Example sentences of "[adv] three [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has agreed that , because of international players ' commitments , only three of the eight ties will be played on that date , with the others in the following four weeks . |
| 2 | On the contrary , only three of the 10 patients without ascites had an hepatic venous pressure gradient above 12 mm Hg ( p<0.02 ) . |
| 3 | Progression of the gastrinoma was found in only three of the five patients . |
| 4 | Moreover , we have included only three of the four sections of our " checklist " presented in section 3.1 ( p75–80 ) . |
| 5 | With weather conditions on the appointed day predicted to be very severe — including gales likely to cause structural damage to buildings — only three of the six teams managed to participate . |
| 6 | In only three of the 16 patients did the gastric and oesophageal findings disagree . |
| 7 | The Minister will be aware that , with the exception of the MOD vessel , only three of the 11 ships now on order at Harland and Wolff are United Kingdom registered and owned . |
| 8 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 9 | Only three of the 13 Democrats originally pledged to vote for Thomas changed sides in the final Senate vote as a result of Hill 's charges , but 11 others ( eight of them representing Southern states in which they depended heavily on black support ) joined with all but two of the Republicans to confirm him by a slim majority . |
| 10 | Only three of the eleven members were peasants . |
| 11 | Only three of the twenty-six hands at the Sheffield works ( commissioned c . |
| 12 | Only three of the 20 homes in his street had escaped the burglars and the wreckers . |
| 13 | The PAN disputed the results after being awarded only three of the 20 seats in the Sinaloa Chamber of Deputies , and accused electoral officials of failing to recognize the victory of its candidate for mayor in Mazatlán . |
| 14 | Only three of the 87 academics promoted to the posts of professor or reader since 1990 have been women . |
| 15 | They won only three of the 15 races although they held their own until just past the halfway stage . |
| 16 | The Seychelles fody is also a very rare bird , being confined to only three of the smaller islands in the Seychelles group . |
| 17 | And though the new government came to power threatening to precipitate a European crisis over a detested farm deal that had been negotiated between America and the EC , only three of the 29 ministers of the new government are anti-Maastricht . |
| 18 | Any child whose weight is on or below the third centile ( i.e. only three in every hundred children will be this weight at this age ) is very seriously underweight . |
| 19 | Equitable Life , Royal Life and Save & Prosper are just three of the major companies with school fee plans . |
| 20 | It is possible to dial a number and , within seconds , to he speaking to a business acquaintance or friend in Saudi Arabia , the USA or Australia , to name just three of the many countries it is possible to dial direct . |
| 21 | What was very noticeable about three of the four survivors and about Jean Henderson as recalled by her daughter , was immense enthusiasm for the work . |
| 22 | In at least three of the four cases it is the notion of ‘ gender role ’ that ultimately underpins the explanation . |
| 23 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 24 | Unexpectedly three of the seven items are of Mozart-an early little sonata which he magicks into the status of masterpiece , as well as the late B minor Adagio and Rondo in D. The best-known of Schubert 's Moments Musicaux , the little F minor , is given a chirpily personal reading , before he tackles three Liszt pieces , the Fantasy based on Schubert 's Serenade as well as the Valses-Caprices nos 6 and 7 . |