Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time delay can have safety and/or economic consequences hence the need to accelerate the experts ' diagnosis and decision processes . |
| 2 | Cicely Hamilton commented in the course of a debate with G. K. Chesterton at Queen 's Hall in 1919 : ‘ Do you suppose that forty or fifty years ago a woman would have dared to stand up on a platform and say , without the slightest shame , that she was over thirty and unmarried ? |
| 3 | Seven or eight months later a customer booked a holiday , relying on an old unamended copy of the brochure . |
| 4 | Two or three years ago a friend of mine who is a publisher applied to me for help in dealing with a complaint from a man who had bought one of his cookery books . |
| 5 | So if I was off for two or three years then the rate of inflation was high , then it would be ten per cent each those years |
| 6 | You do n't just put a two page report in and it 's resolved it 's probably a three month project that you need to go continuously once a week to a trial meeting or or three months once a week to a two hour meeting . |
| 7 | Robinson has a daughter who has to wait 12 months for an operation , it is no use telling her that 10 , 20 , or 25 years ago the situation was similar or much worse , because Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Robinson will still consider that the NHS is unsatisfactory today , and will naturally blame the Government . |
| 8 | And the apostle Paul he gets open the scrolls and he starts in Genesis and he explains the plan of salvation , and he tells him what he 's got ta do , and he explains all the requirements , and about three or four hours later the man 's mind is completely blurred , he does n't understand a word of it , it 's gone way beyond him , course Paul does n't do that , he shoots back the answer straight away , believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved . |
| 9 | They have been successful … the crime rate in the city is down by five hundred offences a month … there are only one or two displays now a week … but they do still happen . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister announced on Nov. 26 that some months earlier the Queen had asked him to consider the basis on which she might voluntarily pay tax on her personal income and also take responsibility for certain payments to additional members of the royal family ; the Prince of Wales had made a similar request with regard to the Duchy of Cornwall . |
| 11 | It is possible that three months later the spot rate could be DM3.88–3.92 ( dollar weaker/DM stronger ) in which case the contract value will be DM38.8m ( alternatively the spot rate might be DM4.08–4.12 , therefore the contract value is DM40.8m ) . |
| 12 | But , if speed changes more than 5 knots then a power adjustment of 50 to 100 rpm must be made . |
| 13 | In children older than 11 months both the univariate and multivariate analyses suggest that a respiratory rate of 60/min is preferable to the suggested 70/min as a cut off value for the prediction of hypoxaemia . |
| 14 | It was buried in the rose garden at Dunure Mains but such was its fame that 4 years later the body was exhumed and taken to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , where the skeleton is still on display , accompanied by an account of the legal battle over ownership of the horse . |
| 15 | But more than 50 years ago the idea of a TOM , or Transcendental Operations Module , was fairly new . |
| 16 | More than 27,000 pulses later the current has increased by 400 times and the pulse length by 600 times . |
| 17 | He left them in a panelled solar beyond the hall , and went to inform his master that he had unexpected guests ; and no more than five minutes later the door of the room opened upon the lord of half Leicestershire , a good slice of Warwickshire and Northampton , and a large honour in Normandy brought to him by his marriage with the heiress of Breteuil . |
| 18 | written medical evidence , or evidence of compassionate circumstances relevant to the performance of a candidate in a written examination must be presented to the course director or senior course tutor not later than five days following the examination ; |
| 19 | Less than 40 years ago the island had a population of about 150 , a schoolhouse , a post office — and a chapel serviced by priests from the mainland . |
| 20 | The result was that 15 years later the plaster was loose and needed replacement . |
| 21 | Less than two months ago a Thai A310 also smashed into a mountain near Katmandu , killing 113 . |
| 22 | Sadly , less than two years later the couple were both dead . |
| 23 | That , plus the fact that less than 24 hours later the squad for Australia and South Africa was to named , concentrated the minds of the All Blacks most effectively . |
| 24 | a hundred and fifty crackers just a letter addressed |
| 25 | As has often been the case , it is the artists who are the forerunners of fashion , and fifty years later the world and his wife craved for Windermere . |
| 26 | Farmers , whether on a large or small scale , faced new demands on their managerial abilities and technical skills almost every day — decisions and actions they usually had to make and take on their own . |
| 27 | Similarly , the economic base is fragile and overdependent on specific local and possibly transient opportunities e.g. military bases , industrial and commercial initiatives e.g. the oil platform fabrication yard at Arnish , and some Highlands and Islands Development Board sponsored enterprises e.g. fish processing factories . |
| 28 | We had taken 120 carp and 2 cats so the trip could hardly be deemed a ’ cat-astrophe ’ ( sorry but I could n't resist it ) when suddenly one of Rick 's rods was away . |
| 29 | Open full-bodied reds about two hours in advance and lighter ones about an hour beforehand . |
| 30 | A couple of hours and aching arms later the copper and brass was gleaming and sitting back to bask in satisfaction a voice soon broke the momentary pleasure . |