Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These observations were made some fifty years before the well-known work of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ignaz Semmelweis , which overshadowed Gordon 's early but brilliant contribution to the understanding of puerperal fever . |
| 32 | In 18 patients the operation had been a two stage procedure with a covering ileostomy being closed some three months after primary surgery while in five patients a one stage restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir was performed with the ileal reservoir becoming functional at the time of proctocolectomy . |
| 33 | The food and service is costing eight hundred pounds alone . |
| 34 | THE BBC is to shed another 1,500 employees over the next 18 months , bringing the total of jobs axed since 1986 to 7,000 . |
| 35 | Llyn Brenig is situated some 35 miles form Colwyn Bay , and is well worth a visit . |
| 36 | The vessel was carrying one million litres ( more than a quarter of a million US gallons ) of oil , diesel , jet fuel , and compressed gas . |
| 37 | With the arrival of the 1830s , Henry Hicks stepped into the background for , by 1833 , Charles Hooper was managing all three mills for Hicks Brothers . |
| 38 | The National Health Service was founded forty five years ago . |
| 39 | For many fans their only chance of getting a coveted Wembley ticket was to collect all three vouchers and hope their numbers came out in a draw . |
| 40 | SUPPLYKITS was negotiating for three businesses , and Adam was handling all three deals : a direct-mail business , a premium-gift business , and a public-relations business . |
| 41 | To give some idea of the scale of this operation , on the ‘ Core Site ’ alone , CCG are operating two 800 person canteens designed to serve 1,600 people in a space of 10 minutes . |
| 42 | Andrew Davies , Paul Reed and captain Alan Buzza coped with the slippery drizzle to score the others , and Saints were spared another 14 points in missed kicks . |
| 43 | The object is to have all three cups facing upwards after three turns . |
| 44 | There 's very little way , bearing in mind that an accident like this happens so very quickly and no doubt traffic was using all 3 carriageways on the northbound , that they could have avoided an impact . |
| 45 | Indeed , this whole topic was resurrected some three years ago by the demonstration of Y chromosome specific product obtained by the technique from pregnant women with male fetuses . |
| 46 | The idea for the COMDEX exhibition was born some sixteen years ago , featured 157 American companies and attracted less than 4,000 visitors . |
| 47 | A new bridge was fitted some three months later during the winter . |
| 48 | Instead , the financier was fined three million pounds for his part in the Guinness affair . |
| 49 | eat concentrated meals at strict mealtimes ( those bristly jaws are working some 16 hours a day ) ; |
| 50 | Croat forces are detaining thirteen hundred Muslims in detention in a camp outside Mostar in South-West Bosnia . |
| 51 | ( 8 ) For the purpose of this rule : ( a ) pleadings shall be deemed to be closed 14 days after the delivery of a defence in accordance with Ord 9 , r 2 , or , where a counterclaim is served with the defence , 28 days after the delivery of the defence ; but in an action which has been transferred down from the High Court , pleadings are deemed closed 14 days from transfer . |
| 52 | Barclaycard staff have been meeting to decide what action to take over the news that the firm is cutting four hundred jobs . |
| 53 | JAGUAR is to axe another 200 jobs days after launching a £2 million TV ad campaign . |
| 54 | THE SOVIET UNION is employing 900 000 scientists and engineers on research and development — 200 000 more than the United States . |
| 55 | A farmer is claiming twenty thousand pounds in compensation from an electricity company after a quarter of his cattle herd was electrocuted . |
| 56 | The remains have always been visible , even though the temple was erected some 2,500 years ago . |
| 57 | When the garage door was closed all three men pulled on their tracksuits and masks , while one went into the house to warn the fourth . |
| 58 | Detectives are linking all three attacks to the same man . |
| 59 | The move has been welcomed by environmentalists , but BNFL and trade unions say the delays are threatening several thousand jobs of employees and contractors . |
| 60 | ‘ The police were arresting those two supporters . ’ |