Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ARSENAL keeper David Seaman and midfielder David Hillier are fit to face Manchester United today after being substituted in the Gunners ' 3–0 crash at Leeds . |
| 2 | Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury . |
| 3 | A trio of English runners featured in the women 's 1500 metres where the two 800 metres runners got the better of the specialist at the distance , Christina Cahill . |
| 4 | Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 5 | In the mid-1970s it was selling around thirty thousand copies compared with the Times 's sixty thousand . |
| 6 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 7 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |
| 8 | Deane , anxious to end a wretched run that has brought him only one goal in 15 Premier League matches , failed to score in the reserves ' 1-0 win at Leicester . |