Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the ten out of 50 students , why not just think of a number from one to ten and then take every tenth name from there on ? |
| 2 | Whilst the reasons for this can not be established with certainty , there is evidence of some migration of the elderly out of the control area since the figures used in the selection were compiled ; there is also some reporting of general practitioners being more ready to refer patients living in the action than the control area . |
| 3 | One most destructive mode by which vast numbers are destroyed is that of chasing the birds in a boat at the time they shed their primary quill-feathers , when being unable to fly they are soon rowed down and captured ; this practice , which is to be much regretted , is usually resorted to for the sake of the beautiful down with which the breasts are clothed , but not unfrequently is mere wantonness . |
| 4 | They huddle close and drink at the trough of the Baltic along with Sweden and Finland . |
| 5 | This chapter examines the Conservative record throughout the 1980s up to the passing of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act . |
| 6 | Chandos 's brave and important Parry series , conducted with sterling musicianship and remarkable insights by Matthias Bamert , adds another choral disc to the four out of the five symphonies so far issued . |
| 7 | He followed the match on the 6th up to the green players , caddies , referee , steward and camp followers . |
| 8 | As well as Steve 's publications our newssheet covers such topics as spotting grounds from branch line trains and local buses , and our most recent sheet contained an article on a spectacular view of Northtown 's thatched terraces that can be obtained by skateboarding off the top of the multi-storey on to the roof of Lloyds Bank . |
| 9 | In August he tried to win the rest of the Six over to major changes in the treaty which would reduce its supranational content and allow French forces greater freedom of action to please the Gaullists . |
| 10 | Speaking on BBC TV 's Election Call programme , he said he could not provide ‘ an in-all-circumstances ’ undertaking on how his party would react , saying that he was being asked ‘ how I would play as a batsman the third ball in the fourth over after next . ’ |
| 11 | By far the rarest type of post-medieval coffin is the gable-lidded tapered shape ; this is frustrating , especially as they are so well known in contemporary art from the fourteenth through to the seventeenth centuries . |
| 12 | The latter news softens the impact of the former up to a point . |
| 13 | KAPIL DEV , India 's Pride , became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he trapped Australian opener Mark Taylor lbw in the first over after tea at 4.05 on the third day in the final Test of the recent series . |
| 14 | They have been left behind by the economic restructuring of the 1980s , shunted off on a branch line of history and left back in the twilight of the 1970s along with flares and skinheads , a time when demagogues made last-ditch efforts to salvage working-class pride and channel it in a fascist direction . |
| 15 | Victory was achieved in spectacular style in the first over after tea , left-hander Sanath Jayasuriya swinging his first ball , from Tufnell , over mid-wicket for six . |
| 16 | In early June , I got close to the top , and to the cirque , before having to stop the car at a snow-drift ; but if that happens you can simply enough walk the rest of the way or , indeed , walk directly into the cirque along the valley to the left out of He as . |
| 17 | The family reunite on the Los Lobos-penned title track , Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne sing on the opening World In Motion , and Ry Cooder produces the album 's highspot : a version of the traditional Down in Mississippi that sounds truly Muddy . |
| 18 | This latter measurement was taken from the distal end of the sphincter up to the respiratory inversion point , which is the level at which the end expiratory pressure changes from a positive to a negative deflection . |
| 19 | There used to be a a house on the end of the common up at Clarendon Road , the opposite side oh ! |
| 20 | Eleven papers were given — which dealt with aspects of the history of popular culture from the 16th through to the 20th centuries in areas as diverse as early modern Germany , 19th century Russia and 20th century Mexico and India . |