Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 2 | Born with a kidney defect , he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy . |
| 3 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 4 | The Royal Air Force wants up to 2000 rounds of whichever type the ministry selects . |
| 5 | The five classes are of mixed ability and each has up to eight children of similar age and/or developmental level . |
| 6 | And the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper . |
| 7 | The garden is pretty and looks out onto six acres of fields and a copse , and contains a tennis court which guests are welcome to use . |
| 8 | An exception is the Norwich and Peterborough building society which has a flat rate dealing fee of £8 , ( plus VAT ) and allows up to four members of a family to trade their combined holdings in a single deal . |
| 9 | An exception is the Norwich and Peterborough building society which has a flat rate dealing fee of £8 , ( plus VAT ) and allows up to four members of a family to trade their combined holdings in a single deal . |
| 10 | An investigation is considered successful if the claimant signs off within 2 weeks of being contacted by an investigation officer , but it is hard to differentiate these from those who would have signed off anyway . |
| 11 | From the fact that it leads on to all sorts of other questions , we can reasonably infer that many of the justifications given in the literature are indeed question-begging . |
| 12 | First , a standard disc offers up to 55,000 frames of information each with its own unique electronic address or frame number . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the LIMB database generally receives up to ten copies of each item , so it is possible to send out copies for retention to requesting librarians , and a loan system is regarded as administratively cumbersome . |
| 14 | Each tonne of tyres produces up to 220 kilograms of oil , 240 kg of gas , 420 kg of carbon and 160 kg of steel . |
| 15 | Lord Lawson lines up alongside other members of the old guard such as Lord Howe , the late Lord Ridley and Lady Thatcher herself , who have been banging on the monetarist drum with the message that the deficit is one of the keys to the economy . |
| 16 | Such research is necessary for understanding the mental processes involved in object recognition ; how object recognition may develop ; and , how such recognition breaks down in certain cases of brain damage . |
| 17 | The work was not written in liturgical order , and Mozart 's own part in it breaks off after eight bars of the Lachrymosa . |
| 18 | It 's small , light and neat , takes up to 100 sheets of A4 and has a manual feed slot for envelopes . |
| 19 | It then takes up to 15 stages of filtration and other methods to separate the few parts per million of useful protein . |
| 20 | An intense young woman , passionate about her are — and perhaps less passionate about being regarded as a ‘ portraitist ’ — Sarah kicks out against preconceived notions of current portraiture . |
| 21 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 22 | Eva ambles in with two mugs of steaming coffee . |
| 23 | Convocation has the power to discuss and state its opinion on any matter affecting the University , including matters referred to it by Court , Council or Senate and it elects up to nine members of the University Court . |
| 24 | The managing director of Noble Bros in Fraserburgh , Ian Smith , was today closely monitoring the situation in Roscoff , where his firm sends up to two tons of fish daily , but which is at the heart of violent French protests . |
| 25 | He then moves on to 10 minutes of shadow boxing before Davies dons the hand-pads and waits for pain . |
| 26 | It then moves on to simple applications of that technology ( standalone applications ) normally driven by technologists . |
| 27 | ANGRY Labour MPs are demanding an inquiry into the secret deal which gives up to 100 members of the Royal Family free postal services . |
| 28 | Recharged , the torch gives up to 40 minutes of light per day . |
| 29 | He sets out with three members of the Club , Tupman , Snodgrass , and Winkle , to observe the world and record their adventures . |
| 30 | A timer can be fitted to an immersion heater so that it comes on at specified times of the day . |