Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of this , it is now possible to leave a natural history museum knowing that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height , and that elephants can not jump at all , and that as many as a thousand dead ants have been found inside the stomach of a single mole . |
| 2 | The museum visitor who is told that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height simply has no idea where to go from that point onwards . |
| 3 | Most lenders will advance three times your annual income ( some go to 3.5 times , others limits it to 2.5 ) . |
| 4 | The mouth of the river seemed ten times its normal width , while about half a mile out to sea hundreds of trees stood upright , supported by their enormous roots , just as they had been carried down in the flood . |
| 5 | According to InfoCorp figures believed to be close to the mark , it installed 10,000 units its first year in the business , giving it the number one slot in that market . |
| 6 | If there are two of you buying , you can borrow 2.5 times your combined income . |
| 7 | Three paintings fetched three times their expected price , going for over a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 8 | We can the the constant is no problem we can always if we 've got ten times it five times it minus point six times it |
| 9 | Mm , I 've only got one charge me this week , you do n't seem to get many now |
| 10 | This chapter introduces five patients whose surgical histories are used throughout the book to illustrate how the nursing responsibilities discussed in each chapter may differ when applied to individual patients . |
| 11 | This month I am going to cover two problems which most horses will produce at some time or other . |
| 12 | Natural gas contains up to 95 per cent methane , a gas with a high calorific value which requires ten times its own volume of air for complete combustion . |
| 13 | A hospital employs two pharmacists who each work a 35 hour week . |
| 14 | In response , the Ministry of Agriculture has suggested that the current Maximum Residue Level ( MRL ) of triazophos pesticide — used to kill carrot fly — be raised 20 times its current level to two milligrams per kilogram of carrots . |
| 15 | On that basis , we could still win the World Cup by giving 11 newcomers their first England caps . |
| 16 | The majority of vehicles pounding the British countryside produce four times their own weight in carbon dioxide every year . |
| 17 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 18 | Houck had personally followed the histories of two reactors in Missouri ( Callaway ) and Kansas ( Wolf Creek ) which were prototypes for Hinkley C. Both had cost three times their original budget — $3 billion apiece — and had been plagued with teething problems in their first few years of operation . |
| 19 | In fact one ( admittedly optimistic ) international study of agricultural potential estimated that the world could feed 25 times its present population . |
| 20 | She kept one cow which each year produced one calf to send to market . |
| 21 | Before any options are granted to replace those which have already been exercised and which would result in the total value of options granted to an individual under the Scheme ( including options which have been exercised ) exceeding four times his annual remuneration , the Committee will satisfy itself that the grant of such options is justified by the performance of the Company in the previous two to three years . |
| 22 | In order to porpoise , baleen whales must reach four times their normal cruising speed — probably beyond their capabilities . |
| 23 | The grain is a polyacrylamide called Agrosoke , which can absorb 40 times its own weight in water . |
| 24 | Even so , there is still a strong case for the regulating authorities to maintain one office whose sole job is to seek out weakness , anticipate encroachments on the standard of safety and to take action before the hazard becomes dangerous . |
| 25 | A low scan score correctly identified seven patients whose raised Crohn 's Disease Activity Index incorrectly indicated active disease because symptoms used in calculation of the index were not caused by active inflammation . |
| 26 | First , the energy budget of predators is said to decrease with increasing weight , so that lions require ten times their own weight , whereas shrews require 100 times their own weight . |
| 27 | RPM operates three mines whose primary product is platinum , in addition to palladium , rhodium , iridium , ruthenium , osmium , gold , silver , copper , and nickel . |
| 28 | First , the energy budget of predators is said to decrease with increasing weight , so that lions require ten times their own weight , whereas shrews require 100 times their own weight . |
| 29 | Each individual 's participation will be limited so that the aggregate price payable on the exercise of all options granted to him under the Scheme in any ten year period ( but leaving out of account options which have been exercised ) will not exceed four times his annual remuneration . |