Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Dairyman Crick milked six or eight of the difficult ones with his own hands . |
2 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |
3 | ‘ Five or six of the younger lads will be fixed up in Australia , New Zealand or South Africa to further their education in the fame , and we usually reckon to have two or three players on international tours . |
4 | This will make it extremely hard for some players to get more than two or three of the 11 games in Australia — and that would not be long enough to evaluate the newcomers ' test qualifications . |
5 | This situation is illustrated in Fig. 3.5 , where the peak static torque for two or three of the five phases excited is about 1.6 times the peak static torque with only one phase excited . |
6 | I 'll come up with two or three of the other men and knock on the door . |
7 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
8 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |
9 | Keeler 's conclusion is that a weed must bear 10 or 11 of the tell-tale traits to be seriously weedy . |
10 | Where one of the insured persons has died abroad , the policy provides cover for funeral expenses or the cost of transporting the remains to the U.K. In such instances the wishes of the deceased 's family are of paramount importance and they must be consulted very closely . |
11 | This is an area of some controversy at the moment in psychology , where one of the holy grails is the attempt to provide empirical evidence for the intuitively reasonable idea that there can be a dissociation of behaviour from consciousness . |
12 | In addition , the effectiveness of certain other types of clause is limited by statute where one of the contracting parties deals as a consumer ; for instance , the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 restricts the enforcement of an arbitration clause against a person who makes a contract as a consumer , unless certain conditions are fulfilled . |
13 | The NCLE survey discussed earlier in this volume suggests that little prominence is given to linguistics topics such as ‘ Description of Language ’ , ‘ Language Variation ’ and ‘ Language and Disadvantage ’ , with only four or five of the 21 institutions reporting these in their courses . |
14 | However , long before Pete Dye 's Ocean course was planned , other big names in the world of golf course design had made their mark with courses at Osprey Point ( Tom Fazio ) , Marsh Point ( Gary Player ) , where 13 of the 18 holes are framed by water , and Turtle Point ( Jack Nicklaus ) , which is rated among the top ten in South Carolina ( Golf Digest , a leading U.S. golf magazine , refers to it as one of America 's top resort courses ) . |
15 | There was no other way in except to walk through the priory , but a stranger would be stopped by the porter and seen by any of the community , be it nun or one of the lay workers . |
16 | And in a minute , we 'll see the prime example of that , or one of the prime examples of that . |
17 | Add a page printer like the HP LaserJet , Canon A1 or one of the Ricoh-based products to a good word processing packages such as WordPerfect , Microsoft Word , Wordcraft or the latest incarnation of Samna and you have an instant solution . |
18 | The indigenous population , comprising Christian Armenians and Islamic tribesmen of mainly Central Asian , Turkish and Persian origin , were alternately subjected to periods of persecution and forced conversion ( or extermination ) , depending on whether Christian Russia or one of the Islamic countries was in control ; this culminated in the widespread slaughter and deportation of the Armenians by the Turks during the First World War . |
19 | Below that the car risked bogging down in the mud or grounding on an obstacle , above it the tyres might lose adhesion on the continual twists and turns or cliff-like descents , or one of the vicious pot-holes or rock outcrops rupture the suspension or pierce the sump . |
20 | A project associated with the research activities of the department or one of the geophysical units of the NERC British Geological Survey or with a geophysical exploration company is undertaken during the vacation prior to the final year . |
21 | The ERASMUS scheme allows you to study for a year in Europe , whether you choose the single honours BCom or one of the joint degrees , provided you are able to study in the language of your host country . |
22 | Snowdrops , hyacinths , lily of the valley , pansies , miniature roses , lobelia , alyssum , forget-me-nots , common daisies or one of the small potentillas are all ideal candidates . |
23 | Instead of merging with each other , or one of the bigger concerns , in the early seventies three of the smaller firms signed affiliation agreements with the American Big Three as MITI opposition was overcome by political pressure for foreign capital liberalization . |
24 | The present course involves bilingual translation between English and Arabic or one of the Scandinavian languages . |
25 | In addition MA students specialise in one of the leading world religions ( Christianity , Judaism , Islam , Hinduism , Buddhism , Chinese religions , Ancient Near Eastern religions ) , and normally in either a second major religious tradition or one of the chief approaches to the study of religion — sociology , psychology , anthropology , philosophy or fine art . |
26 | Like many patriotic Indians of his generation , Pillai was faced with two choices : whether to join the Congress party or one of the Imperial Services — the Indian Army or the Indian Civil Service ( ICS ) . |
27 | Lunch hour meant a hurried visit to a launderette or one of the new supermarkets . |
28 | This was , as you can tell from the name , a bastide , or one of the new towns of the thirteenth century . |
29 | Whatever the technique — be it radiocarbon , TL , or one of the many others — there are optimal circumstances under which it works best . |
30 | You might try drinking mineral water or fruit juice or one of the many varieties of herbal teas with their delicate and delicious flavours . |