Example sentences of "[verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Involve a third party facilitator . |
| 2 | This causes a second type of problem — an almost impossible demand for nipples and milk supply . |
| 3 | Cigarette smoking causes a third of all cancer deaths . |
| 4 | Unconfirmed reports in late November said that Russia had agreed to sell 20 MiG-29 fighter aircraft to help India install a fourth squadron on its northern border with Pakistan . |
| 5 | The might of Gloucester beaten by bottom of the table , West Hartlepool , who 'd never won a first division game before . |
| 6 | Protests like these may have won a first round victory for the hospital , but campaigners say the fight continues . |
| 7 | The pair are not first-timers to the MPA competition , having won a first prize in the portrait section last year . |
| 8 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , virtue alone is not enough ; possibly Carter would have been more successful and might have won a second term if he had been less intense , more flexible , less immersed in the detail of government and a little more willing to dissemble occasionally . |
| 10 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 11 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 12 | Remarried women contributed a third to that increase in births . |
| 13 | The growth of multinational corporations provided a second spur to Eurocurrency business . |
| 14 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 15 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was that trainer ? |
| 16 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was the trainer ? |
| 17 | Nick , let's put to you the three questions ; when Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double — who was that trainer ? |
| 18 | This provided a third source of information for BRAC on the effectiveness of its programme . |
| 19 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 20 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 21 | Together , these mosaics suggest a late-second century development of the elements of centralised and curvilinear design , with the mosaics from North Leigh , Colchester , and Verulamium illustrating the culmination of a late-second century trend . |
| 22 | However , these claims suggest a third way in which policing in Easton is ordinary . |
| 23 | She cast a last fleeting look around the room . |
| 24 | She cast a last anguished look around , imprinting the details of the woodland glade on her memory . |
| 25 | One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account . |
| 26 | A turnout of at least 40 per cent was required to make a first round vote valid , but on Sept. 30 this threshold was not met in the majority of constituencies ( turnout nationwide was only 36 per cent ) , necessitating a second ballot for more than 80 per cent of council seats . |
| 27 | All the above chords , if transposed a fifth lower , are suitable for the viola , and , if transposed an octave and a fifth lower , for the cello also . |
| 28 | If they work five days , there would , in theory , be a 20 per cent increase in periods worked , therefore on paper you would need a fifth fewer people . |
| 29 | With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer . |
| 30 | Isabel did n't need a second invitation , quickly finding the meat and dividing it between them . |