Example sentences of "and [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as the first US Ambassador to the Communist regime in Beijing , he believed that secret emissaries to his old Chinese contacts was the way to launch his personal brand of presidential diplomacy . |
| 2 | Well , Rocktron 's system might not be everyone 's idea of perfection , but it 's beautifully put together with state-of-the-art components , and as the first of a potential wave of ‘ off the peg ’ rack systems it 's the one the rest will have to beat . |
| 3 | ‘ It has been a special privilege to serve under you in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary and as the first Secretary of State for National Heritage . |
| 4 | She was an apostle of teacher training and as the first woman to be elected to the senate of London University promoted the foundation of the London Day Training College and the accompanying chair in education . |
| 5 | Dave Robson La Ronde Gulbenkian Studio Theatre , Newcastle ARTHUR Schnitzler 's Reigen is perhaps best known under its French title and as the first of two film versions , made by Max Ophuls in 1950 , is remembered as the quintessence of Viennese elegance . |
| 6 | Finally , all is prepared and as the second hand ticks over into 8.30 pm the command ‘ Run Tape ’ is given . |
| 7 | A stool was brought out , and as the last echoes of twelve faded in the warm night air a dark-haired young man with flashing black eyes came and stood alone in the dim light . |
| 8 | Next year our Lion is William Shakespeare and as the 23rd April , the day in question , is his birthday , important celebrations will be held , as 1900 is such a special year . |
| 9 | His left hand rested on the desk a silver ring set with a large brown stone on the little finger , and between the first and second fingers a cigarette with a thin blue tape of smoke rising steadily from it . |
| 10 | What some writers now term the ‘ widening gap ’ between the rich and the poor , both within countries and between the First and the Third Worlds , might tempt us to subscribe pessimistically to the view that the countries of the Third World are passive victims of the exercise of First World hegemon countries ' power . |
| 11 | Birth timing or spacing is measured as the length of time that has elapsed between marriage and first birth , between successive births ( closed birth intervals ) and between the last birth and the observation ( open birth interval ) . |
| 12 | Around the 4th , and between the 10th and 14th , events could radically alter the existing pattern of your experience . |
| 13 | If a girl is lucky and her parents are alive , she goes to her mother 's house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby 's life . |
| 14 | So I learnt about the Greeks and Romans , and about Christ , and about the first white men in America and the sad story of the Indians . |
| 15 | But the minimal point , that men did not act without taking women 's opinions into account , surely holds for quarrels as much as it did for decisions about education , and for the nineteenth as much as the twentieth century . |
| 16 | The gallery 's catalogues of its French collections are currently undergoing thorough revision : that for the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries currently dates from 1957 and for the nineteenth from 1970 . |
| 17 | Its sound provided the first syllable of Poirot 's name ‘ poir ’ , and for the second one need look no further than the French word ‘ perdreau ’ , meaning ‘ a young partridge ’ . |
| 18 | There have been major rebellions against the imposition of charges for eye and dental tests , for an amendment to grade the poll tax according to ability to pay , and for the second reading of a private members ' bill to liberalize the Official Secrets Act . |
| 19 | Once again , Botham won the toss and chose to field as the pitch looked as though it would be most lively on the first morning , and for the second time his decision could not really be criticized . |
| 20 | The price for the first seems high and for the second low for a house with six acres and a lodge , but it used to be the headquarters of British Coal 's opencast mining subsidiary , which can not have done it any good . |
| 21 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 22 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 23 | With THE PRINCE OF TIDES ( 15 Odeon Leicester Square ) Barbara Streisand crowns 30 years of success as actress and singer , and for the second time moves into another creative area — as director and producer . |
| 24 | And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’ |
| 25 | The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket . |
| 26 | And for the second time that day , the bride vowed : ‘ I will ! ’ |
| 27 | For the second time since the 19th century the value of the try has been changed and for the second time this century the drop goal value has been altered . |
| 28 | They arrived in Liverpool after an uneventful railway journey and for the second time in three months Cam walked along the dock wall looking for the Langdale ; but now there was confidence in his stride and eagerness in his face . |
| 29 | The practice is for the second copy of the Request to be retained in the files of the Central Authority as a record of its action in the matter , and for the second copy of the document itself to be returned with the completed Certificate of service so as to eliminate any doubt as to which document is covered by the Certificate . |
| 30 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |