Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also used transactions data on MMI futures for the same periods . |
| 2 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 3 | In a laboratory context , the isolation of the respondent during a T 1 — T 2 period of a few hours should remove this effect ; even changes such as sunlight may need to be eliminated . |
| 4 | You do n't find cows with names any more and there are n't any farmers like Mr Dakin , who somehow scratched a living from a herd of six milkers plus a few calves , pigs and hens . |
| 5 | Page 29 Sterling slumps : The pound posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost six pfennigs in a few hours to close at DM2.9737 . |
| 6 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 7 | She had been out for three hours in the same seas , searching the rocky coastline off St Abbs Head . |
| 8 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 9 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |
| 10 | And this is why , in spite of the years of ostracism , it was possible for the Springboks to lose by only three points to the All Blacks and 23 points to the Wallabies . |
| 11 | my Lord be that as it may , if there are one , two or three additions of the same brochures , of the same development , clearly we , we should be entitled |
| 12 | The new one is to name the scorers of the 11 tries by the All Blacks at Wellington on June 6 , 1992 ; Arran Pene , Frank Bunce and Matt Cooper scored two each and the others were Eroni Clarke , Ian Jones , John Timu , John Kirwan and Ant Strachan . |
| 13 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 14 | Susceptibility to high ‘ g ’ is greatly affected by the duration of the loading , and whereas most people can cope with 3 to 4 g for a few seconds , a sustained loading of that amount may cause loss of vision . |
| 15 | So Yardie sold 10,000 copies in a few months — an unheard of amount for a small press publication — and has now been picked up by Pan Books which will be putting out a mass-market edition in the new year . |
| 16 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |
| 17 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 18 | The score is 25 Tests to the All Blacks and only five to British sides in rugby history . |
| 19 | The score is 25 Tests to the All Blacks and only five to British sides in rugby history . |
| 20 | An interview can last anything from fifteen minutes to a few hours , though normally one hour is considered long , so it is essential to maintain the informant 's interest and attention for the duration . |
| 21 | After a month of continued competition , the pressure was understandably present in more than one camp during the latter stages of the tournament schedules . |
| 22 | This Livebearer can be quite a fighter and so keep just one male with a few females . |
| 23 | The second capacitor is connected through a ganged switch to the one-tenth tappings of the same windings and so on . |
| 24 | In a brilliant career the Kerry-born second row was a member of the British and Ireland Lions party that toured New Zealand in 1977 and played one Test against the All Blacks . |
| 25 | It was great to be working in one place for a few nights on the trot so that I could afford to go to that amount of trouble . ’ |
| 26 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
| 27 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 28 | Benzodiazepines are just one example of the many drugs which have proved over the years to cause rather than cure illness . |
| 29 | Computerised library catalogues are just one example of the many forms of computerised bibliographical information which are available . |
| 30 | Then five matches against the All Blacks in August , intertwined with four matches against Australia . |