Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Six candles went out the first time , the remaining three the second time .
2 Bad weather during the third round had left him with three holes to complete early the next morning .
3 The 1964 survey showed about a third of councillors preferring to deal with the problems of individuals with 43 per cent preferring broad policy matters .
4 By 1524 , thirty-eight Frenchmen comprised almost a third of the taxpayers and well over half the labourers of Hartfield hundred .
5 She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years .
6 Malt Whisky : There are 27 distilleries producing almost a third of the total industry capacity .
7 Of the two reasons given here the first is unconvincing in the light of the Group 's proposals on the amount of learning progress that each level would encompass .
8 It says vendors took around eighteen months to bring out the first XPG3-branded products after its introduction .
9 The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order .
10 Seven races made up the first championship and the first was run at Silverstone on Saturday , 13 May 1950 .
11 Seven races made up the first championship and that number has fluctuated over the years .
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