Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE WIFE of a man wounded in an INLA murder bid in Belfast six days ago says he is ‘ absolutely devastated ’ to be targeted by terrorists for a second time . |
| 2 | Therefore we think that GH5 has a primary DNA-binding site , which is similar to that of CAP , and a secondary binding site that is less structurally defined and may consist of a group of basic residues interacting with phosphates on a second DNA duplex . |
| 3 | Mr Bush turned to attacks in a last bid to keep his job and pull off the political upset of the century and ripped into ‘ the slippery one ’ as a man who can not be trusted during a hectic five-state blitz to shore up his support . |
| 4 | Cassettes cost about the same to manufacture as CDs , but are sold to retailers for a third less . |
| 5 | Notice below ( Example 9 ) how Ponchielli begins with small leaps and then , as the melody reaches its climax , expands to leaps of a fifth , a sixth , and a seventh before the theme sinks again to less emotional expression : |
| 6 | When these characters were combined with letters in a third experiment there was again an increase in reaction time with set size for the RVF but only for letters , not for the typological characters . |
| 7 | Whether it would still continue to be free standing and well removed in terms of a second er second increment . |
| 8 | De Gaulle was already thinking in terms of a Third World War . |
| 9 | These elements are constructed from elements in a first order system ( usually language ) with its own structural properties . |
| 10 | A caesarean section is the ultimate answer to many calving problems but according to Mr Barwise-Munro : ‘ It 's still regarded by farmers as a last resort and very often by the time the vet is called , the cow has been left too long with the result that she has to be culled . |
| 11 | CLEAN beer is something of an obsession at Erdinger , which works to tolerances of a tenth of a degree of temperature , from mashing to fermentation , and is coy about revealing the details of either . |