Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] of [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eleven years of Thatcherism the government 's macro policies have been transformed — for the worse . |
| 2 | After 12 years of negotiation the half mile footpath from Jepsons Gate to Alance Bridge , Anglezarke has been upgraded to bridleway status — this means that both cyclists and horse riders may use it . |
| 3 | After 10 days of testimony the trial of William Kennedy Smith ended on Dec. 12 with the defendant being found not guilty on the felony charge of sexual battery ( the term for rape within the Florida criminal justice system ) and a misdemeanour battery charge . |
| 4 | After three decades of preparation the magicians enshrouded the island 's approaches in a maze of spells , illusions and treacherous shifting shoals and mists . |
| 5 | After three hours of negotiation the police allowed the demonstrators to place a coffin , representing the death of dictatorship , outside the headquarters of the New China News Agency ( Xinhua ) . |
| 6 | After three weeks of uncertainty the Nestor arrived in port and hopes were raised that she would sail the following day . |
| 7 | Congress , after fourteen years of power the Tories have are still hell bent on ruining the lives of low paid working class . |
| 8 | After 13 years of development the latest flight tests showed that the system , which costs an estimated $9 billion , was ‘ marginally operationally effective and marginally operationally suitable , ’ according to a recent declassifed navy report . |
| 9 | After five days of deliberation the New York jury delivered its not guilty verdict on July 2 , the defendant 's 61st birthday . |
| 10 | He was a very loving , caring husband , and it was a blessing that , as his active cricket ended , after 15 years of marriage the Barringtons had a son . |
| 11 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 12 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 13 | If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act . |
| 14 | After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation . |
| 15 | After 20 minutes of instillation a conspicuous fluorescence was detected in association with the lateral membrane/intercellular space of the enterocytes . |
| 16 | He said that the army was an " unpolitical " body , keen to keep the " ship of state " afloat , and added that " after seven months of democracy the country is once again in the grip of the horror of uncertainty " . |
| 17 | Each person in Britain uses an average of 30 gallons of water a day , a figure which increases as the temperature rises . |
| 18 | EACH person in Britain uses an average of 30 gallons of water a day . |
| 19 | However , on 30 June we were told in response to inquiries by the court that she had not taken solid food since 21 June and that , although she had maintained a fluid intake of 12 cups of tea a day , her weight had dropped from 39 kg. on 16 June to 35.1 kg. on 30 June . |
| 20 | So on current plans the reprocessing plants will separate an average of 21 tonnes of plutonium a year over the next 20 years . |
| 21 | John and Mary ( the two experimenters ) show a child of three years of age a red box and a blue box and a pound coin . |
| 22 | An average-sized locust swarm devours in the region of 20,000 tons of vegetation every day . |
| 23 | The ore-treatment plant at the Freda/Rebecca mine is running ahead of design capacity , treating an average of 2,800 tonnes of ore a day in August . |
| 24 | Thirty per cent also booze , sinking the equivalent of four pints of lager a week . |
| 25 | As the trial was a comparison of two systems of care the prompted care group subjects could be referred through the system to hospital outpatients , while the hospital clinic group patients could consult their general practitioner for diabetes related reasons . |
| 26 | Anything from a half to a third of colliers ' earnings was accounted for by an allowance of two draughts of coal a week , and when other Staffordshire coal owners tried to follow the Earl 's example , they found their miners demanding threepence a day in compensation . |
| 27 | The dentist explained : ‘ It includes a minimum of two check-ups and a minimum of two courses of treatment a year . |
| 28 | Pakistan and Afghanistan together produce something like 1,200 tons of hashish a year . |
| 29 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 30 | At Michelstadt in Germany , just south of Frankfurt , BP Chemicals ' Plastics Fabrication group operates one of the largest mechanical recycling plants in Europe , dealing with 18,000 tonnes of waste a year . |