conception of the rule amounted to the creation of a disposition to carry on the series in one way rather than another . |
| 2 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 3 | ‘ Grundy picked up the series after Channel 7 dropped it in 1985 . |
| 4 | In our view , the advertising award of the decade should go to the brain who thought up the series of anti-smoking television adverts which did not even mention lung cancer , but drew attention to the fact that smoking gives you bad breath . |
| 5 | AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings . |