Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Only six solo roles call for a male soprano , on the basis of which it is possible to make a few observations .
2 The code in fact incorporates a degree of redundancy , so that in some cases as many as six different triplets code for the same amino acid .
3 While 83 international beauties battle for the title in Bophuthatswana 's ‘ Lost City , ’ Alan meets visiting celebrities like Jerry Hall , Richard Branson and Brigitte Nielsen .
4 Three major causes account for the ensuing periods of upheaval which culminated in the establishment of a less formal relationship between the press and the political parties in the late 20th century :
5 Mrs Bloomer has offered a one thousand pounds reward for the return of the items stolen .
6 Other equally valid fits might also be obtained by allowing the 18-day decay to depart from a pure exponential ; it would then be possible , for example , to obtain a solution in which the two asymptotic increases account for the whole of the increase in rotation rate .
7 The two final categories call for no comment at this stage beyond the fact that the fiscal evidence shows that the overwhelming majority of husbandmen did actually have less than £10 worth of personal estate ; the £10-£99 group looks like an intrapolation to accommodate a broad spectrum of well-to-do peasants ( including yeomen ) , master craftsmen and small-time merchants .
8 Even though the World Cup will swamp the domestic competition , the Shield will still continue to provide some of the most riveting cricket of the summer as these four highly-competitive sides battle for the two places in the five-day final .
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