Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis and Everard , the chemicals distribution group fell 16 pence to 180 pence after announcing a 29 million pound rights issue and the acquisition of 2 companies in the U S Elsewhere , S T C firmed 9 pence to 243 pence after a favourable Annual General Meeting statement . |
| 2 | They left ‘ The Tip ’ if you recall , with egg on their faces after securing a pitiful 6–2 victory over us . |
| 3 | REGGAE star Shabba Ranks has finally scored his first solo hit after releasing a staggering 30 singles on 15 different labels since 1988 . |
| 4 | But after amassing a remarkable 222 points for , 26 against , record in an unbeaten eight-match run in the pool rounds , lo and behold , on the third day they faced their Nemesis . |
| 5 | POULTON ROYAL took over the leadership of the Wallasey Sunday League second division after recording a splendid 3-2 victory over Harvest . |
| 6 | I am thinking of purchasing a new Ninety Diesel Turbo hard top , is it possible to have it converted to take a full canvas tilt and who would undertake such a conversion ? |
| 7 | The Dublin hero , presently playing in the top ranks of the professional German Bundasleague , is capable of holding a top 50 world ranking but his shoulder injury at the world championships in Sweden spoiled his chances of promoting up the ratings . |
| 8 | On the telephone , they used rhyming slang in case they were overheard ; at the celebrations , the fine crystal glass and good company belied the hazards of patrolling a few dozen miles away . |
| 9 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 10 | Our objective , the objective of giving a fifty thousand pounds refund on Green Bottom , was twofold . |
| 11 | You may not initially notice the effect of having a suspended CLI command file . |
| 12 | Eventually , four non-farmers took up the challenge in the hope of winning a ten thousand pound nest-egg . |
| 13 | Most people prefer to collect their armies in blocks of a thousand or five hundred points , starting with say a one thousand point core force and adding five hundred points at a time . |
| 14 | Two airman charged with starting a forty million pound fire at an RAF parachute packing centre have been released on bail , and given bodyguards . |
| 15 | If the problem you 're confronted with is a ten thousand pound bit of influence , then it 's worth spending a few hundred pounds in a preparation . |
| 16 | In Derbyshire , the A fifty two in has a temporary thirty miles per hour speed limit , and temporary traffic lights in operation . |
| 17 | And I had er had given myself a target of five thousand for Leith so I turned up the next and made my five thousand in fact I made five thousand and fifty signatures for the h and I believe myself if , if every branch were doing the same as I had been doing then we would have no problem at all in getting a hundred thousand signatures which is our aim . |
| 18 | Lipps then caught an 11 yard Malone pass before making a leaping seven yard touchdown catch over Colts ' cornerback Preston Davis in the end zone . |
| 19 | Foreign assistance has taken some of the strain off the Jordanian authorities ; with Canada now pledging two point two million dollars in aid , and the European Community committing itself to sending a further three point seven million dollars in food aid . |
| 20 | Worse was to come though for Horsham as following a fifty fifty challenge on the edge of the Abingdon area , striker Paul Walker injured himself and had to be stretchered off . |
| 21 | In my statement to the House of 15 January , I explained th steps that I had taken to improve the first five environmentally sensitive areas designated in 1987 , my plans for reviewing this year those ESAs designated in 1988 , including any boundary adjustments , and my timetable for designating a further 12 areas this year and in 1993 . |
| 22 | In the sheep section an untrimmed Suffolk ram lamb from the 25-strong Pankymoor flock of Shropshire breeder John Sherratt , of Wem , found favour with the panel of judges by securing a clear nine point margin to gain the supreme all-breed sash . |
| 23 | But they finished as kings by scoring a third 8 minutes from time . |
| 24 | Judy Rich maintained the club 's impressive ‘ clean sheet ’ throughout the weekend by recording a 6–2 6–4 win over Mandy Bishop . |
| 25 | Having started in films by putting a few thousand pounds into a short religious picture in 1933 , he went on to form British National , a production company , in association with Lady Yule , the wealthy widow of a Calcutta jute merchant . |
| 26 | Given the choice , she 'd really rather have had an assignment in Outer Mongolia or possibly Timbuktu — maybe by putting a few thousand miles between herself and Dane she 'd manage to get him out of her mind . |
| 27 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has also improved its services for developers by introducing a cheaper two tier support programme worldwide , to defend , it says , its position against its desktop Unix rivals . |
| 28 | By investing a few million pounds into the anti-poaching forces of Kenya and Tanzania , as is happening at the moment , we will probably reduce and even stop the poaching problem for the time being but the long-term survival of the elephant in eastern Africa is going to depend ultimately on those countries ' abilities to incorporate wildlife and wild area protection into an overall land use policy . |
| 29 | TREVOR FRANCIS is backing Sheffield Wednesday 's bid to join football 's high-fliers by agreeing a new three-and-a-half year contract . |