Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun sg] in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oesophagitis was still present at the second endoscopy in three patients and the treatment had to be continued for a further four to six weeks , when a third endoscopy confirmed complete healing . |
| 2 | The second election in two years was fixed for July . |
| 3 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 4 | It 's the second escape in three months . |
| 5 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 6 | He was the second man in two days to ask me that . |
| 7 | Dave Heath got the fourth … the Wildcats finally stirred thanks to a goal from Bryan Larkin … the Kings kept going though … they led by 10-1 in the third period before Swindon came back with four late goals … it finished 11 … 5 … with fists flying as tempers flared towards the end … the second leg in two weeks time at Swindon should be a scorcher |
| 8 | It proved to be Gooch 's day ; with Slack he put on 89 for the second wicket in seventeen overs , setting the foundations for the later onslaught . |
| 9 | Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes . |
| 10 | The woodland shimmered , was still — a moment 's stifling summer silence , then the howl of the new season , a freezing wind bringing death and shedding so that for the second time in two minutes the land was drenched with fallen leaves and snow . |
| 11 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 12 | Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years . |
| 13 | It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out . |
| 14 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 15 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 16 | OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night . |
| 17 | Q For the second time in two months , my four-month-old daughter 's head and neck have become ‘ stuck ’ on one side , making her look awkward and uncomfortable . |
| 18 | FOUR-year-old Lucy Gill saved her epileptic dad Liam for the second time in two weeks by dialling 999 when he fell at their West Bromwich home . |
| 19 | Personnel of the Operation Life-Line Sudan programme had on March 31 been forced by fighting to leave Bor for the second time in two weeks , although some 6,000 malnourished children were being fed from that distribution point . |
| 20 | A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks . |
| 21 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
| 22 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 23 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
| 24 | ‘ For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said . |
| 25 | This man who , for the second time in two days , had come to her aid ! |
| 26 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 27 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
| 28 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 29 | CAMBRIDGE survived a frantic succession of alarms and excursions to win the 108th University Match and lift the Bowring Bowl for the second time in five seasons at Twickenham yesterday . |
| 30 | Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road . |