Example sentences of "twenty [noun] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty cities within the European Community ( EC ) have joined forces in three EC-sponsored projects aimed at improving public transport and the urban environment , in particular at persuading people to abandon their cars and use buses instead . |
| 2 | This fabulous resort , a mere twenty minutes from the recently-opened Holdana International Airport , offers you everything you could want from a holiday — and more ! |
| 3 | Twenty minutes from the urban centres of Kilkenny , and Carlow . |
| 4 | The excavation was over a mile round and about twenty foot under the surrounding land level . |
| 5 | The Department of Ecclesiastical History takes up the story of the emerging ‘ Jesus movement ’ and carries it forward through twenty centuries to the present day . |
| 6 | Its precondition was that the surf at Waimea Bay should be over twenty feet for the entire duration of the day in which the contest would be surfed . |
| 7 | Ricimer more than anyone else dominated the politics of the last twenty years of the Roman Empire in the west . |
| 8 | Bagshot had served for twenty years in the Royal Marines . |
| 9 | Al-Lurd was Lord Cromer , the man who had run Egypt for over twenty years before the present incumbent . |
| 10 | Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific Region will be invited to the seminar . |
| 11 | Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific Region will be invited to the seminar . |
| 12 | Making reference to the emotive yet eccentric account compiled by the historian , Michelet , who had witnessed the French Revolution as a young boy , Kiefer has constructed twenty beds for the female martyrs and heroines of that great and terrible event . |
| 13 | Twenty teams from the Royal Bank , the Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale took part , the runners-up prize going to a team from of Scotland . |
| 14 | Tell you what I 'll charge you qui , twenty quid for the whole day . |
| 15 | Twenty quid for the whole day . |
| 16 | When they left the house next morning , to a sunny , rain-washed world , the first thing they noticed as they stepped out of the drive was a charcoal BMW with two young men in it , parked twenty yards from the front gate . |
| 17 | Martin said it was in the National Car Park across the road , about twenty yards from the front door of the pub and Dod said ‘ Oh , yeah ’ and reluctantly gave up his place in the darts game , slipping at least three five-pound notes and some coins into his pocket and not bothering to thank the guys he 'd played . |
| 18 | Not twenty yards from the open gateway it had apparently just driven through . |
| 19 | Not more than twenty yards from the back door . |
| 20 | Five Kurdish gunmen are threatening to kill twenty hostages at the Turkish consulate in Munich . |
| 21 | Vologsky took over control again , knowing that he must be within twenty miles of the outer warning ring around Alma-Ata . |