Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Rhodes , the viola player of the Quartet , has had a larger size instrument made which enables the normal viola range to extend downwards by a fourth . |
| 2 | But much food aid is stolen as it is unloaded at the ports ; and army-escorted convoys manage to lose up to a third of their cargoes on the way . |
| 3 | I feel bitter that while I was out there I was somebody but I 've come back as a third class citizen . |
| 4 | We have referred earlier to a third interpretation of normalisation which we see as being in line with the spirit of much that has been written , particularly in the earlier days . |
| 5 | As the entrance requirements for universities , colleges and the professions have become more demanding in recent years , so increasing numbers have stayed on for a Sixth Year to study for Certificate of Sixth Year Studies examinations , to take ‘ crash ’ courses or modules in new subjects or to upgrade their existing results . |
| 6 | So we only we only need to start off with a third of that . |