Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to . |
| 2 | At 0-0 , they missed 2 of the best chances you 're ever likely to get in a cup tie against a premier league side . |
| 3 | However , since the calculation of P(A) requires the aggregation of data across subjects and each subject only rates 30 of the 60 stimuli it is not possible to calculate average correlations in this case . |
| 4 | The pattern of press reporting of rape trials is quite different in 1985 from the previous years we had studied — 1951 , 1961 , 1971 and 1978 . |
| 5 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 6 | — CONSETT Number One Central Club 's chairman Jim Harris has headed the management team for 21 of his 26 years in the boardroom and treasurer Jimmy Hope has been treasurer for eight of the 11 years he has been on the committee . |
| 7 | Eight of the twelve Members I interviewed made no complaint of bias towards the front-benches ( or vice-versa ! ) , or felt that the balance had been well struck , but four expressed reservations . |
| 8 | No less than 27 have won their first cap under the England manager but only six of the 13 players he used in Norway were his ‘ new boys ’ Carlton Palmer , Les Ferdinand , Lee Sharpe , David Batty , substitute Ian Wright and new captain Paul Ince . |
| 9 | Had a look at the records last night and saw that Sterland scored 5 goals in the Div II championship and 7 in the 20-odd matches he played in the Div I Championship . |
| 10 | It is possible to dial a number and , within seconds , to he speaking to a business acquaintance or friend in Saudi Arabia , the USA or Australia , to name just three of the many countries it is possible to dial direct . |
| 11 | They hung on to most of the key marginals , with Labour only managing to win three of the eight constituencies it hoped to capture despite increasing its vote in almost every seat . |
| 12 | In at least three of the four cases it is the notion of ‘ gender role ’ that ultimately underpins the explanation . |
| 13 | Yet , as it happened , he was registering well above par that evening , for three of the four ideas he had formulated were finally to prove wholly correct . |
| 14 | The unusual thing neighbours noticed about the quiet civil servant who occupied the attic flat was that he kept the window open in all weathers — to dissipate the smell from the corpses of three of the young men he murdered . |
| 15 | The UDH won 11 seats and other " liberal " groupings three , while the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation ( LDF ) won three of the seven seats it contested , pro-Beijing groups won two , and the remainder went to independents . |
| 16 | Barclays defines as ‘ high tech ’ 46 of the 371 businesses it supports through the scheme . |
| 17 | Two thirds of the 74,000 households it covers take part in its green box scheme . |
| 18 | Gower , who averaged 50 in the three Tests he played this summer and 44 throughout his Test career said : ‘ To say I am disappointed is an understatement . |
| 19 | In five of the six companies it was found that the planning department could be involved in special projects on an ad hoc basis . |
| 20 | But the reporters were sure that five of the seven camps they saw were special ‘ show camps ’ for refugees rather than victims of Serbia 's ‘ ethnic cleansing . ’ |
| 21 | Semangat " 46 , however , lost five of the 12 seats it had held , and both its deputy president , Datuk Rais Yatim , and the DAP chairman , Chen Man Hin , lost in their constituencies . |
| 22 | However , much one may respect Borg 's reputation and his unerring sportsmanship , I find it hard to share his optimism , especially as only 16 of the 54 points he won were from his winners . |
| 23 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's as good , for his age , as they 've got , and his wife is one of the sweetest women I know in this town . |
| 25 | Supt Bernie Holmes who was heading the search said last night that this was one of the saddest cases he has ever had to deal with . |
| 26 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 27 | Erm , being with the S S P C A , I have seen a lot of very sad pictures of animals , but one of the saddest photographs I saw , quite recently was two monkeys , well they 're primates , we are |
| 28 | ‘ One of the women who works for me is one of the toughest women I have ever come across , and most of the women graduates are more than competent . |
| 29 | Had a nice letter from one of the Romanian boys you met very concerned about my job position — he had heard from one of the others who 'd been in London in the summer and saw |
| 30 | Llanelli 's second try , a disarmingly easy one by Steve Bowling on the blind side of a scrum-five , was of more modest proportions and if Jeff Bird had kicked more than one of the six chances he had the conclusion would by half-time have been foregone . |