Example sentences of "[verb] in the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its reputation was lifted in the sixteenth century , when Marguerite de Navarre came here and ( perhaps ) wrote some of her Heptameron , as a respite from the rigours of the cure , before the atrocious weather — in the prologue she quickly complains of the rainfall in Cauterets — drove her down to Sarrance . |
| 2 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 3 | The first of these was the intense interest in , and massive support for , subject-based curriculum change particularly in Mathematics and Science which originated in the late nineteen-fifties in the United States , largely as a result of a realisation of the enormous gaps which were opening between what university research workers were examining and what schools taught , between the demands of a computer based technology and the realities of a curriculum designed in the nineteenth century to serve a nation of shopkeepers . |
| 4 | This time , our pattern will be displayed with all that was originally designed in the second colour , transcribed to black on the screen . |
| 5 | He is cautious about all the hype that has surrounded Alpha from the time of announcement and warns that too much is being promised by a chip that was designed in the first instance to provide a Unix migration path for VAX users . |
| 6 | According to the Roman writer Pausanias , the temple of Apollo Epicurius was designed in the fifth century BC by Ictinus , one of the architects of the Parthenon . |
| 7 | ‘ Modern ’ type-faces , first designed in the 18th century by men like Bodoni and Baskerville , emphasised the contrast between the thick and thin parts of a letter . |
| 8 | And finally , social citizenship rights , on a range from ‘ the right to a modicum of economic wealth and security ’ to ‘ the right to share to the full in the social heritage and to live the life of a civilized being according to the standards prevailing in society ’ were won in the twentieth century , especially in the post-war period when the welfare state was extended so that all were guaranteed education , health care and a ‘ safety net ’ of financial provision through what was then ‘ national assistance ’ . |
| 9 | Political citizenship rights , notably the right to vote and to stand for election , were won in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth as the Representation of the People Acts extended the franchise by stages until universal adult suffrage had been achieved . |
| 10 | The campaign to maximise the impact of the opposition parties ' votes in terms of seats won in the next election should begin now . |
| 11 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
| 12 | Having reviewed the authorities which dealt with the construction of restraint of trade clauses , the court applied the following rules : ( a ) The question of construction should be approached in the first instance without regard to the question of legality or illegality. ( b ) The clause should be construed with reference to the object sought to be obtained . |
| 13 | Hinde House was one of ten comprehensive schools approached in the first year with a view to the launching of a school/industry partnership . |
| 14 | It was an appalling mistake for the city to be attacked in the first place . |
| 15 | The Spennymoor super heavyweight forced the referee to step in after Hopper had pounded the more fancied Craig Parsons of Brighton into three standing counts in the second round . |
| 16 | It seems reasonable to suggest that the natural theme we is omitted in the second sentence in order to foreground the rheme . |
| 17 | ‘ I was always proud to play for my country and I 'm baffled why I should have been omitted in the first place , for the linesman incident was trivial . |
| 18 | the subject areas omitted in the first place ; |
| 19 | Buffalo will know in the next couple of days whether Kelly will be fit to face Houston again in the first round of the play-offs next weekend . |
| 20 | This liability would fall in the first instance on the resident owner , then the resident tenant and so on . |
| 21 | The origin of a different approach lies in the mid-nineteenth century in Lumley v. Gye . |
| 22 | Many techniques for stress reduction can be appropriated by the same injunctions to succeed that got you stressed in the first place , and should be discontinued if you spot that they have been subverted in this way ( unless your goal has also changed along the way from stress reduction to record-breaking ) . |
| 23 | Egypt : Well Disuq-1 drilled in the first half of 1992 tested only sub-commercial quantities of gas . |
| 24 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 25 | ‘ Because of the present state of the economy and also because of the seasonal nature of the main businesses , with the large majority of profits usually earned in the second half , it is too early to form a clear view of the outcome for the year , ’ the group added . |
| 26 | Earned in the last war , no doubt , and that stiff , awkward leg too . |
| 27 | Of course , public recognition of the need to introduce a smog alert system may increase awareness that air pollution problems are very serious and that stricter long-term pollution control policies are needed to prevent smogs occurring in the first instance . |
| 28 | The deception , trick or ruse that forms the one essential element in the interaction of the fabliau characters is most frequently an impromptu action , very commonly occurring in the first instance as an example of a native cunning attributed to women , an ingenuity in lying and deceit that women have . |
| 29 | To prevent the reactions from occurring in the first place , filtered blood has to be used from the very first transfusion and 99% of white cells have to be removed . |
| 30 | Make his life as easy as possible when he first starts school to avoid the problem occurring in the first place . |