Example sentences of "a [adj] [num] [noun pl] before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1979 he published a paper showing that the perception evoked by stimulating the skin or the neural pathway between the skin and the cortex was reported by the subject as occurring a few hundred milliseconds before the cortical ERP was sufficiently complete to generate that perception . |
| 2 | I propose to allow a further 10 minutes before the doors are locked . |
| 3 | Though not prepared to join the ECSC , Britain had accepted a treaty of association with it in December 1954 , although it was a further 11 months before the treaty was ratified . |
| 4 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 5 | CMJ must surely have had this in mind when they invited the Reverend Jesse Jackson to address the convention a mere four days before the country went to the polls . |
| 6 | Even when he rang the doorbell it was a full two minutes before the door was opened and he faced a woman who he knew must be Evelyn Matlock . |
| 7 | It was a full 4 years before the regulations were released . |
| 8 | The blockade held for an amazing eight months before the army broke it up . |