Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the months preceding the accident , a set of underground workings , easiest thought of by the layman as a tunnel 18 feet wide and 7 feet high , had been following a seam of coal which was rising very steeply towards the surface . |
| 2 | If the dog runs out of control , the fine can be unlimited and there is provision for a maximum two years ' imprisonment . |
| 3 | Economic plans for the coming five years revealed in February 1990 included increased emphasis on the processing of raw materials and on agriculture ; changes in the pricing system ; the introduction of some private ownership ; and the setting of production targets for only 10 out of 2,000 products . |
| 4 | In the UK , the institutional mechanics are broadly that a government 's intended expenditure plans for the coming four years are drawn up in the autumn of each year , with the upcoming year being the dominant period for consideration . |
| 5 | Coun Ferrier , MBE , who has represented the Thorntree Ward for a record 38 years , was mayor in 1974 , council leader for several years and is extensively involved in youth work . |
| 6 | Hooker Olver , the England bench reserve for a record 27 times , explained : ‘ My friends at the Stoop did n't expect to be playing for the club at Easter , but now their re-arranged league game with Orrell is on the Monday . |
| 7 | Such language is infinitely more virulent that anything emanating from the Soviet foreign ministry after the deal four days ago between Bonn and East Berlin , which allowed some some 5,000 East Germans who had taken shelter in the two embassies to leave unmolested for the West . |
| 8 | Stuart had told me that Aj ( whose name is short for Arnold Junior , after the Head Forester of whom he became the spitting image when he first came to work at Clumber as a woodsman ten years ago at the age of sixteen ) was a dab hand with a tractor . |
| 9 | Liverpool 's Israeli star will be in court to bring charges of breach of contract against the relegation threatened Italian club for an incident four years ago . |
| 10 | Foreign companies would be able to remit part of their profits abroad , and were promised compensation in the event of " unavoidable " nationalization ; they would be given tax concessions during the initial five years of operation if they were involved in high-technology industries , resource development or infrastructure construction . |
| 11 | One print worker who was daubed and paraded on a trolley around Croydon in Surrey as an apprentice 25 years ago said : ‘ The worst thing was if they did n't do anything to you at all — it showed you were n't wanted . ’ |
| 12 | The predicted HO 2 concentration for the middle six hours of 15 January is 3.6x10 8 molecules cm -3 , in good agreement with the ‘ measured ’ value ( from equation ( 7 ) ) of 3x10 8 molecules cm -3 , especially as the ‘ measured ’ value makes no provision for photolytic loss of H 2 O 2 and so underestimates HO 2 by about 20% . |
| 13 | Goddard arrived in place of Yallop for the final 11 minutes but Ipswich never looked much like pulling a goal back until injury time when Williams fired narrowly wide . |
| 14 | ‘ He was called to Corps H.Q. for a conference two hours ago . ’ |
| 15 | At present there are no plans for structural repairs to the church , where problems first came to light after a survey two years ago . |
| 16 | In addition , it was postulated that the reported association of the letter two factors with ulcer relapse might result from changes in healing processes . |
| 17 | For example , Figure 2.12 ( a " ) illustrates the extraction of the bottom four bits of a word for further processing . |
| 18 | Ecclestone , president of the Formula One Constructors Association , had pleaded with him not to do it and added : ‘ I 'm frightened for him . |
| 19 | Some felt uncomfortable about his previously close involvement with Bernie Ecclestone , the man behind dark glasses who is president of the Formula One Constructors Association ( FOCA ) and the true power-broker of the sport . |
| 20 | It was reported as working satisfactorily in October 1900 and it must have remained so , for the final payment was made to Messrs. Gwynnes in February 1901.2 ; There are but two further important references in the Committee Minutes before the closure of the lift nine years later . |
| 21 | John lost an arm and a leg as a result of a motorcycle 12 years ago and he has been provided with a £200 electronic device , the size of a cigarette pack , that uses electric signals to relieve discomfort . |
| 22 | Welcome back : The murder of a student ten years ago started an inquiry that crossed international boundaries and inspired an Inspector Morse novel . |
| 23 | It was repeat of the strike two weeks ago , except not even the Chiltern Line from Bicester and Aylesbury into London was running . |
| 24 | The headline-making survey , which questioned 18,876 people , also found that men between the ages of 25-34 say they have enjoyed the attentions of an average 10.3 women . |
| 25 | Supporters of the campaign two years ago to ban hunting , believe this time they will win . |
| 26 | J-STARS uses large air-borne synthetic-aperture radars to create images of the terrain 100 miles ( 160km ) or more away , and identify moving objects like tanks and trucks . |
| 27 | It was built by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. to replace the ferry service across the river to Port Clarence and carries suspended cars below the gantry 160 feet above the river , to allow the passage of large vessels . |
| 28 | An off-duty policeman was forced to slam on his brakes as Sloane sped past , and watched in horror as the Seat veered onto the wrong side of the road 325 yards before the smash , the court heard . |
| 29 | A Danish yawl had been wrecked on the far side of the island two years before and Bonefish had rescued some of her oak timbers which he had scarfed in to Masquerade 's broken hull . |
| 30 | Pictures of the chairman ten years ago or the old plant before the renovations are only of interest for the company history and are definitely not for current use . |