Example sentences of "[coord] [num] [prep] the [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Five or six of the younger lads will be fixed up in Australia , New Zealand or South Africa to further their education in the fame , and we usually reckon to have two or three players on international tours . |
| 2 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 3 | Instead of merging with each other , or one of the bigger concerns , in the early seventies three of the smaller firms signed affiliation agreements with the American Big Three as MITI opposition was overcome by political pressure for foreign capital liberalization . |
| 4 | Finally , you may decide to take a tripod or one of the handier mini-tripods — plus a bag to carry your video gear around on shoots . |
| 5 | For real farmhouse style , you 'll need a traditional range ( or one of the newer versions ) . |
| 6 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 7 | Miriam or one of the older children of the garrison who could no longer play outside since the shrinking of the perimeter sat constantly at his bedside to fan him and to defend him against the mosquitoes . |
| 8 | Louis XIV and his admirals had , meanwhile , after the Battle of La Hogue , licensed numerous ‘ corsairs ’ to make a nuisance of themselves in the Channel and North Sea , some of whom , actually held naval rank and had guns — up to 50 or 60 in the larger ships — lent them by the French navy . |
| 9 | Although a few may achieve this goal , better racing would result if fewer ‘ classes ’ were created and there was stronger support for just one or two of the better examples . |
| 10 | One or two of the healthier children cried when he came near them ; he moved resignedly away on these occasions , as though this reaction were entirely natural . |
| 11 | Afterwards he told me that one or two of the younger players in the orchestra had never played the overture before . |
| 12 | One or two of the larger houses , though , had roof gardens ; and , as he watched , two women came up on to one of these and began watering the plants . |
| 13 | Er obviously we will need to decide on rationalizing that down , to highlight one or two of the larger jobs and |
| 14 | One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass . |
| 15 | She was beginning to tackle the problem in her quietly determined way , by suggesting a movie or a shopping trip to one or two of the quieter girls in the nurses ' home , and by spending more time chatting with her patients instead of being simply a sympathetic presence . |
| 16 | More coaches with international credibility are becoming involved , e.g. Ian Barclay , Bill Knight , Mark Cox , Nick Brown and David Felgate and one or two of the older players are starting to look interesting e.g. Andrew Richardson . |
| 17 | The water supply used to be drawn from an ancient well , remembered still by one or two of the older residents . |
| 18 | And certainly Broughton and one or two of the older boarders regularly drew a cheap safety razor over the blonde fuzz on their cheeks , and anxiously inspected the shavings as if they were virility tokens . |
| 19 | One or two of the older members were nodding in agreement . |
| 20 | Some early number books and friezes can be a useful talking point , used by an adult with one or two of the older children . |
| 21 | She had to admit , however , both to herself and to Tempy , that she was delighted when old Lady Lassiter moved to the Dower House , taking with her not only her maid , but also one or two of the older servants . |
| 22 | it will embarrass one or two of the smaller firms to also put money into the kitty to keep our college orienta er orientated towards engineering . |
| 23 | Fielding is already making plans to cut one or two of the smaller guys out of the action . |
| 24 | This was agreed , although Ramsay suggested that one or two of the smaller pieces should be left , to allay any suspicions of Dunbar . |
| 25 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 26 | But one of the earlier findings which began to cause problems was that the sound of the letters , as well as the features , determined whether or not they were confused so B and D , for example , sound similar therefore they tended to be confused . |