Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In face of spending cutbacks in the Japanese private sector , NEC Corp is trying to drum up business for its SX-3R supercomputers by cutting monthly rental rates on 10 models in the family by up to 38% : it says it sold only eight of the things last year , down from 14 in 1991 . |
| 2 | He also saw booming business in multimedia , and forecast that Apple will sell over 1m CD-ROM drives this year and more than 2m next — it sold only 50,000 of the things last year . |
| 3 | A combination is perhaps not quite so simple as the beginners first believe . |
| 4 | The Turkish radio station Anatolia announced on April 11 that 95 people had been reported killed since the beginning of March in the south-east of Turkey , compared with only 16 in the whole first quarter of 1989 . |
| 5 | Yeah I hope you realize that freezer 's Who 's going to take that down one of the boys next week . |
| 6 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 7 | Park ponds project VOLUNTEERS can help make two ponds more accessible to the public next month . |
| 8 | The solution of course is obvious , this year the C E C , no doubt suitably chastened by the vote last year , is resubmitting the section and industrial conference proposals on their own , without any other issues attached . |
| 9 | By contrast , answering some questions about intervals between dates is much more difficult for the bottom third when no calendar is provided than when it is ; the top third are about as successful whether or not a calendar is provided . |
| 10 | ALSO due in the UK next year is the Maverick , Ford GB 's first off-roader . |
| 11 | More than useful at manipulating the seam , dazzling in the field — the pirouette and throw that cut down David Smith at Southend had to be seen to be believed — Mark 's elegant bat could prove as distressing for the patriot next summer as it has been enchanting for the connoisseur this . |
| 12 | For three of the shapes the appropriate name was provided by around three-quarters of the bottom third pupils and by nearly all the top third . |
| 13 | Ormsby from the Weld stable is joint top weight with Salmon Eile but 10st is a lot of poundage to carry and it may be best to rely on Loki who rather disappointed at the Curragh last Saturday but who should be given another chance if going to the post . |
| 14 | I mean it was very interesting in the Crown last night because apparently they , they normally have some rhythm and blues and soul and things like that on a Thursday . |
| 15 | ‘ He was n't very well in the desert last week , ’ I said , remembering his headaches . |
| 16 | There were there would n't be very many before the wirst First World War . |