Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had gone to a town about a hundred miles north of Rangoon and had spent Christmas night in a village seventeen miles away . |
| 2 | If you do proceed with your venturi , then the principle is very simple : using solvent weld cement , glue a conical reducing piece into the intended pipe so that the narrow end of the ‘ nozzle ’ is just into the place where the upright venturi pipe connects in . |
| 3 | Indeed , for generations the Royal Family have had their own secluded haven just a few miles downriver . |
| 4 | The Lacona is set in a tranquil garden which rolls down towards a sheltered sandy beach just a few minutes walk away . |
| 5 | Having failed to reach a cross about five yards over his head in training yesterday the irrepressible Rangers marksman clambered on the shoulders of towering team-mate Dave McPherson and chirped : ‘ I 'll get the next one ! ’ |
| 6 | We will phase out the Assisted Places Scheme without affecting those already in it , and restore the money saved to state schools . |
| 7 | We will phase out the Assisted Places scheme ( without affecting pupils currently on a place , or offered one from September 1992 ) and redirect the savings to meet wider educational needs . |
| 8 | There was little reaction to the Cabinet reshuffle in the City where the hundred shares index closed up eight point four at twenty-eight , fifty-five point three . |
| 9 | This becomes a possibility once a mobile communications system is adopted . |
| 10 | A fortnight later the buff OHMS envelope had been delivered which announced the granting of the naturalization papers . |
| 11 | At the time when the Hundred Years war broke out , a defender had a more than even chance of beating off an attack . |
| 12 | Even Wordsworth , who had never been there , took it on himself to describe it as " terrific as the lair where the young lions couch " , then went on to say that if the " pensive votary enters Gordale at " shadowy eve when the air glimmers with fading light " , he or she will meet " a local deity with oozey hair and mineral crown " . |