Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown 's servants in the sixteenth century were in many ways less effective as administrative instruments than had been their predecessors in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries . |
| 2 | They also state that ‘ the hemiparesis in the second case was on the opposite cortical side from the migraine-associated ‘ hypoaesthesia ’ , but in their case-report both the numbness and the hemiparesis were right-sided . |
| 3 | A sequence of events — or phases — can be established : a phase when the first building was in use , a phase when the paved area was in use , and a phase when the second building was in use . |
| 4 | The second plea was to the regime for ‘ clear and convincing steps ’ towards putting the country on a just , democratic and socialist course . |
| 5 | The second guidance was in respect of roads , and much needed to be done in this regard . |
| 6 | He appealed to the Court of Appeal on various grounds , but the only ground pursued was that the prosecution on the second indictment was in contravention of section 20(8) of the Constitution of Jamaica which provides , so far as relevant : |
| 7 | Second aircraft was from 3/KG2 and was shot down by F/S F W Higginson , F/L P S Weaver and Sgt C Whitehead , flying Hurricanes of 56 Sqn . |
| 8 | The second ring was in effect suburban London , representing the ribboning , scatter and sporadic development of the inter-war years . |
| 9 | ( The second vote was to be of significance only if a majority expressed a desire for change in the first . ) |
| 10 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
| 11 | A second nod was towards his daughter . |
| 12 | The second question was about sticking collage pieces in place . |
| 13 | Her charm was such that her second marriage was with a man twenty years her junior , Sir John Danvers . |
| 14 | In 1917 , his second marriage was to Jessica Gertrude ( daughter of Richard Gerrard , civil engineer ) , actress and former wife of Eric Spencer Wentworth Fitzwilliam ( later ninth Earl Fitzwilliam ) . |
| 15 | The dominant theme of a whistle-stop second half was of Swansea driving towards Harlequins ' line , a shrill blast for a penalty , followed immediately by an even shriller one and Griffiths pacing out a generous 10 metres to silence the Welsh invective . |
| 16 | Loxton was reminded of an earlier statement he had made to the police stating that the time of the second appearance was between 6pm and 6.05pm . |
| 17 | The second crop was of underwood and coppice , with felling taking place at intervals of seven years or so . |
| 18 | My second job was as a secretary . |
| 19 | I am a southerner whose first job was in Leeds , whose second job was in Edinburgh and whose third job was in London . |
| 20 | The second difference was in intestinal absorption . |
| 21 | The second day was in the survival tank in Lowestoft College . |
| 22 | The second night was at the McKenzie hut , beautifully sited by a lake in a steep valley . |
| 23 | The second outing was from the car park on Chalk Hill . |
| 24 | The Alien effects on the second outing were in the hands of Stan Winston , who ( like Rambaldi ) won an Oscar for his efforts . |
| 25 | The second occasion was in the mid-1980s when the Bank had to step in after banks and discount houses failed to complete London Clear , a project to automate settlements and transactions in the money markets . |
| 26 | The second factor was at first O-levels . |
| 27 | The First and Second armies were to be stationed in the north , facing East Prussia , the Third , Fifth and Eighth armies in the southwest facing Austria-Hungary . |
| 28 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 29 | The second flight was on June 12 . |
| 30 | My second commission was for the Lutheran Church of St Andrew in Suislip . |