Example sentences of "and the [num ord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two armies met at Sagrajas and the first to engage with the Christians were Motamid 's own native Spanish Moslems . |
| 2 | The sky remained clear and the first starts of the evening were already apparent in the inky space above our heads . |
| 3 | Thus , the separation theorem holds that there are only two portfolios in equilibrium ; the first composed of n risky assets and the second composed of the risk-free asset . |
| 4 | The first clusters according to numeric properties , and the second according to the names of the clusters invented during the first part . |
| 5 | Usually , the first name to prefix indicates the weaving group and the second refers to the group whose design has been employed . |
| 6 | The first idea is of a metaphorical and anthropomorphic kind , and the second and third also call out for analysis , if only for the reason that there are other non-causal pairs of things such that the first explains the second and the second depends on the first . |
| 7 | Consider , for example , the case of two owners of agricultural land on the periphery of a town , both of whom applied for planning permission to develop for housing purposes — the first being given permission and the second refused on the ground that the site in question was to form part of a green belt . |
| 8 | Two out of the three patients have been discharged cured , and the third remains in the House in a state of convalescence recovered already beyond the probability of danger , and likely soon to become an active and useful member of society . |
| 9 | Two of her brothers were killed in World War I and the third died in the influenza epidemic while waiting to be demobilized . |
| 10 | There are 3 heads to the triceps ; 2 of them have their origins on the humerus and the third originates on the shoulder blade . |