Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some changes , however , were made in the draft to satisfy those who had challenged it in this way : union republics were given eleven rather than seven seats each in the Supreme Soviet 's Council of Nationalities and ex officio places on the Committee of Constitutional Supervision , and changes of wording were made in order to remove what Gorbachev described as the ‘ misunderstanding ’ that the rights of republics had been infringed . |
| 2 | If my hon. Friend will look at the recommendations already coming from the Boundary Commission , she will see that it recommends that there should be eight rather than seven seats in Dorset . |
| 3 | However , I should like to go further and suggest that the minimum term of appointment of the governors of the institution should be eight rather than five years , to ensure that it goes way beyond the electoral cycle of any member state . |
| 4 | Secondly , the issue of eight rather than ten miles . |
| 5 | Probably five eight rather than cos yeah I erm okay see erm right right right erm , so the thing that I would be looking for , if I could find this , would be what 's doing the colouring and how , how does that work ? |
| 6 | The first figure for section eleven should be three , three eight rather than three , three four and the two totals at the bottom of paragraph six should read three , one , O , eight and two , nine , three , zero . |
| 7 | Why did Euro Tunnel price its ‘ units ’ ( each unit consists of a share and warrant in both Euro Tunnel PLC and Euro Tunnel SA ) at 3.50 rather than 2 or 4 or any other price ? |
| 8 | The elections were to be held in accordance with the 1989 Taif accord [ see p. 36986 ] , although the new electoral law approved on July 16 increased the number of deputies to be elected to 128 rather than the 108 laid down in the Taif accords [ see also amendment of election law pp. 38214 ; 38311 ] . |
| 9 | These projects included a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ( the Charles de Gaulle , which was to be commissioned in 1998 rather than 1996 ) , an additional ballistic-missile submarine , a new model tank , and Rafale , a planned new fighter aircraft [ see pp. 36106 ; 36430 ] . |
| 10 | So if you could now get together with your people , all the ones together , all the twos together and all the threes together and rearrange the tables in an area of the room where you 'd like to work . |
| 11 | The population of Manchester rose by an astonishing 45 per cent in the 1820s so that by 1831 it had reached 142,000 . |
| 12 | everybody on that call , instead of sixteen channels on a card and there 's five people using it , it comes up five channels in use and blocks out number eleven so that nobody else can use it |
| 13 | Polaroid has decided to continue making Type 669 so that there is now a choice between the two emulsions Polacolor 100 rated at ISO 100 and Type 669 at ISO 80 . |
| 14 | Polaroid has decided to continue making Type 669 so that there is now a choice between the two emulsions — Polacolor 100 rated at ISO 100 and Type 669 at ISO 80 . |
| 15 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 16 | I have to get a bus at eight o'clock so I have to leave the house at twenty to eight . |
| 17 | Dad was gon na ring you up at eight o'clock before you went to school and say |
| 18 | ‘ Dinner will be at eight o'clock if that 's okay ? ’ |
| 19 | Each day we used to do say an hour in the morning , whatever time was available between leaving school and getting back , dinner time , then in the evening you might have two , two and a half hours you left you , you finished school , and er you might finish at eight o'clock if you were lucky you 'd finish at half past seven . |
| 20 | That must have been about eight o'clock or a little earlier . |
| 21 | I mean , okay , he goes to bed about , what , eight o'clock or whatever ? |
| 22 | he s it was only about eight o'clock or something and he said will they be there yet , will they be there if I go and have a pint with them ? |
| 23 | ‘ Suddenly we realised it was eight o'clock and we rushed to the sitting room to put on the TV . |
| 24 | By the time dinner has been eaten and evening prayers conducted it is eight o'clock and about a hundred people have gathered . |
| 25 | You may not know it , but I have n't had a thing to eat since eight o'clock and it 's half-past two now . ’ |
| 26 | As yet it was only eight o'clock and the sun reluctant to leave without treating its worshippers to a pyrotechnic display of rose and gold flames that burnt up the whole western sky . |
| 27 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 28 | The classes started at eight o'clock and were supposed to end at ten , but with the usual chatting afterwards it was almost eleven o'clock before I reached home . |
| 29 | ‘ The newsagent across the road arrived with a huge pile of Mirrors at eight o'clock and he 'd sold out by 10 . |
| 30 | Incidentally , I spoke to him by house telephone yesterday evening shortly after eight o'clock and , again , at about nine fifteen . |