Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall expenditure was contained by minimal increases in other areas and , in defence , by a 2.5 per cent expenditure cut to DM50,800 million [ for June 30 decision to withdraw from the European Fighter Aircraft project see p. 38980 ] . |
| 2 | The speed of separation — the solution only takes about 30 seconds to move through the outer tube — also prevents too much heating . |
| 3 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 4 | With less than six weeks to go to the Olympic trials , Read , the triple national champion , boosted her confidence by lowering her own eight-month-old 50m backstroke British record with an impressive 30.06sec . |
| 5 | With just six weeks to go to the British Olympic trials , officials wanted all concerned to be aware of the potential repercussions following the recent National Olympic Committee meeting when it was decided that anyone guilty of a violation the IOC medical code would be ineligible for any British team . |
| 6 | Yates , who was busy setting up John and Mary in New York , went down to Baltimore two or three times to participate in the nocturnal meetings . |
| 7 | He said that it might take two to three years to arrive at the complete version of the social audit , which will be sent to all shareholders with the financial statements . |
| 8 | However , because they had been unemployed , they had not earned enough money in the previous three years to qualify for the mature student allowance , and so it was denied to them . |
| 9 | Some farmers were told that they could either settle at once for 60 per cent of what was due to them , or wait three years to fight for the full amount . |
| 10 | Our Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , was given three thrillers to review by the Daily Telegraph : Geoffrey ( not to be confused with Lord ) Archer 's Eagletrap ( Century ) , Clive Egleton 's Hostile Intent ( Hodder ) and J K Mayo 's A Shred of Honour ( Harvill ) . |
| 11 | He wants to be friends with America because he thinks only American intervention will secure his aims ( he offered in the Gulf war to send 200,000 Sikhs to fight on the American side ) . |
| 12 | It was also one of only three HUP–3s to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy on utility and search and rescue missions , operating from HMCS Shearwater , Nova Scotia . |
| 13 | It takes about 18 months to qualify for the short-term benefits like unemployment and sickness benefit . |
| 14 | Derek , who is a retired British Rail worker , took 18 days to travel across the vast country of one billion people . |
| 15 | The eggs , which are the same size as the adult male mite , take 3 to 4 days to hatch into the three-legged larva . |
| 16 | His third round of 67 left them all for dead , and with 11 holes to go for the Open he was ten shots ahead of the field . |
| 17 | The window was made of sugar glass , the substance adopted in a thousand movies to look like the real thing . |
| 18 | ‘ I still think a team will need over 80 points to get into the top two . |
| 19 | Short now has 36 hours to reflect on the winning plan with his second , Grandmaster Lubosh Cavalek . |
| 20 | Tory agent Kathy Lever said : ‘ Our vote is holding up well and we will be going flat out over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters . ’ |
| 21 | It also chose presidents , it also chose , a hundred and fifty members to serve on the central committee , or the executive committee of the World 's Council of Churches . |
| 22 | He managed this with the help of a flannel , some scented soap from England which he kept for special occasions and a kettleful of hot water that took five minutes to boil on the single electric ring that served as a cooker and , in winter , as a heater . |
| 23 | Headley Feast with the national classified , one result to change of the local footballs in the Beezer Homes League , southern division , I 'm afraid it was a defeat for Witney ; Witney one , Canterbury two , that 's in the Beezer Homes League southern division ; Witney one , Canterbury two . |
| 24 | Very simply put , you 'd have one amp to deal with the low end and one to deal with the upper mid of your bass signal . |
| 25 | Only 44 , and with 16 years to go before the official NatWest retiring age , this is , he agrees , unlikely to be his last job . |
| 26 | Mr Vasarhelyi said he has never refused any offers of work and hoped one day to draw for the Royal Mail . |
| 27 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 28 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 29 | It is one thing to step into the unknown , another to do it without exaggerating the claims for the product , and quite amazing to end our launch year with a turnover that exceeds our most optimistic forecasts by 250% . |
| 30 | Then , with 13 overs to go to the close , paceman Merv Hughes forced Haynes to edge a catch to wicketkeeper Ian Healy . |