Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
| 2 | Mrs Campbell , who was 47 , had been sexually assaulted and strangled at the All Travellers Quest Guest House last week . |
| 3 | Last week the Ulster Amateur Drama Festival had to be moved at a few hours notice , after Belfast 's Grand Opera House was extensively damaged by a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 4 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 5 | Expensive items of jewellery may be insured under an All Risks policy . |
| 6 | ‘ Supplies of suitable coal in the future can not be guaranteed and unless the current experiments with oil firing are successful then it is likely that steam operation on S.M.R. may have to be abandoned in a few years time . |
| 7 | In fact , the defendants were more likely to be insured on an all risks policy for council employees . |
| 8 | Currency : Spanish pesetas Best buys : ceramics , baskets , guitars Sports : surfing , windsurfing , scuba diving , snorkelling , sailing , walking Nightclubs : limited to a few discos Season : from May until late October . |
| 9 | After the wedding , a reception was held in the New Farm Loch Community Centre , followed by a few days honeymoon in York . |
| 10 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 11 | Some have called for a boycott of the elections , but most are likely to back the faction of the Akali Dal , the Sikh political party , led by a former police officer , Simranjit Singh Mann . |