Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall not be far wrong then if we say that in 1700 about one half of the arable land was already enclosed in the kind of fields that we see today , and that about one half still lay in open field , a landscape which survives today only in patches of a few hundred acres at Braunton ( north Devon ) , at Laxton ( Nottinghamshire ) and at Hazey and Epworth in the Isle of Axholme . |
| 2 | One farmer told the authors that it cost him 194,000 Somali shillings ( $14 ) to grow 100 kilos ( 220lbs ) of maize , which he could sell for a mere 55,000 shillings at the local market . |
| 3 | He spent four hours with the therapist who administered it to him and supervised his acid trip , and he remained under a structured hallucinatory influence for a further five hours at home . |
| 4 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 5 | Prospecting licences can be for up to 250 km² ; for an initial period of two years , renewable for a further two years at the discretion of the Department . |
| 6 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |
| 7 | This started with the Compair-Holman factory announcing a cut of 500 jobs in its workforce , together with a further 1,500 jobs at risk and 2,500 other jobs in dependent businesses left insecure . |
| 8 | Her international reputation is built on an impressive publication record , 350 refereed publications in scientific journals , 46 chapters in books , 470 publications of conference proceedings , with a further 462 presentations at international conferences , symposia and seminars . |
| 9 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |