Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Twain 's Innocents Abroad , an account of his travels in Europe and the Near East , published in 1869 , sold about 125,000 copies within the first three years of publication . |
| 2 | The Searles , more than even Redgrave and Pinsent , became the heroes of millions of armchair TV viewers as they came from nowhere to win the coxed pairs in the last three strokes of the race . |
| 3 | The declaration at 246 for 2 left England 410 runs behind , with five hours fifty minutes plus the last twenty overs to survive . |
| 4 | The Labour benches had several new members and , dare I suggest , green Councillor , with no memory of the disastrous economic policies of the last Labour Government , or the ensuing distress that it 's huge army of unemployed . |
| 5 | During 1950 , as much as two thousand million dollars were contributed , and that amount was increased eight times in the next ten years . |
| 6 | THE LACK of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery . |
| 7 | A better understanding of the normal physiology , developmental anatomy , and pathology of the prepuce could prevent the removal of thousands of normal foreskins over the next 20 years . |
| 8 | She battled her way to the last eight finalists of the 28th European Open Karate Championships , taking on 32 of the world 's best female karate exponents . |
| 9 | The ERA became law on 29 July 1988 , though each of its many provisions will come into force at different times over the next few years . |
| 10 | New Internationalist Freepost Mitcham CR4 9AR ( No stamp needed ) Yes Please send me , without obligation , my free copies of the next three issues of the New Internationalist plus the world map and book token . |
| 11 | The document , which was leaked to The Ecologist magazine , also states that the proportion of failures has multiplied by two and a half times over the last 10 years . |
| 12 | Finally , proceed in the last few minutes to the last two of the seven stages — IL and E. |
| 13 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
| 14 | The government argued that ‘ if real progress is to be made in tackling some of the major concentrations of problems , special efforts must be focused on a few cities in the next few years ’ ( HMSO , 1977 , p. 16 ) . |
| 15 | The move is part of the Birmingham company 's strategy to have open systems versions of all its 12 products within the next three years . |
| 16 | Table 1 shows the overall performance of Scottish exports in the last three years expressed in both current and constant [ 1985 ] prices . |
| 17 | Although the number of species may have been at least approximately the same in marine environments for the last 300 million years or so the kinds of fossils have changed repeatedly , so that , for example , in marine limestones of Silurian age the shelled brachiopods may number dozens of species , whereas in similar looking limestones of Eocene age no brachiopods at all can be found , but there may be as many species of gastropods of kinds unknown in Silurian rocks . |
| 18 | BORIS BECKER disappointed his West German supporters for the second consecutive year when a knee injury forced him to withdraw from the Stuttgart Classic here yesterday . |
| 19 | 2 goals in the last 15 minutes finished Swindon . |
| 20 | This must happen once in each Parliament , usually not later than thirty-six months after the last general election . |
| 21 | On jobs , its almost certain there will be further losses during the next two years , but bear in mind that when I asked for SVS volunteers last September more than 230 people applied . |
| 22 | The documents lodged at the Newport County Court tell a grim story : losses of £148,000 in 1991 , followed by further losses in the first five months of this year of £127,000 ; £2,309,993 worth of liabilities ; assets at a net book value of £1,773,115 ; and a practice on a forced sale worth just £232,601 . |
| 23 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 24 | One such kennel is the Zarstøs Kennel , owned by Mr and Mrs L. and E. Anderson , who have produced some top winners in the last few years , the most famous of which is Int . |
| 25 | More working days were lost because of strikes in the last 12 months of the last Labour Government than have been lost in all the last five years put together . |
| 26 | Hezbollah announced 12 candidates for the first two rounds , eight of them in Baalbek , three elsewhere in the Bekaa , and one in Beirut . |
| 27 | There were ten further performances over the next eight days . |
| 28 | Jim Gardiner made the breakthrough in the first half , then Roddy Collins and Michael Cash finished things off with further goals in the last ten minutes . |
| 29 | The £2.4 million project is part of a £7 million investment in the Drumchapel estate by Scottish Homes over the next 12 months . |
| 30 | Pulse arrival times have been recorded by Taylor and his colleagues over extended periods during the last 15 years . |