Example sentences of "the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the 316th year of the society , but events such as wars with Napoleon , ‘ Kaiser Bill ’ and Hitler have occasionally prevented it from taking place . |
| 2 | But now the 99th round will be the equivalent of a one-off game , and the only rational choice for each player on this last but one game is also DEFECT . |
| 3 | 98 bomb symbols on the nose , in which case P/O Scholefield and crew flew the 99th ! |
| 4 | Recalled to the USSR in 1939 , Vlasov was promoted commander of the 99th Rifle Division . |
| 5 | Then there was the controversy over how many centuries Gooch had scored and eventually it meant that the ton Gooch scored against India Under-25s at Cuttack at the end of last month was , in fact , the 99th , and not the magical 100th . |
| 6 | But by the late-18th century even communal violence in a traditional cause was becoming difficult to stomach . |
| 7 | An example from the late-18th century is shaped like a fox 's head but with a swan 's or duck 's head as the handle . |
| 8 | From the late-18th century onwards , devices containing hot water were placed under or around the sauce-boat to keep the sauce hot . |
| 9 | The next day , after the thirty-third night spent on the exitless side of a bed that was shoved up against a wall and that also housed a physiotherapist called Daphne , an air hostess called Olga , and Olga 's dopey Teddy bear , I got out of the bottom of the bed unheard and thought , No . |
| 10 | After twenty-eight rounds Cribb was unable to come to scratch , but a ruse by his seconds gave him time to recover , and Molineaux retired in the thirty-third round . |
| 11 | Lithuania was admitted formally to membership of the IMF on April 29 , as the 157th member country . |
| 12 | The execution , however , and this is typical of the 17th century Dutch masters , is more minute ; and the composition , completely determined by a diagonal , is stricter than that of the English painters . |
| 13 | ABSOLUT vodka , the third largest selling vodka and the 17th biggest-selling spirit brand worldwide , was imported to the UK last month , marketed by Rivalage . |
| 14 | In the 17th century one Nehemiah Cohen made himself particularly famous by opposing ‘ the false prophet of Smyrna , ’ Sabbatai Zevi , who sought to lead his people back into the Holy Land . |
| 15 | The effects of movement can be observed in antique pieces from the 17th century onwards , where cleats were put across the ends of structures like writing desk falls in order to gain a flush surface . |
| 16 | When the World Service broadcast news of the fire which damaged the State Apartments of Hampton Court Palace on Easter Monday 1986 David Esterly was busy at his workbench in up-state New York carving grapes in the manner of his guiding spirit , the 17th century genius woodcarver Grinling Gibbons . |
| 17 | The fact of these men 's having been guided argues a body of local botanical knowledge as early as the first part of the 17th century . |
| 18 | Nick Thompson , with his first goal for England in the 17th minute after a good move down the right by Steve Batchelor , started England off . |
| 19 | Suicide For Love is adapted by Matsuyo Akimoto from three plays by the 17th century writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Ninagawa 's production involves 73 actors , a swirling snow storm and a river on stage — the company , with true Japanese courtesy , provide plastic macs for the first two rows of spectators . |
| 20 | Up to then he had never been in front — he was three down with 11 holes to play — but he went one up at the 17th the second time around . |
| 21 | It is not too much to say that we entered the conference in the law and atmosphere of the 17th century and we came out with a fair prospect of 20th century conditions . ' |
| 22 | Richly brocaded fabrics , ribbons , and lace characterize the opulent viceregal dress of the 17th century . |
| 23 | ‘ May the 17th , ’ the girl said promptly . |
| 24 | Cork stoppers were certainly common by the second half of the 17th century , though up to the early 18th century the really smart alternative was the glass stopper , which had to be ground to fit each individual hand-blown bottle . |
| 25 | In the 16th century , an east wing was added to replace the earlier parlour , while in the 17th century a kitchen wing was built to balance it to the west . |
| 26 | The black imitation columns were originally painted in the 17th century , and have been carefully restored |
| 27 | Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’ |
| 28 | Sports Editors fretted and printers fumed as the match went on and on into the British night , with Milligan winning the 17th by chipping in , to go to all square . |
| 29 | Moreover , the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve Brigade of British , Australian and New Zealand troops was already stationed at Malacca in support of SEATO , and the 17th Gurkha Division was responsible for security in Hong Kong , Malaya , North Borneo and Singapore . |
| 30 | ‘ The Lighthouse in Economics ’ sketched the history of lighthouses in Britain since the 17th century . |