Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insects were the first creatures to colonise the air and for a hundred million years it was theirs alone . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Under the Act , persons may be detained for questioning at a police station , without charge , for 36 hours on the police 's own authority , and for a further 60 hours subject to successful application for a magistrate 's order . |
| 4 | And after a sparkling three days of racing , the Gold Cup itself provided a dramatic climax to the week . |
| 5 | and then jegs and after a few five minutes |
| 6 | It was also Peter 's aim to improve the standard of medical knowledge in Russia and of an estimated 11 doctors , 87 surgeons , one eye specialist and 9 apothecaries who sought their fortunes in the country , many of the most prominent were Scots . |
| 7 | Some of Boscawen 's ships lacked sails , none was immediately ready for sea , and many of the crews and officers were ashore , including Boscawen himself , but the moment the message arrived the admiral leapt from his chair , leaving his dinner unfinished , and within an unprecedented two hours the first ships were weighing anchor . |
| 8 | As Pavel stepped out onto the asphalt , he could see the take off of a Cathay Pacific 747 through the chainlink and across a few hundred feet of grass ; it seemed shockingly , dangerously close , and he turned his face away to look toward the main building . |
| 9 | But within a mere eight years , the movement had begun which was to result in the large-scale recruitment of women to the Edinburgh book-houses . |
| 10 | In England and Wales we are singularly placed to appreciate the relationship of scenery and structure , for few other parts of the earth 's surface show in a similar small area so great a diversity of rock types and of landscape features : " Britain is a world by itself " ; its mountains are not high , nor its rivers long , but within a few hundred miles of travel from east to west one may see more varieties of scenery than are to be found in many bigger countries . |