Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still widely accepted that only major rulers ( kings and the republic of Venice ) could send and receive ambassadors ; and it was not clear until at least the later sixteenth century that the status of a diplomat depended on his position in this still embryonic hierarchy of ranks and not , irrespective of his title , on the standing of the ruler he represented . |
| 2 | It must therefore be stated in reply to the first part of the second question that the term ‘ matters relating to tort , delict or quasi-delict ’ within the meaning of article 5(3) of the Convention must be regarded as an independent concept covering all actions which seek to establish the liability of a defendant and which are not related to a ‘ contract ’ within the meaning of article 5(1) . |
| 3 | Woodmill controlled the game for much of the first half but could not get through the Meridian defence and it was n't until two and a half minutes into the second half that the deadlock was finally broken . |
| 4 | And it was probably the second door that the professor heard . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's about the second problem that the Professor raised . |
| 6 | As far as the police part of the Bill is concerned , the er Government er under considerable pressure from erm er er members on their own side er as well as from these benches , have made the er very welcome concession that the chairman of a police authority shall no longer be appointed er by the Secretary of State , by the Home Secretary , but elected from among the members of the police authority er they have also made provision that the er er er i in response to the er criticisms that were made at second reading that the size of the p of a police authority shall no longer be limited to er sixteen members but could er by er order of the Secretary of State be extended to er twenty er er er twenty-four members . |
| 7 | This was the second time that the centre-left coalition government of President Patricio Aylwin Azócar had successfully introduced changes to the authoritarian 1980 Constitution inherited from the Pinochet dictatorship [ for January amendment see p. 37958 ] . |
| 8 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 9 | This is the second time that the dinner , in its eighth year , has had the privilege of a Prime Minister as its guest speaker . |
| 10 | It was not until the eighteenth century that the word Champagne became synonymous with the sparkling wine of the region . |
| 11 | It was not until the eighteenth century that the history of the Shorthorn became clearly recorded . |
| 12 | It was in the second half of the eighteenth century that the presence of black people in Britain began to give rise to recognizable black communities , with a total black population of probably around 10,000 , although some historians have produced even higher estimates . |
| 13 | SYMMETRY in border ornament and surface decoration is ancient history for artists , but it was not until the crystallographers started on three-dimensional lattices in the 19th century that the mathematics was fully analysed . |
| 14 | Education is a great political issue today , but it was not until the second quarter of the 19th century that the government had any interest in it . |
| 15 | The fourth point that the draftsman must cover is the possible abandonment of the index . |
| 16 | Smith and Steve Mardenborough both limped off and it was n't until the 62nd minute that the home keeper was tested by a 25-yard floater from Mitch Cook . |
| 17 | IT NEVER struck me until I was in the sixth form that the activity pursued by scientists had any direct link with the everyday world . |
| 18 | Incidentally , it was not until the end of the fifteenth century that the sand-glass was depicted as the attribute of Father Time . |
| 19 | It was recognised in the fifteenth century that the right had to give way to the public interest in the administration ofjustice . |
| 20 | The fourth element that the plaintiff has to prove is that the acts done by her were done in reliance on or as a result of her belief that she would become entitled to the deceased 's property on his death … |
| 21 | ATORY MP yesterday made the first admission that the Government does not know whether children from poorer backgrounds will be put off higher education by the introduction of top-up loans , writes Celia Weston . |
| 22 | It was held by the Lord Ordinary ( Lord Wheatley ) and a majority of the First Division that the corporation was not liable to purchase tax on stationery manufactured by it and supplied to its public service departments but was liable to the tax on stationery supplied to its trading departments . |
| 23 | The minister gave the first indication that the support force may continue in a reduced form to oversee implementation of the six new key tasks . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ It was at a meeting on January 17 — two days after we answered the status inquiry — that we had the first indication that the shop had decided to consult an insolvency expert . ’ |
| 25 | Animal Painting in Britain was the title of a book by Basil Taylor , where he explained in his first chapter that the topic had been neglected since it was either assumed to be about sporting pictures , or about pictures of horses by such specialists as Sartorius . |
| 26 | As regards the condition relating to the place of operation , direction and control of the vessel , the applicants in the main proceedings stated in the first place that the flag state might legitimately require some measure of onshore representation in order to ensure that the authorities of that state had some method of tracing the responsibility of the operator . |
| 27 | I also wish to thank the hon. Member for Glasgow , Shettleston ( Mr. Marshall ) who suggested in the first place that the Bill should apply to Scotland as well as to England and Wales . |
| 28 | A party seeking to enforce the clause which has been attacked as being an unreasonable restraint of trade will usually argue in the first place that the restriction as a whole is reasonable and secondly that any part which is unreasonable can be severed thereby leaving only the reasonable part which should be enforced . |
| 29 | The first sign that the jump was not going to plan came when the parachutists seemed to have trouble forming up . |
| 30 | This is the fifth occasion that the Board has been invited to take part in a British Fair at Mitsukoshi with whom it has a very special relationship . |