Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 2 | Three tiers high , its roof steeply pitched , it rested on stilts over the meeting point of the two broad irrigation canals that ran north-south and east-west , feeding the great latticework of smaller channels . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , three views consistent with historical materialism can be found in diverse works by Marx and Engels . |
| 4 | The family came originally from Northamptonshire , making the transition from small open-field farmers to professional men in the seventeenth century , and its association with the Anglican Church was already three generations old when James was born . |
| 5 | Over the same period , Isabella Kacprzak , at Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 , will be presenting three artists each showing a work from an earlier period and filling one room : ‘ Trittbrett ’ ( Running-board ) by Jurgen Drescher , an 8-metre long sculpture which , in the truest sense of the word , makes it impossible to jump aboard the moving train ; the abstract stereometric forms of rusted metal by Miroslaw Balka , and finally a folding screen with glass artefacts by Asta Groting . |
| 6 | The transformation seems to involve three groups each promoting something it values : 1 The national press favours ‘ sociological ’ explanations of society , perhaps because when most editors and senior reporters went to school , optimism about the potentialities for social reform was high . |
| 7 | Despite view to the contrary ( Tuxen , 1959 ) , this entognathous condition has probably evolved independently in the three groups concerned ( Manton , 1964 . ) |
| 8 | There are three plans available to cater for individual preferences . |
| 9 | They 're three times thicker than most other wipes , and big enough to cover a whole grown-up hand . |
| 10 | Baby Fresh wipes are three times thicker than ordinary wipes . |
| 11 | So you did three times fifty ? |
| 12 | The singer — three times married , father of four children — denies the claim . |
| 13 | The star lot was Picasso 's most famous Blue Period etching , Le Repas Frugal of 1904 , at 61.6m yen ( £275,369 ) , three times pre-sale estimate . |
| 14 | That makes , that makes three sixty over three times five and then we can cancel . |
| 15 | Okay so three times twelve times ten over three times five . |
| 16 | times three times five and what 's that come to ? |
| 17 | Two times two times two times three times three times five . |
| 18 | And then the three times five . |
| 19 | You could do that much , do the three times three times five and that gives you forty five but we 're looking for ninety . |
| 20 | So two times three times three times five will give you ninety . |
| 21 | Two times three times three times five makes ninety so what have you got left over ? |
| 22 | This may be illustrated by considering the position of a man on average wages whose wife does n't earn , who has two children under 11 , and who takes out a mortgage of three times annual income . |
| 23 | Yes that 's right , three times nine is twenty seven , yes . |
| 24 | Would n't that be best , six hundred , no , nought point three times six hundred . |
| 25 | Six times three is eighteen or three times six is eighteen . |
| 26 | is three times six . |
| 27 | Six times three and three times six . |
| 28 | And three times six makes eighteen . |
| 29 | Polo boots are three times cheaper than they are in the UK . ’ |
| 30 | Differences can account for prices varying between one and four : Flemish-Dutch pastels are about three times cheaper than watercolours ; French pastels are four times cheaper than oils ; the differences are less important for the Italian School , since Italian drawings in general are more sought after and collected than others . |