Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , studies have shown fitness improvement levels off once you are easily able to exercise for 30 minutes . |
2 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
3 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
4 | And its leaders , with precious little to show for 40 years of economic folly , may see the nuclear crisis they have provoked as a way of taking minds off empty stomachs . |
5 | We were very glad to arrange for five photographers to make a survey of the village ; its people and occupations — unusual sights and environment |