Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The CPRE has published a 12 point charter which it says will ensure that current planning policy will not be undermined . |
| 2 | The Japanese education ministry has launched a five year project to produce machines that can repair themselves , thus reducing the need for human intervention . |
| 3 | The England captain was out for eight — his middle stump uprooted — as a second innings collapse to 34 for three left his side struggling to avoid a 3-0 Test series whitewash . |
| 4 | In addition , the administration has requested a 1994 budget for NIH that is essentially flat , leading one NIH official to point out that ‘ if you do n't get any more money , then it 's superfluous to talk about new initiatives ’ . |
| 5 | I know someone in the States has married an eighty year old and she was only eighteen ! |
| 6 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 7 | On the west , they said , the waves had ranged a hundred feet high up the cliffs , scouring the bird-ledges clean and breaking through bridges and tunnels of rock where no gap had existed before . |
| 8 | Journalists published last week a copy of an affidavit made to the police saying that Mrs Mandela had put a 20,000 rand ( £4,000 ) ‘ contract ’ on the life of Dr Abu-Baker Asvat , shot dead in his surgery on January 27 , 1989 . |
| 9 | The chef promises to deliver a three course meal for your dinner party , cooked and served in the manner of the Roman era … complete with togas . |
| 10 | It 's the richest black African country and Kano 's got a million inhabitants . |
| 11 | Embarking on a spell of 10 games in 25 days , which will decide their Second Division fate , Sunderland let slip a 2–1 advantage they had obtained early in the first half . |
| 12 | It was essentially a fact-finding and largely descriptive exercise designed to produce a 20,000 word report which would be widely distributed in Norfolk and stimulate a debate in the Church as to its responsibilities in this domain . |
| 13 | East Sussex County Council has created a five hectare lake near the mouth of the Cuckmere River to attract wading birds , with nesting islands for Ringed Plovers . |
| 14 | One of Britain 's oldest breweries has won a two month battle against a hostile takeover bid . |
| 15 | YOUNGSTER Oliver Oakes , of Lowestoft , Suffolk , has become the fastest four-year-old in the country after winning a sponsorship deal to drive a 100 mph go-kart . |
| 16 | The council have agreed a 10 % salary supplement for staff with language skills ’ ( * ) . |
| 17 | Brian Horton says that Joey has signed a three year contract and he 's sold enough players to last him a lifetime … |
| 18 | Alfa Romeo has introduced a 2.5 litre V6 engine for the 75 , but dropped both 188bhp versions — the V6 and Veloce . |
| 19 | Hitachi has used a 320 watt motor in the FP 20SA , smaller than some of the competition . |
| 20 | Defender Dean McCullough has signed a two year extension to his contract with Glenavon . |
| 21 | The closure was ordered last night after an engineer discovered one of two vertical pins holding up one of the bridge supports had developed a six inch crack . |
| 22 | He was right , a fire watcher came in saying that there was a stick of small unexploded bombs right down the Palace Road but that the junction of Munster and Dawes Road had had a hundred pounder and houses had gone . |
| 23 | To win a Guinness Earth Science Award , applicants had to supply a 1,500 word essay covering the following subjects : |
| 24 | Within two weeks the Allies had put a million men into France . |
| 25 | Shell-shocked Liverpool recovered to force a 4-4 draw , but the ordeal is n't over yet , says Chesterfield boss Chris McMenemy . |
| 26 | Football , and Oxford United manager Brian Horton has named a sixteen man squad for the vital relegation match against Peterboro tonight . |
| 27 | Clark was eager to play in tonight 's Anglo-Italian tie against Leicester at St James 's Park but boss Keegan said : ‘ Lee has run a million miles for us this season . |
| 28 | Motor deal : Sanderson Townend & Gilbert has let a 980 sq ft shop at 146 High Street Redcar to Motor World . |
| 29 | Steve Mosely did not train on Thursday night and Ian Brown 's ankle is still sore , but they are the only worries as the Clarets bid to avenge a 5–3 defeat in Hampshire . |
| 30 | Souness starts a five-match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield . |