Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Lincoln 's recollection subsequently , he glanced at a map in his office and decided within ten seconds that the 38th parallel was the correct demarcation line between the zones of American and Soviet occupation . |
| 2 | Colonel Bonesteel believed the 38th parallel was the most satisfactory line in dividing Soviet and American spheres that could be arrived at-this would place Seoul , the Korean capital , in the American sphere . |
| 3 | However , in favour of the 38th parallel was the fact that it appeared a rough and ready division , which might satisfy the Russians and give Seoul to the south . |
| 4 | The 38th parallel was an obvious line to adopt and had the merit from the American viewpoint of placing the border north of Seoul ; this maximised the territory under American direction . |
| 5 | However , much of the detail in the fourteenth edition was a product of haphazard revision . |
| 6 | The third decade of the sixteenth century was a real turning-point in musical history — and not only because the Reformation quickly called into existence a body of religious music which preferred the vernacular to Latin and served other liturgical needs than those of the Roman church . |
| 7 | According to Scott , Marshall was seventeen times lawfully married , and after his hundredth year was the avowed father of four illegitimate children . |
| 8 | It is sometimes suggested that the mystical flowering of the fourteenth century was a reaction against the scientific and scholastic enthusiasms of the thirteenth century , which had sought to reinterpret the Christian experience in terms of the rationalistic philosophy of Aristotle . |
| 9 | The fourteenth century was a momentous century in the history of Wales . |
| 10 | The rise of the Nevilles and the Percies in the late fourteenth century was the first occasion when families of genuine northern origin came into the front rank of the nobility — one may exclude the duchy of Lancaster from any such comment , because it was closely connected with the royal family and also held substantial lands in the Midlands and the South . |
| 11 | The point at issue in the second case was the fundamental one of whether the Directive compels an employee to transfer when the employing enterprise is sold or whether the Directive merely creates an option for the employee to transfer . |
| 12 | The Second Crusade was a less spectacular affair , failing because of many factors : the North German princes decided to direct their crusade against the pagan , Slavonic-speaking Wends ; the French forces nearly attacked Constantinople as a result of severe relations between East and West ; the native crusader barons were more determined to sustain their alliances with Moslem rulers in the Middle East than to help the next wave of crusaders ( who might themselves claim lands ) . |
| 13 | The second present was a book toke ) a ‘ thank you ’ for having had the pleasure of being President of the Medau Society . |
| 14 | The second change was the rise in inflation which reduced the statutory limits on contributions by more than half . |
| 15 | The second try was the mortal thrust . |
| 16 | ‘ The second blow was a cruel one . ’ |
| 17 | The second sister was the mother of Sir Francis Bacon , and the youngest , Elizabeth came to Bisham as Lady Hoby . |
| 18 | The second cell was the same . |
| 19 | The Second Labour was the destruction of the Lernaean Hydra . |
| 20 | So dim was it under the trees that she had to get close up before she could make certain that the second figure was a nine . |
| 21 | From this to a second fault was a further 30 fathoms , with good copper being worked above and below . |
| 22 | The second boy was a cheerful replica of his mother , his high , red cheeks almost burying his slanted dark eyes . |
| 23 | The second half was a different matter and Sandrock took a grip on the game . |
| 24 | The start of the second half was a disaster for 'Mill , with Englefield equalising straight away . |
| 25 | The second half was a more even affair . |
| 26 | The first half was evenish , but the second half was a whole load of Leeds pressure , with counter-attacks from Norwich . |
| 27 | The second half was the same … all Swindon … the Blues packed the goalmouth and Town could n't find a way through … |
| 28 | the second half was the same … thank heavens for hammond … coming up the save of the game … and he followed that up with another … |
| 29 | The All Blacks won a sterner Third Test against the World side , almost went base-over-apex in the First Test against Ireland , then came back so powerfully the Second Test was a 59–6 mis-match . |
| 30 | The most contentious issue in the early days of the second session was the collegiality of bishops . |