Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A failed test means no progress that round , and a test failed by 30 or more means the character has slipped right back to the bottom of the stairs — anyone beneath him must make another I test at -20 to avoid being carried back down as well . |
| 2 | Therefore SO 2 has the potential to reduce the transmission of the solar flux , reducing the photolysis rates of key species such as O 2 and hence reducing the rate of ozone production . |
| 3 | First raise interest rates to r 2 and then manipulate the money supply to reduce it to Q 2 . |
| 4 | Troops loyal to President Gnassingbe Eyadema again disrupted the transition period [ see also p. 39041 ] when a 100-strong force occupied the National Assembly building on Oct. 22 and successfully demanded the unfreezing of the assets of the Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , formerly the sole legal party , led by Eyadema , which had been dissolved in August 1991 [ see p. 38379 ] . |
| 5 | President Ramaswamy Venkataraman appointed Justice Madhukar Hiralal Kania as Chief Justice to replace Kamal Narain Singh , who retired on Dec. 12 after briefly assuming the post on Nov. 24 . |
| 6 | In the event , however , it was a glossy book from the Town Planning Ministry in 1986 that really took the message to the public — and that message was so remarkable that it deserves examination in some detail . |
| 7 | Blackwell was the first woman doctor , graduating in New York in 1849 and later opening a dispensary on New York 's lower east-side . |
| 8 | Weldex , which was set up in 1979 and now has a turnover of £4 million , will this week take delivery of Glasgow-based cranes that were stranded in England after Lilley 's collapse . |
| 9 | Throughout his life Blumlein was a trustworthy and loyal man with a passionate interest in the arts , music , and aviation — he held a private pilot 's licence from 1929 and often flew a biplane or Moth . |
| 10 | What I 'll do is I 'll read you the first paragraph of rule six and actually bend the rule and put those words in and it really does n't make any sense at all , so listen carefully on this one and do n't be surprised if you do n't understand me . |
| 11 | A Dalton double take THE North-East 's first women MP was Ruth Dalton , elected in Bishop Auckland in 1929 but only to keep the seat warm for her old feller . |
| 12 | KPMG warrants and undertakes that it has full power and authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 and otherwise to make the Offer on behalf of Client . |
| 13 | The procedure for dealing with such requests is set out in R.S.C. , Ord. 70 and often involves the Treasury Solicitor making application to the court under the Act of 1975 : see Ord. 70 , r. 3 . |
| 14 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 15 | Monckton Milnes , a good memorialist but a forgettable poet , visited the lake in 1838 and later wrote a poem about the tragedy , taking a more honour ably sentimental line towards it than had the morbid locals : |
| 16 | The most widely acclaimed of these has been John Rawls 's A Theory of Justice , which was published in 1971 and rapidly assumed the status of a contemporary classic . |
| 17 | Karamanlis , 83 , had presided over Greece 's return to democracy in 1974 , holding office as Prime Minister until 1980 and then serving a term as President from 1980 to 1985 . |
| 18 | For the third day running , 200,000 or more blocked the centre of Prague , cheering Mr Dubcek 's call on the hardline leadership to quit . |
| 19 | For the third day running , 200,000 or more blocked the centre of Prague , cheering Mr Dubcek 's call on the hardline leadership to quit . |
| 20 | Greece applied for membership in 1975 and finally became a Member State on 1 January 1981 . |
| 21 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
| 22 | He batted at the pivotal position of number three and fully justified the captain 's faith in him . |
| 23 | This was originally erected in the reign of Numerian in AD 283–4 and apparently includes the reference to a R(es) P(ublica) C(ivitatis) , most probably D(obunnorum) ( of the Dobunni ) , though the latter reading and attribution have produced several fertile alternatives . |
| 24 | Cook was appointed agent for Nile passenger traffic by the Khedive of Egypt in 1870 and eventually had a fleet of seventeen large vessels and about thirty-three smaller dahabeeyahs and pinnaces . |
| 25 | She completed victory by taking the tiebreak 7-5 but not before she lost her serve to 5-5 and then saved a set point at 5-6 . |
| 26 | I dimly recall the first broadcast performance of this piece in the 1940s and rarely lose an opportunity of hearing any new recording of it . |
| 27 | John Taylor , Curator in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum and Nicholas Reeves , formerly at the B.M. and now Honorary Curator of the present Earl of Carnarvon 's Egyptian collection at Highclere Castle , have brought together objects and documents that trace Howard Carter 's Egyptian career up to 1922 and then follow the archaeologist into his retirement as consultant and dealer and finally death in 1939 . |
| 28 | The Clacton side of Jim Dove , Gary Ridgeon , Daniel Burrell and Emma Cartwright beat Braintree B 6–3 and thus take the Division Three title . |
| 29 | The effective use of this resource is the main substance of part II and therefore constitutes the bulk of the advice . |
| 30 | The figures are based on my own in the 1970s and now bear no relation to the present day , but they serve as a broad outline . |