Example sentences of "[adj] of [num] [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Harry ( 1871–1948 ) , steel metallurgist , was born 18 February 1871 in Sheffield , Yorkshire , the youngest of five sons and the eighth of nine children of John Brearley , steel melter of Sheffield , and his wife Jane Senior , daughter of a blacksmith of Penistone , Yorkshire . |
| 2 | Jim is the second youngest of five children and the only boy . |
| 3 | ( 1630–1714 ) , princess of the Palatinate and mother of George I , was born 14 October 1630 in The Hague , the youngest of five daughters and the youngest but one of the thirteen children of Frederick V ( 1596–1632 ) , elector Palatine ( 1610–32 ) and the ‘ winter king ’ of Bohemia ( 1619–21 ) , and his wife Elizabeth ( 1596–1622 ) , the daughter of James I. Born in exile , because of Frederick 's expulsion from Bohemia and the Palatinate , Sophia 's importance in history was derived from her parentage and from the unpredictable fate of the Stuarts . |
| 4 | , Emily ( 1835–1895 ) , printer and propagandist for women 's employment , was born 27 May 1835 at Headley rectory , Surrey , the youngest of five daughters and the last of the eight children of the Revd Ferdinand Faithfull , rector of Headley , and his wife Elizabeth Mary . |
| 5 | , Walter ( 1896–1966 ) , trade-union official and political activist , was born 17 June 1896 at 22 Randolph Street , Kentish Town , London , the youngest of four sons and the sixth of seven surviving children of Henry William Hannington , foreman bricklayer of Kentish Town , and his wife Eliza Smith . |
| 6 | Those polled in the survey were asked to give firms marks out of ten under each of nine headings and the scores added to produce business sector rankings , national leaders in each heading , and an overall Top Twenty . |
| 7 | WordStar International Inc , Novato , California raised $5.9m in a second private placing of 2.7m units , each of one share and a warrant for a second share at $2.50 expiring 1996 . |
| 8 | , Henry ( c. 1592–1645 ) , landowner and farmer , was born c .1592 , probably in Hutton Cranswick , east Yorkshire , the second of five sons and the second of six children of James Best , yeoman of Hutton Cranswick ( later gentleman of Elmswell , east Yorkshire ) , and his wife Dorothy , whose background and maiden name are not known . |
| 9 | , William Thomson ( ‘ Will ’ ) ( 1888–1949 ) , comedian , was born 6 December 1888 in Stockton-on-Tees , the second of three sons and the third of six children of William Robert Hay , engineer of Inverness-shire , and his wife Elizabeth Ebden , the daughter of a Barnsley fish merchant . |
| 10 | ( Of course since we do not know what happens in the jury room — and it is illegal to find out — the likelihood is that the jury will disregard the law and convict the accused of one offence or the other , hardly the best possible outcome . ) |
| 11 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |
| 12 | Rufus , sleek with love and ardent spirits , thought with wonder about how he had actually imagined for all of ten minutes that the house they talked about in the Standard might be Wyvis Hall . |
| 13 | Unthinking , he had placed himself not in front of the desk but at an angle to it so that he was closer to the pipes , and he wondered how long the interview would last because it was short of thirty minutes until the call to the Kitchen for dinner and the hunger pain pinched at his stomach . |
| 14 | The many aspects of Christian Aid work at St. A. 's & St. G. 's are given style and unity by ‘ Felicitous ’ posters , and also those of two Elders and a Church Officer , with a gift for calligraphy and communication . |
| 15 | , John ( 1585–1654 ) , dean of Winchester , was born in Seaton , Angus , 25 June 1585 , the sixth of eight sons and the eighth of twelve children of Sir Peter Young [ q.v. ] , tutor to James VI of Scotland , and his first wife Elizabeth Gibb . |
| 16 | , Mary Mitchell ( 1848–1915 ) , missionary , was born 2 December 1848 in Gilcomston , a suburb of Aberdeen , the first of five daughters and the second of seven children ( four of whom reached adulthood ) of Robert Slessor , shoemaker , of Buchan , and his wife Mary Mitchell , weaver , of Old Meldrum . |
| 17 | On the other hand , in Carl Hooper Kent have signed a batsman capable of 1,500 runs and a bowler who , in favourable conditions , could take 40-odd wickets . |
| 18 | , Archibald ( 1790–1847 ) , architect , was born 4 May 1790 in Aberdeen , the fifth of five sons and the youngest of nine children of William Simpson , clothier in Aberdeen , and his wife Barbara , eldest daughter of the Revd Francis Dauney , minister of Banchory Ternan . |
| 19 | , Eliza ( 1848–1937 ) , conveyancer and social investigator , was born 25 December 1848 in Hampstead , the fifth of six daughters and the seventh of eight children of Charles Orme , distiller , of Southwark , and his wife Eliza , eldest daughter of the Revd Edward Andrews of Walworth . |
| 20 | , John Stewart ( 1856–1920 ) , metallurgical chemist , was born 9 December 1856 at 12 Norfolk Street , Hutchesontown , Glasgow , one of six sons and a daughter ( two other sons died in infancy ) of Robert McArthur ( spelled thus on the birth certificate ) , tailor , of Glasgow , and his wife Elizabeth Stewart . |
| 21 | , Robert Henry ( 1833–1916 ) , meteorologist , was born in Dublin 28 January 1833 , one of five sons and a daughter of James Smyth Scott , QC , a prominent Dublin lawyer , and his wife Louisa , daughter of Charles Brodrick , archbishop of Cashel , and sister of the sixth and seventh viscounts Midleton . |
| 22 | She was one of three WPCs and a sergeant seriously injured when a knifeman went berserk last year , just 100 yards from yesterday 's explosions . |
| 23 | And if you take out a policy now you can choose one of three books or an exercise video as a free gift . |
| 24 | The advertisements will generally fall into one of three categories and the FSA approval issues are as follows : |
| 25 | , Frederick William ( ‘ Peter ’ ) ( 1877–1950 ) , microbiologist , was born 22 October 1877 in Camberley , Surrey , the eldest of six sons and the second of the eleven children of Dr William Henry Twort , general practitioner , of Camberley , and his wife Elizabeth Crampton , only child of Joseph Crampton Webster , engineer , of London . |
| 26 | , Humphrey ( 1603–1654 ) , administrator and politician , was born 27 January 1603 , the eldest of three children and the only son of Richard Mackworth ( d . |
| 27 | The Writer is aware of one scheme where the planning brief was ignored by a developer , who as a result achieved an increase in density and was able to submit a substantially higher tender figure than other developers who had conformed to the planning brief . |
| 28 | , Sir ( Robert ) Ashton ( 1845–1929 ) , industrialist , was born 4 February 1845 in Dursley , Gloucestershire , the third of four sons and the sixth of eight children of George Lister , tanner and wire card-maker of Dursley , by his second wife Louisa Richards , who came from a Dursley family of maltsters . |
| 29 | , Sir Alfred Bray ( 1849–1922 ) , ecclesiastical lawyer , mathematician , and treasurer of the Royal Society , was born 6 July 1849 in Kensington , the third of four sons and the fourth of five children of the Revd John Edward Kempe , rector of St James , Piccadilly , and his wife Harriet , daughter of the Revd Robert Serrell Wood . |
| 30 | , Roger ( 1819–1869 ) , artist , photographer , and barrister , was born 28 March 1819 at Crimble Hall , near Bury , Lancashire , the third of four brothers and the fourth of seven children of John Fenton , banker and MP for Rochdale , and his first wife , Elizabeth Aipedaile . |