Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [num] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting from Jan. 1 , 1994 , an estimated 20,000 separate tariffs , duties and other barriers would be lifted in five to 10 years ; however , tariffs on most sensitive goods , especially agricultural products , would remain for up to 15 years . |
| 2 | Speaking at SE 's headquarters in Glasgow , he said the new estimate compared with about £28 million earned in 1992 by Scots companies which had made initial ventures into the emerging markets , helped by SE 's energy group and Scottish Trade International . |
| 3 | They had chanced upon a look which was popular and yet could be varied in dozens of different ways ; the neck could be scooped , V-shaped or square , the sleeves could be full , tight or removed altogether ( so that it became a pinafore ) , and the waistline could be moved up or down . |
| 4 | The contrasting patterns shown in table 6.8 may be interpreted in conjunction with the tendency reported in 6.2.4 for phonological units in low-status speech to cover a wider phonetic range . |
| 5 | Three patients from the amoxicillin/omeprazole group complained of side effects ( 15.8% ; mouth burning : n=2 , pruritus : n=1 ) , whereas undesired effects were reported in 12 of 19 patients in the triple therapy group ( 63.2% ; diarrhea : n=4 , sleep disturbances : n=2 , dizziness : n=2 , paresthesias of the legs : n=2 , anal pruritus : n=2 , mouth burning : n=1 , nausea : n=1 , fatigue : n=1 ) . |
| 6 | Bahrain previously had an elected constituent assembly , but it was dissolved in 1975 after two years [ see pp. 26340 ; 27364 ] . |
| 7 | Raised in status to a gorod ( that is , a town , a higher administrative level than an ostrog ) in 1686 , it was substantially rebuilt in 1693 with stout fortifications . |
| 8 | Cystic duct patency was regained in 15 of 16 patients with Hartmann 's pouch stones ( Table II ) . |
| 9 | Constipation or faecal soiling , or both recurred and persisted until follow up as soon as the laxatives were discontinued in 31 of 33 children who did not recover . |
| 10 | Most DBMS require the data structures to be presented in one of three ways : as relations , hierarchies , or networks , but more recently , object-oriented DBMS have begun to appear . |
| 11 | Information on Users , Modules , Process Models and DCs may be transferred in one of two methods , ‘ bulk ’ or ‘ incremental ’ . |
| 12 | Sergei Kovalyov , biophysicist and co-founder with Sakharov of the Initiative Group for the Defence of Human Rights in the Soviet Union , was sentenced in 1974 to seven years in a labour camp followed by three years of internal exile . |
| 13 | Jampel Changchub and Ngawang Phulchung , Tibetan Buddhist monks at Drepung monastery , were both sentenced in 1989 to 19 years ' imprisonment — the longest sentence against prisoners of conscience ever imposed in recent years by the authorities in Tibet . |
| 14 | Mohamed Srifi , a literature student , was sentenced in 1977 to 30 years ’ imprisonment for advocating that Morocco become a socialist republic . |
| 15 | In November 1989 Ben Ali granted a presidential pardon for humanitarian reasons to two of Bourguiba 's close aides , Mansur Skhiri and Mahmoud Belhassine , who had been sentenced in 1988 to seven years ' imprisonment and 10 years ' forced labour respectively for misappropriation of public funds , bad management and embezzlement ( for their arrest see p. 35801 ) . |
| 16 | Arne Treholt , 49 , who had been sentenced in mid-1985 to 20 years ' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq [ see p. 34113 ] , was pardoned on July 3 on health grounds ; his second wife had died earlier in the year and he was reportedly suffering from depression . |
| 17 | Twenty eight procedures were done in two to four stages . |
| 18 | Perhaps the biggest problem we foresaw was getting the job done in two to three weeks ( plus weekends ) we have available , and this mainly depended on timely delivery of materials . |
| 19 | Taking out an endowment on a joint mortgage can be done in one of two ways . |
| 20 | Anaesthetising the wound can be done in one of three ways : infiltration , regional block or topical application . |
| 21 | This can be done in one of three ways : 1 . |
| 22 | In general , whereas previously a site of a new plant could have been selected in three to six months , it may now take two or more years . |
| 23 | Henry David Thoreau 's ‘ The Dispersion of Seeds ’ , now published as ‘ Faith in a Seed ’ ( Island Press , 284 pages , $19.95 ) , was written in 1860 after many tramps through the Concord woods , where Thoreau caught the cold that eventually killed him . |
| 24 | No doubt she encouraged Mr Macmillan at a time when he needed some encouragement ; and there seemed little danger to the Constitution in this fact being revealed in 1973 to those readers of Sir Harold 's memoirs who had stayed the course through the Winds of Change , the Blast of War , and the Tides of Fortune to the End of the Day . |
| 25 | Built in 1907 by 2,000 workmen in the space of nine months , Brooklands was funded by Hugh Locke-King ( on whose estate it was built ) , and was the world 's first purpose-built motor racing circuit , incorporating a banked track . |
| 26 | Laverley House is a listed Georgian farmhouse built in 1820 with five acres of land with spectacular views towards the Mendip hills , and an attractive garden in which highly scented roses blossom in the summer . |
| 27 | This is probably what accounts for the fact that being featured in one of those articles entitled ‘ Faces to Watch in the New Year ’ , or worse , ‘ Who Will Be Who in the Coming Decade ’ is almost inevitably a ticket to total oblivion . |
| 28 | Old age pensions were increased and cuts imposed in 1989 on public-sector salaries were restored together with some cost of living allowance arrears . |
| 29 | Clinical remission was seen in 18 of 32 patients treated with 5-ASA and 12 of 31 patients treated with bismuth citrate — carbomer ( ) . |
| 30 | Improvement of rectal biopsy histology by at least one grade was seen in 16 of 32 patients in the 5-ASA group and 14 of 31 patients with bismuth ( ) . |