Example sentences of "[noun pl] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well mines the first two weeks and I 'm keeping them off those two days that they 're supposed to be at school |
| 2 | The ‘ A ’ or No. 1 solution is then applied liberally and after about 10 minutes the second solution is applied . |
| 3 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 4 | Within 45 minutes the first targets had been seized . |
| 5 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 6 | Within minutes the last remaining areas of pink stone flooring were covered with bodies and had turned homespun-white . |
| 7 | In minutes the last remnants of life on the planet were gone . |
| 8 | The 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that for widows the first recommendation of 1871 was generally observed , some Boards of Guardians going further and insisting that the widow maintain two children by herself before any relief was given , while others refused relief to healthy able-bodied widows no matter how many children they had . |
| 9 | In addition , the BLA argued that unlimited liability generated claims by encouraging unjustified risk-taking by solicitors , clients and lenders alike , and also made solicitors the first target for loss recovery when the fault occurred . |
| 10 | Summer outings the next year were for her a misery . |
| 11 | And unlike in other Western cities the Third Estate was conceived along cultural , rather than economic , lines . |
| 12 | Archaos The Last Show On Earth as envisaged by this French circus troupe is a mixture of Mad Max , The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle and Billy Smart . |
| 13 | In such cases the first signs of a dialectic occur : the actor is both experiencing and describing ; an oscillation is set up between these two incompatible grammatical constructs , the verb and the adjective . |
| 14 | In a proportion of cases the first site of infection is the cervix , when there may not be any local pain . |
| 15 | In some cases the first three years of life are spent in this ward before transfer to a children 's home . ’ |
| 16 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 17 | In most cases the first bin was ignored when fitting the distribution histograms ( see Fig 4 ) . |
| 18 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 19 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 20 | In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy . |
| 21 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 22 | The latest book of pop cultural theory , The End of the Century Party ( MUP , £9.95 ) coves the last ten years including you 've guessed it The Stone Roses , The Hacienda and the indie dance scene . |
| 23 | PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES THE FIRST CUSTOMER |
| 24 | For several reasons the first and last of these are the most likely candidates and each has its proponents . |
| 25 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 26 | By the entrance to Spring Place were two two-storey houses the first occupied by the Henstridge family , then followed a terrace of six , gaunt looking three-storey houses built from a singularly unattractive deep red brick . |
| 27 | out on the roads the last of the runners are walking home … |
| 28 | You had loads the first time round . |
| 29 | This is the week that Sun Microsystems Inc debuts the first of its much-heralded , if tardy , Viking boxes . |
| 30 | Despite the dangers the first crew want to return … this time to help the child victims of the conflict . |