Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , you must have been in charge of a yacht for at least a week , perhaps on Villa-Flotilla . |
| 2 | Despite having coached Northerns so well in tandem with Williams in the late Eighties , Eugene Van Wyk was refused and Ian Kirkpatrick , who has not coached at provincial level for at least a decade , has been named . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , in spite of increasing requests in Parliament for at least an inquiry into family allowances schemes , the government did nothing , on the grounds that they ‘ were not aware of the widespread desire among [ employers and workers ] for a system of this kind ’ ( House of Commons Debates , Vol. 345 , col. 40 ) . |
| 4 | Maidstone had the best of the early exchanges but the Seasiders were under little real threat and seemed to be on course for at least a draw . |
| 5 | Another reason for the lack of interest in PEPS is that its benefits were predictable and it tied up clients ' money for at least a year . |
| 6 | But they postponed any decision for at least a month . |
| 7 | Escobar , accused of responsibility for the murder of hundreds of people over a 10-year period , including a Justice Minister , an Attorney General , at least one presidential candidate [ see p. 36844 ] and 107 passengers aboard a domestic flight [ see p. 37041 ] , was not expected to stand trial for at least a year . |
| 8 | The last one 's meat had run out the previous day and if the new one 's meat was not salted within a day or two , there would be no pork or bacon for at least a month . |
| 9 | It was films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant which were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption , since the possibility of harm to at least a proportion of the wider public could not be ruled out . |
| 10 | Allen pulled one back for West Ham to give them hope of at least a point . |
| 11 | A particular problem in Northern Ireland is the long-term unemployed — the 55,000 people who have been without work for at least a year . |
| 12 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 13 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 14 | Still in severe pain , Mick 's off work for at least a week , while he recovers at his sister 's house in Moredon . |
| 15 | He also promised unilaterally to reduce Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to 5,000 , rather than to 6,000 as required under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) [ see pp. 38320-21 ] ; challenged the USA to open negotiations to effect deeper cuts , i.e. a further 50 per cent reduction , in the strategic nuclear arsenal of both countries ; and called on the USA to join the Soviet Union in imposing a ban on nuclear testing for at least a year and to renounce the " no first use " nuclear strategy . |
| 16 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 17 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 18 | Paul Marland is one of thousands who used his own personal wealth of at least a quarter of a million pounds to become a Lloyds name . |
| 19 | Close to the mill stands what became the mill house , although this pre-dates the actual mill by at least a century and a half . |
| 20 | Such a change of emphasis and the need for at least a reduction in the rate of increase of energy consumption in agriculture would require quite different policies . |
| 21 | Campbell concluded that we may not see the effect of economic recovery for at least a year — perhaps not until 1993 . |
| 22 | The Department of Health states that it forms a valuable part of a baby 's diet for at least a year — so do carry on if you want to . |
| 23 | Stay on this diet for at least a month . |
| 24 | Again , you should stay on this diet for at least a month , and longer if you begin to feel partially better . |
| 25 | From the Mexican border to Oregon there is enough to see and do to occupy a full-time tourist for at least a year . |
| 26 | Self reported constipation for at least a quarter of the time was more common in whomen who had had hysterectomies than controls ( at 25–49 years , 20% v 9% , NS ; at 50–69 years , 22% v 8% , p<0.025 ) . |
| 27 | if you get started you can , you palm , the pattern comes back and you follow it through and you get the answer , erm , need to do it every , maybe sort of about once a month or so , for each topic , do n't let a topic go for about a month without you looking at it for ten minutes or so , and it will be surprising how that little bit of effort keeps it in your mind , so when you come to the exam you do n't sit down there and go , oh , it 's two months ago , I was doing everyone right , wonderful |
| 28 | MAPLE LEAF SWAG Patrick Eggle JS Legend There is usually a bonding period of at least a couple of weeks between a player and a new instrument , but this time romance was in the air straight away and … what the hell … |
| 29 | The most important evidence relating to such differences has come from CT brain scans ( computed tomography ) , which have shown appearances suggestive of slight cerebral atrophy in at least a quarter of schizophrenic patients in varying diagnostic subgroups and at varying stages of the disorder . |
| 30 | He had to reach the President 's cabin with at least an hour of daylight in which to plan his defence and with time to get through to Caspar on the President 's radio . |