Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.

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1 It had been successful up to the 1960s , but had latterly declined to being used as a bingo hall .
2 Hotels and catering are fifth out of the six industrial sectors .
3 I ca n't say that the sound of the Vox Teardrop is straight out of the '60s .
4 The level of settlements is well down on the eight per cent recorded in the first quarter a year ago .
5 Only Sandy Lyle , who was 17 under in the 1983 Swiss Open , has bettered that half-way score on the PGA tour .
6 Although actual passenger numbers on international scheduled services rose 4 per cent during the month , this was well down on the 11 pc increase for January .
7 It was all down to the two relative people concerned .
8 Conversely , he was five over for the par-fives and did not have one birdie in eight attempts .
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