Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the nineteenth century this link between the type of housing and the social structure of the village was made explicit in the lowland farming areas by the division between ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ villages . |
| 2 | Towards the end of the nineteenth century this belief began to impress itself upon a few mature minds that were open to a concept of childhood quite different from that of an earlier age , when children tended to be regarded as nothing better than undeveloped adults . |
| 3 | By the nineteenth century this language of animals and flowers had been almost lost , though E. H. Aitkin in India in 1883 , drawing a chameleon hunting a butterfly , could whimsically call it ‘ the pursuit of pleasure ’ . |
| 4 | For much of the nineteenth century this strategy was attractive to local government because it enabled localities to maintain to a large degree their prized autonomy . |
| 5 | On the 31st May this year Hilda Hyam , correctly dressed in a blue leotard and a pink rose , celebrated her ninetieth birthday in style , for her fellow teachers in Avon had organised the perfect day just for her : — classes morning and afternoon interspersed with coffee — a tasty lunch — and a delicious tea complete with a birthday cake . |
| 6 | On the 31st May this year Hilda Hyam , correctly dressed in a blue leotard and a pink rose , celebrated her ninetieth birthday in style , for her fellow teachers in Avon had organised the perfect day just for her : — classes morning and afternoon interspersed with coffee — a tasty lunch — and a delicious tea complete with a birthday cake . |
| 7 | BRITISH Gas is to cut its charges by 2 per cent from October — the second reduction this year . |
| 8 | This can be upgraded to the Pentium chip when it becomes available in the second quarter this year . |
| 9 | After attempting last month 's first 8-bars of the 16-bar solo from Linda Ronstadt 's That 'll Be The Day , we 'll crack on with the second half this month . |
| 10 | It was the second explosion this week in India 's largest city . |
| 11 | It 's the second incident this week involving British tourists in America . |
| 12 | It was the second incident this week . |
| 13 | During the second year this feeling persisted , but less strongly . |
| 14 | The long road to Wembley winds its way into the second round this weekend and cup romance takes us to Cheltenham to see the Town ; the Robins getting ready for their big day . |
| 15 | Yet the documents , which for the second time this decade give Solidarity the right to exist , go much further than either the communist party feared or Solidarity dreamed nine years ago . |
| 16 | With Britain 's other 1500 metres hope , Kevin McKay , also missing out , we do n't have a runner in the final for only the second time this century . |
| 17 | For the second time since the 19th century the value of the try has been changed and for the second time this century the drop goal value has been altered . |
| 18 | It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney . |
| 19 | That was the second time this afternoon he had mentioned Seville and that was a bit of a coincidence . |
| 20 | Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter . |
| 21 | Last month the company warned , for the second time this year , that profits would be disappointing . |
| 22 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 23 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 24 | LOVE turned sour for Lady Sarah Graham-Moon for the second time this year . |
| 25 | It is the second time this year one of his drivers has been hijacked in protests at British exports and the Gatt world trade deal . |
| 26 | It may be my wish upon them , but this is the second time this year that the two regiments in which I served , the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Welsh Regiment , have been under pressure . |
| 27 | It 's the second time this year a plane from Upper Heyford has crashed . |
| 28 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 29 | It was the second time this season that the two Gwent sides had finished all-square , and that was the only sign of any lingering bitterness from the earlier match . |
| 30 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |