Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Seven or eight times out of ten , this is the phenomenon which greets those in the deliverance ministry when they are called on for help . |
2 | ‘ The experience in Australia was that the Lotto game , where six numbers out of 45 are drawn each week , reduced our football pools ’ take to 10 per cent of the previous figure . |
3 | You can get two or three bugs in at one time if you 're lucky . |
4 | I mean if there are two or three days off during that or one day off you take for instance , as long as it 's fifteen working days . |
5 | The credible region is that which contains the feasible region n or more times out of M ; in this case M is 100 . |
6 | And then he would take that complaint , if the branch committee approved it , you see , or nine times out of ten if the branch secretary thought it was a valid case , he would send it in a letter to the sectional council . |
7 | Partridges , francolins , snowcocks and quails are often encountered in coveys or small parties up to 12–15 . |
8 | And finally I can just look at erm draft planning policy guidance thirteen , it is very easy to lift one or two sentences out of either the draft planning policy note , or indeed the Ecotech report which underpins it , erm , I think if a full reading is made of that , what comes across strongly in the research is that there is a very complex relationship between urban forms and transport patterns , and indeed erm I think the advice in P P G , er draft P P G thirteen is prefaced with a note that erm , transport issues are , will be erm , there are very few general principles , if any , and local er considerations will influence the er the importance of this iss issue very considerably , what I think draft P P G thirteen does invite us to do is to more overtly look the transportation implications of alternative settlement patterns , and that 's all . |
9 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
10 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty and more than three pfennigs down at two marks , forty-seven . |
11 | The answer to that is that nine times out of ten you do not know what you really want , you do not know your own mind and have not made a choice . |
12 | Ho therefore puts each complaint into intensive care , knowing that nine times out of ten his customers will return even more satisfied . |
13 | Newcraighall was a mining village for more than 150 years up to 1968 . |
14 | Since tables began on the current basis 22 years ago , Clerical Medical has appeared in this listing now fewer than 51 times out of 66 . |
15 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
16 | The actual statistics reveal that four times out of ten a suggestion is followed by an agreement and that is n't a bad hit rate . |
17 | This means that seven times out of ten the provision of clarification or information results in more of the same or requests for more . |
18 | They range from eight thousand two hundred and fifty pounds through to eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty . |
19 | Examples of such groups range from trade unions and professional associations through to environmental groups trying to save the whale or local groups that are concerned with juggernaut lorries travelling through a small village . |
20 | A call from the Presidency on Aug. 6 for a ceasefire from 6 a.m. on Aug. 7 and for the withdrawal of Serbian and Croatian forces out of each other 's range within 12 hours had little impact and fresh attacks were launched near Glina and in Vukovar . |
21 | Merchants believe there is a psychological barrier at £3 , and although the wild swing in European exchange rates has pushed many French and German wines out of this bracket , most New World economies are suffering as much as if not more than ours , leading to a continued supply of cheap , good quality wine . |
22 | This chapter is an attempt to sort these various pro- and anti-classical elements in to some kind of order . |
23 | A rough guide , until you work out your own preferences , is to look for amplifiers of 100 watts for meetings up to 150 people ; 200 watts up to 500 people ; 500 watts up to 1,000 people and 1,000–1,500 watts up to 3,000 people . |
24 | Whenever you give clarification or provide information four times out of ten someone else will follow you by doing the same and three times out of ten someone else will follow you by asking for more . |
25 | Capability of processing all Black and White films and of producing Black and White prints up to 20 ’ x 16 ’ . |
26 | In reality , however , the Russians ' ’ higher , culture was represented in the seventeenth and eighteenth century by soldiers ( men of service ) and colonial administrators out for personal gain , and by peasants , whose building-tools were of the simplest — the axe , gouge and spokeshave ( although they could do wonders with these ) . |
27 | In June he fell just short , with 44 per cent of the vote and 145 seats out of 300 . |
28 | In June , the conservative New Democracy Party , headed by Mr Papandreou 's long-standing opponent , Constantine Mitsotakis , won 44 per cent of the vote and 145 seats out of 300 , Pasok 39 per cent and 125 seats , and the Communist-led coalition of the left , under Harilaos Florakis , 13 per cent and 28 seats . |
29 | There are four Ro-Ro berths — three of which are equipped with twin-level ramps — the only ones in Ireland — capable of handling wide and heavy loads up to 180 tonnes . |
30 | So I used to go for it , just in case , and nine times out of 10 he 'd find me . |