Example sentences of "[coord] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't care very much whether it was a half or a seventh . |
| 2 | Firstly , special schools should place greater emphasis on potential work skills in the last two-three years of education , and not assume that such skills will be forthcoming within a training centre or a first place of employment . |
| 3 | To be an international athlete , a top flight boxer or a first division footballer is to have access to a range of resources not available to the majority of the population . |
| 4 | Patient diagnosis ( KC60 code ) is collected in this survey and grouped into broad categories including acute sexually transmitted diseases ( such as gonorrhoea or a first attack of genital herpes ) . |
| 5 | A journalist , for example , or a first aid attendant , or a person acting as an ‘ observer ’ for an organisation such as the N.C.C.L. does not really take part in the event itself , although he may occasionally make the police task of keeping order more difficult . |
| 6 | Whether readers/hearers feel patronised by the reformulation in [ 9 ] ( repeated below ) will depend , for example , on whether they are John Searle or a first year student of pragmatics . |
| 7 | However , if a double page spread ( DPS ) is 75 per cent more expensive than a single page , or a 40-second TV spot is 33 per cent more expensive than a 30-second spot , is the resulting ad going to be 75 per cent or 33 per cent more effective ? |
| 8 | The note-groups are of four kinds : two adjacent semitones ; or semitones added to a tone , a minor 3rd , or a 4th . |
| 9 | It could buy this lolly … five chews … or a fifth of a Mars bar |
| 10 | In fact steel is exceptional in sometimes reaching strengths as high as a tenth of its calculated strength ; the great majority of common solids can show only a hundredth or a thousandth of what theory indicates . |
| 11 | I do n't have a yacht or a second home , ’ he points out . |
| 12 | And the outcome of the general election , due next year , would seem to be either a hopelessly splintered parliament or a second period of ‘ co-habitation ’ between a Socialist president and a conservative prime minister . |
| 13 | They may be forced to take medication ( mind altering drugs ) , although consent or a second opinion is required three months after the beginning of treatment ( section 58 ) . |
| 14 | It could be invested : in art , in antiques or a second home . |
| 15 | They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree . |
| 16 | Errors made in the learning of a language , whether it is a first or a second one , are often indicative of the range and type of strategies used . |
| 17 | His hole card must be worse than a five for a goodish low , or a second ace for a well-concealed high . |
| 18 | The section concerning treatment requiring both consent and a second opinion refers primarily to psycho-surgery and hormone implantations ; that concerning treatment requiring either consent or a second opinion refers primarily to electro-convulsive therapy and to the use of medication after three months regular administration . |
| 19 | Ordinarily she would have relished the variety which the creators of Moloch had offered up for her pleasure without a qualm or a second thought , but this time something was getting to her , making her nervous . |
| 20 | You can use a remortgage for a variety of schemes — to start up your own business , to buy a car or a second home overseas . |
| 21 | Nothing dramatically urgent to season an apology with ; no startling new development , breathtaking chase , or a second murder . |
| 22 | However , the case is significant in showing that the court did not regard as an abuse of the court 's process , a second prosecution whose principal objective was to obtain redress or a second victim . |
| 23 | If a design problem is the cause of the airlock , this procedure will have to be repeated every time , so it will be better to find the cause and remedy it by fitting bigger pipes or a bigger cistern ( or a second cistern alongside the first — see Chapter 3 ) , or by repositioning the pipes so that they have the correct fall . |
| 24 | However , two of the First Class singles illustrated seem to be a late or a second printing . |
| 25 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 26 | Can I just comment I think on the process , what happens is , is that in fact the application is made by the director of property services , we do n't now have a first resolution or a second resolution . |
| 27 | If the husband is prepared to remain liable under the mortgage he should remain a trustee of the legal estate ( which could stand in the names of the husband , the wife and new husband ) so that he will know the state of the mortgage account and so that a further advance or a second charge can not be created without his consent . |
| 28 | Major and minor 2nds are perhaps best avoided except when an open string can be used e.g. : ( transpose a fifth or a ninth higher for the other strings ) . |
| 29 | And then you 'll be able to work out a twentieth or an eighteenth or a fiftieth or a quarter . |
| 30 | And if his visits were not curtailed there had to be a risk that , when Vitor saw Thomas a second time , or a third , or a fourth , he would recognise the resemblance , add up dates , and realise that his mother did have a grandchild ! |