Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty nine men ( 58.2% ) and 23 women ( 48.9% ) with colorectal carcinoma had total cholesterol values below the 5th centile of the normal reference range . |
| 2 | According to the Senate commission on violence and pacification , Sendero Luminoso was responsible for killing 147 members of civil defence groups in the first 10 months of 1991 . |
| 3 | Table I shows mean breath hydrogen concentrations for the last three days of each test period for responders and non-responders . |
| 4 | Many course combinations in the first two years provide a background for Medical Microbiology in third and fourth years . |
| 5 | NeXT says it also has a $3m contract for 400 NeXTstation computers over the next 18 months from Mobil Oil Corp 's Mobil Sales & Supply Corp , which wants them to serve as traders ' workstations . |
| 6 | He predicted that while AIDS cases in Europe and North America , resulting from infections contracted in the early 1980s , would peak in the mid-1990s , there would be a dramatic escalation in AIDS cases in the next several decades in the Third World , especially in Asia , with India and Thailand showing sharp increases . |
| 7 | Although toxicity marker excretion ratios were unrelated to the type of maintenance drug treatment , a number of patients had marker excretion values above the 95th centile for healthy volunteers raising the possibility of mild glomerular and tubular dysfunction . |
| 8 | The man , who police believe is instrumental in many UFF attacks , said the organisation had been flooded with young people wanting to join since the UDA was banned last August and said that only one major UFF terrorist unit had been lost in security force operations in the last two years . |
| 9 | This statement together with a series of strategic aims ( set out on page 2 ) and more specific objectives will guide the Councils in establishing specific action plans for the next three years . |
| 10 | A majority of airlines ( 18 out of 23 ) stated that they had not changed their accounting policies within the last three years , although one executive suggested they were not adequately disclosing such changes in their financial statements . |
| 11 | The programmes of study will apply from five years of age , likewise the attainment targets , although not in operation formally until the age of seven years , will of course be drawn from the study programmes in the first two years of statutory schooling . |
| 12 | We know , for instance , that large-scale grounding of Foxbats has occurred on all major Red Air Force bases over the last few months . |
| 13 | An issue for research libraries over the next few years is to seize the opportunity offered by technology for enrichment of OPACs as electronic access tools . |
| 14 | The standby arrangement , finally approved on Dec. 12 by the IMF , authorized drawings up to 94,800,000 special drawing rights over the next 15 months . |
| 15 | Activities that might lead to the objective of promotion to head of a department might be , ‘ enrol on a management course ’ , ‘ achieve at least four research publications within the next two years ’ , ‘ join two committees and get involved with service planning ’ . |
| 16 | He also allowed his mount to drift out by six horse widths during the first 200 metres , which is forbidden on the straight Vaal course . |
| 17 | Many questions were asked on these papers by the Panel , and the other thing that I thought was very revealing , is one point that I 've been hammering away at , is the fact that they actually produced these figures for U K car registrations over the last 10 years , 10 years ago there were one and a half million , last year there were nearly 2 and a half million . |
| 18 | The outcome of State Department deliberations in the first four months of 1949 was that the character of the occupation must be changed so as to afford the Japanese more legitimate freedom of action . |
| 19 | PLANS to sell the UK 's radio waves to the highest bidders are likely to be considered by Department of Trade and Industry ministers within the next few weeks . |
| 20 | Bush said that Iraq should designate military commanders to meet their coalition counterparts within the next 48 hours to arrange for the military aspects of the ceasefire . |
| 21 | The fashion for tanned skin is the main cause of the doubling of malignant skin cancers in the last ten years . |
| 22 | One of Britain 's most happening hip hop crews in the last 12 months has been Ronin , whose multi-media interests are now more fully embracing clothing . |
| 23 | Spring passage commonly extends from early March to late May , but sea-watching results from Selsey Bill since 1960 consistently show that the passage peaks in the first three weeks of April , and off Beachy Head Cooper ( 1975 ) found a marked peak between 11 and 20 April . |
| 24 | Firstly , special schools should place greater emphasis on potential work skills in the last two-three years of education , and not assume that such skills will be forthcoming within a training centre or a first place of employment . |
| 25 | Geoff 's helped at England winter nets for the last two years . |
| 26 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 27 | The mean values were considerably increased above the corresponding reference intervals during the first three days in the intensive care unit . |
| 28 | A further increase in advertising and promotions budget will be required to promote developments at the Specialist Gardens over the next 5-10 years , with each garden requiring its own advertising/promotional budget . |
| 29 | The line operates every Tuesday and gets dozens of calls , because , despite the fact that there have been fewer home repossessions over the last few months , the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux say that more people are getting themselves into debt . |
| 30 | The abolition of tax concessions for home owners over the next two years , along with continued falls in house prices , will trigger a stampede to rent , it says . |