Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The final period of the Kettering scheme came when in 1938 the Cassell Trustees agreed to renew their grant for a further two years on a reducing scale with a concluding sum of £50 in 1940 to extinguish their support . |
2 | The daughters of a man who died after breathing asbestos dust are suing his employers British Rail for a hundred thousand pounds . |
3 | Jim Baxter was transferred to Rangers for £27 , 000 but in a strange inter-club arrangement he was retained at Starks Park for a further three months . |
4 | Nevertheless , Pateman sought a renewal of the grant and received a reduced , conditional offer from the Trust of renewal for one year if the District could secure alternative funding for a further two years . |
5 | The Presidency and the leaders of the six republics agreed measures on Aug. 20-21 to keep the federation functioning at a minimum economic and political level for a further three months , with trade continuing between the republics and a monetary policy which would allow the country to pay its foreign creditors . |
6 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
7 | Some antelopes have been recorded fleeing at 42 miles an hour for a mile , or 35 miles an hour for 4 miles , and deer have been able to sustain 30 miles an hour for an astonishing 20 miles . |
8 | There 's also more support for an extra 40 police to bring the Gloucestershire force up to strength . |
9 | After blocking free protein binding sites with 0.5% Tween 20 ( Sigma ) for 2 hours , the filter was incubated with patient 's sera ( diluted 1:10 in TBS with 0.5% Tween 20 ) for 30 minutes , washed in 0.5% Tween in TBS , and then incubated with the rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin conjugated with alkaline phosphatase for a further 30 minutes . |
10 | They held each other 's look for a long five seconds . |
11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he intends to make to the Government of Israel following their decision to continue the closure of Bir Zeit university for a further three months . |
12 | [ See p. 37138 for this Aden meeting and publication on Dec. 1 of a draft joint constitution , requiring ratification by both parliaments within six months , and then endorsement by referendum after a further six months ; see p. 37266 for progress on unity in February 1990 . ] |
13 | Morrells hopes to hold the price of cask mild for a further 12 months . |
14 | The other family were made aware of the need for the venous sample some 24 hours before it was taken and were then not given the normal result for a further 24 hours . |
15 | Coronation Street began in 1960 but , as any fule kno , it did n't catch its stride for a good ten years . |
16 | Pat Kennedy and Gordon Brailsford , regulars at the Arsenal Tavern , have supported the club for a combined 80 years and believe a swoop for Wimbledon pair Robbie Earle and Warren Barton is the answer . |
17 | Boil for 5 minutes on gentle heat then add mushroom — and simmer in a covered saucepan for a further 7 minutes . |
18 | Crime levels in County Durham hit an all-time high last year , but the police force is still waiting to hear if their Home Office bid for an extra 20 officers will be successful . |
19 | In January 1990 the UN Security Council agreed to extend the mandate for a further two months of the detachment of 40 officers from 10 countries making up the UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan ( UNGOMAP ) , created to monitor the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan as well as other aspects of the Geneva Accords of 1988 . |
20 | On May 9 the Lok Sabha approved a resolution extending President 's rule for a further six months from May 11 [ President 's rule had first been imposed in May 1987 — see pp. 35247-48 — and had been renewed since at six-monthly intervals ] . |
21 | The government announced its intention on Aug. 11 to extend president 's rule for a further six months , shelving plans for state assembly elect-ions . |
22 | The changes , effectively extending military rule for a further eight months , were not unexpected in the wake of the annulment of presidential primary elections on the grounds of widespread electoral malpractice , and the subsequent dissolution of the leadership of the two political parties [ p. 39130 ] . |
23 | The House of Commons on March 6 , 1990 , and the House of Lords on March 15 approved the continuance in force for a further 12 months of the provisions of the 1989 Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act , which principally provided for the arrest without warrant and detention for a total of up to seven days of those suspected of involvement in terrorist offences [ see pp. 37098-99 ] . |
24 | The Commons and the Lords on March 16 and 18 , 1991 , respectively approved the continuance in force for a further 12 months of the provisions of the 1978 and 1987 Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Acts [ see p. 37584 for previous year 's extensions ] . |
25 | Cook for 1½–2 minutes until set and golden underneath , then turn over and cook other side for a further 1½–2 minutes . |
26 | Cover ( lid or foil ) , reduce heat to moderate and cook for 20–25 minutes , undisturbed , then turn browned potatoes and garlic over and cook the other side for a further 25 minutes or so . |
27 | With the closure of a further five mills in the first half of the current year major cost savings will be realised . |
28 | It is unwise to attempt to tackle these various aspects of second stage recovery in any great depth before the completion of a full two years of recovery from primary or family disease because emotional and spiritual recovery may not yet be sufficiently secure to be able to take on these further challenges . |
29 | The regard to the job evaluation budget suggests that our original figure of a hundred thousand pounds is not fully necessary and that can all be reduced to fifty percent , to fifty percent or the equivalent say to fifty thousand pounds and the same goes for the judgement with regard to how you are going to have figure with regard to jobs vacancies . |
30 | Wassall is asking shareholders for £103m to fund the deal via a three for-five rights issue at 150p . |