Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His move to Japan 's Grampus Eight club hinges on the health of his baby son George , who is recovering from acute myeloid leukaemia . |
| 2 | Gokbilgin reproduces a for Mehmed II's complex based on the Fatih mosque in Istanbul for the year 1 Dhu " l-Ka'da 894 to the last day of Shawwal 895 ( 26 September 1489 to 15 September 1490 ) from which it is clear that Molla Arab was both muderris at the Sahn and Multi during that year ; while in a document published by Barkan , a conflation of two statements of income and expenditure for the of Murad II in Edirne , written in Rajab 896/May-June 1491 and covering the years mid-893 to mid-895 , one finds a reference to one " Mevlana Isa Halife , [ the ] Sufi , one of the disciples of Mevlana Arab , mufti " . |
| 3 | In his first address to the nation as Prime Minister on June 22 Rao concentrated on the country 's economy , which he said was in a state of crisis . |
| 4 | Average cycle time design cycle ranges from around 22 to 30 weeks depending on the nature of the array . |
| 5 | For instance , rather than The Buyer shall pay the price within 30 days of delivery the terms could provide that The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date of delivery making it clear that the date of delivery is included in the period or The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date immediately following the date of delivery if the date of delivery is to be excluded . |
| 6 | For instance , rather than The Buyer shall pay the price within 30 days of delivery the terms could provide that The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date of delivery making it clear that the date of delivery is included in the period or The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date immediately following the date of delivery if the date of delivery is to be excluded . |
| 7 | A disgruntled postman rang up a radio chat show to complain , and found himself spearheading an anti-Florio movement that culminated in 50,000 people marching on the state capitol . |
| 8 | Although there are 45 OSFers and 105 outsiders working on the project , Gossel said at least one of these , Hewlett-Packard , is working without a contract but that it is a perfectly normal situation at OSF . |
| 9 | 2 detectives knocked on the door , and arrested Jonathan Probyn in connection with the death of his estranged wife Tania . |
| 10 | According to him , there were some 800 men living on the island at that time which would suggest a total island population of around three thousand , approximately half living in Funchal . |
| 11 | During the middle of the contract , when work was in full spate , there were about 140 men employed on the site . |
| 12 | More than 300 detainees embarked on the hunger strike in February in protest against their continued incarceration . |
| 13 | At 9.30 Titcombe knocked on the farmer 's door . |
| 14 | two compression straps on each side of the pack ; ice axe loop and strap ; six attachment buckles on the lid ; D-ring positioned on each shoulder strap ; elasticated chest strap . |
| 15 | When Pelops came from Asia Minor he found thirteen heads nailed on the palace front ; but he bribed Oenomaus 's groom Myrtilos ( with the promise of Hippodameia 's favours ) to take the lynch-pin from one of his master 's chariot-wheels and substitute one of wax . |
| 16 | Last week , a mob of 100 fishermen went on the rampage at Peterhead and destroyed the £200,000 cargo of frozen cod due to be landed by the Russian trawler , Romb . |
| 17 | The study will be based on 213 life history interviews with up to three generations of 100 families selected on the basis of a national random sample . |
| 18 | Over 100 people lived on the lot before the fire . |
| 19 | A GROUP OF ‘ 70S STARS PUT ON THE STYLE |
| 20 | Children could now expect to be helped in two to eight weeks depending on the seriousness of their problems , she said . |
| 21 | A first interim care or supervision order made in the proceedings may last up to eight weeks beginning on the date on which it was made . |
| 22 | Of 24,200 workers thrown on the dole last month , more than half were from the once prosperous region . |
| 23 | Mr Scully says : ‘ At any time , I can have about seven or eight applications displayed on the workstation in front of me — those can include the trading system , market data , general ledger , hedging system , desktop publishing , graphics and spreadsheets . |
| 24 | Under the council tax — a replacement for the poll tax — homes are divided into eight bands based on the value . |
| 25 | Congress ( I ) won a clear majority of the 79 seats contested on the territory 's 10 inhabited islands . |
| 26 | Thus , if the corporations in their study were divided into three groups depending on the size of their annual sales , then they calculated that those with sales over $1 billion constituted 42 per cent of all corporations but committed nearly three-quarters of not only all violations but all serious violations , whereas those small firms with sales with less than half a billion dollars constituted nearly one-third of firms analysed but only committed less than 10 per cent of all violations . |
| 27 | Yesterday 's edition of the Investors Chronicle contains a special report on the 158 companies traded on the OTC market . |
| 28 | Indeed , given the fact that there are only a couple of dozen companies quoted on the exchange , the opportunity for follow-on business for DEC is looking limited in the short term , despite its apparent enthusiasm to off-load a VAX 6000 . |
| 29 | Much discussion between the three countries centred on the development of Goh Chok Tong 's plan for an " economic growth triangle " involving Singapore , the Malaysian state of Johore and the Indonesian island of Batam. , 1989 , 1990 Total GDP ( US $million ) , 28,800 , 34,600 Real GDP growth ( % ) , 9.2 , 8.3 GNP per capita ( US$ ) , 10,752 , 12,765 Components of GDP ( % ) , Private consumption , 46.6 , 44.4 Total investment , 34.4 , 38.6 Government consumption , 10.8 , 10.6 Net exports , 8.9 , 5.9 Consumer prices ( % change p.a. ) , 2.4 , 3.4 Retail sales volume ( % change p.a. ) , 11.3 , 1.7 Individual production ( % change p.a. ) , 10.1 , 9.5 Unemployment ( % of labour force ) , 2.2 , 1.7 Reserves minus gold ( US$ million ) , 20,300 , 28,400 Money growth ( M1 % p.a. ) , 14.9 , 10.8 Minimum Lending Rate ( % p.a. ) , 6.2 , 7.7 Public external debt ( US$ million ) , 71.1 , 38.3 Debt service ratio ( % ) , 0.7 , 0.2 Current Account Balance ( US$ million ) , 2,500 , 2,300 Exports ( US$ million ) , 44,700 , 52,600 Imports ( US$ million ) , 49,700 , 60,500 Trade balance ( US$ million ) , -5,000 , -7,900 Main trading partners , Exports ( % by value ) , USA , 23.3 , 22.0 Malaysia , 13.7 , 13.5 Japan , 8.5 , 9.0 Imports ( % by value ) , Japan , 21.4 , 20.2 USA , 17.1 , 16.0 Malaysia , 13.2 , 13.6 Source : Financial Times . |
| 30 | But actually any three anchor points on the plane would have done the trick just as well , and would have given identical results . |