Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Hezbollah announced 12 candidates for the first two rounds , eight of them in Baalbek , three elsewhere in the Bekaa , and one in Beirut . |
| 6 | That argument has been very forceful in some countries for the last three or four decades at least . |
| 7 | So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years . |
| 8 | And I 'll get my accountant to chase your vendor 's elusive accountant and get some figures for the last few months . |
| 9 | Now that you have a goal and some objectives for the next five years , let's concentrate on some more specific objectives for the next year . |
| 10 | Tickets for the whole event are on sale , price £10.00 , from the box-office of the Empire Leicester Square , and we have pairs of free tickets for the first five readers to arrive at the cinema on Sunday morning bearing a copy of The Independent . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're currently assisting with an inquiry that 's been giving the police quite a few headaches for the last few months . ’ |
| 12 | This took western European visits for the first eight months of this year to 4.82m , another record . |
| 13 | We will have a brand new product launch every six months for the next three years . |
| 14 | The overall figures for the first two years are given in table I. There have been a total of 16 positive test results , nine of which were confirmed on a subsequent venous sample , giving an incidence of 1:3802 male births . |
| 15 | In April the Environmental Secretary Michael Howard announced that businesses facing higher rate bills as a result of the introduction of the UBR in 1990 would have their rate increases frozen in real terms for the second successive year . |
| 16 | This year we are investing a record £1000m in science , an increase of seven per cent on last year , and the budget will continue to rise in real terms for the next three years . |
| 17 | The second symptom of change following his long residence at Lyons is this : in later years , but never earlier , Anselm occasionally used the phrase Libertas Ecclesiae , of which Hugh and Gregory VII had been the chief advocates for the last twenty years . |
| 18 | Shire Counties fared just as strangely , with both Cumbria and Northumberland being at the extreme low end of the ranking in change among these authorities for the first two years and yet requiring one of the largest increases in the third . |
| 19 | and if er , what they 're trying to do is so that you work say twenty three hours the class contact , you , you ca n't be averaged for more than two hours a week , so you need twenty three hours for the first two terms |
| 20 | May I appeal for more sixth-form entries for the 14th International Physics Olympiad ? |
| 21 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 22 | It 's not surprising , therefore , that with all this emphasis upon grading the members of this department have not got around to experimenting with self-assessment , although both felt they might try and introduce something along these lines for the next fourth year . |
| 23 | I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp . |
| 24 | Sergeant Nafi is a Turkish Cypriot policeman Who has accompanied these patrols for the last fourteen years . |
| 25 | Police in Salvador noted that in their city , on average , there has been a mob lynching every three days for the last three years . |
| 26 | ROBERT OWEN , a largely unconsidered left-hander from Avon , became a surprise semi-finalist in the British National Championships for the second successive year at Newcastle yesterday . |
| 27 | The necessary bond issue to restrain liquidity will commit the government to paying high rates on these bonds for the next twenty years or so . |
| 28 | The £95m improvement in non-performing loans would pay for these allowances for the next 100 years . |
| 29 | He could not see himself chained to these realities for the next 40 or 50 years . |
| 30 | Mr Lamont has also put his mark on Tory budgets for the next three years , regardless of whether he remains Chancellor . |