Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disputed paragraph regarding representation in the Soviet of the Republics was passed with the required two-thirds majority at the fourth vote , after a minor adjustment . |
| 2 | Mr Faber won Westbury , Wilts , with a 12,618 majority at the General Election in April . |
| 3 | Allen held a 5–4 advantage at the 5th end and over the next four raced into a commanding 13–6 lead . |
| 4 | Well er the I mean there has been a slight complexity with the replacement er programme of course because er er E F two thousand was originally envisaged that it would replace the phantoms er as as as as well as the jaguars and now that er has altered with the decision in options to er get rid of er the phantom squadrons , we 've er been able to adjust the replacement programme such that er the aircraft E F two thousand will replace er the erm er the jaguar and some of the F threes er and the programme will be adjusted such that we get er the most cost effective er mixture of replacement of those two types and there is no problem with keeping the jaguar going until that stage and it may well be it is , is being judged to be cheaper that we should er do some F three replacement at the same time , again partly for cost reasons because it 's gon na be more cost effective to do it that way . |
| 5 | 5 Business at the first meeting |
| 6 | In the light of the above factors and on the assumption that there is unlikely to be any real increase in the dollar price of oil in the medium term , the Board does not believe it to be financially prudent to maintain the 1992 dividend at the same level as that paid in respect of 1991 . |
| 7 | I 'm the Project Manager for the United Kingdom er for the Eurofighter two thousand project at the international level I also chair the N E F M O board of directors . |
| 8 | She 's also in the National Blind Swimming Squad and is a real hopeful for Britain 's 1992 line-up at the Disabled Olympics in Barcelona . |
| 9 | 4.2.1 Immunocytochemistry at the light microscope level |
| 10 | Under the first commander , Eric Hamilton Piercy , and adjutant Neil Francis Hawkins , they were organized on paramilitary lines , particularly the elite I Squad at the Black House , Mosley 's headquarters . |
| 11 | He achieved the rare distinction of being equally famous in more than one field at the same time . |
| 12 | She pours withering scorn upon such ‘ painted poupées ’ as Joan Collins and Liz Taylor for the hours they devote to their images , as well as the men they choose as partners , but one look at the deep lines of bitterness etched into the faces of those women who renounce loving relationships in favour of cats , gardens or anything else tells me all I need to know . |
| 13 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 14 | Taking one look at the swaying Wayne , he yelled at Frances to ring Phil Bagley , the vet . |
| 15 | But not even scrubbing would alter the fact that the scullery was dark and ill-equipped and one look at the ancient stove made her glad it was still high summer and heating was not necessary . |
| 16 | But one look at the uniform blankness of expression on the faces of the ‘ crowd ’ should tell you all you need to know . |
| 17 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 18 | One look at the dramatic bays and steep-sided cracks in the rock cloaked in shrubs and plants shows why . |
| 19 | One look at the intricate pattern was enough to tell her she could follow it with no trouble at all . |
| 20 | Mr Hnatiuk had taken one look at the approaching Mrs Frizzell and had dived for cover into a knot of other businessmen . |
| 21 | He still felt strange , as if he was bending over the bodies of children , but one look at the dead faces calmed such scruples . |
| 22 | He took one look at the pale figure and said to Shelley , ‘ Is it appendix ? ’ |
| 23 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 24 | I mean , if your policy renewal date was December , you 're off in November , you only get one payment at the old rate , and the next one 's at the newer rate . |
| 25 | When the Nationalists won only one seat at the general election of 1970 , the tension went out of the argument . |
| 26 | The suggestion is of steeply rising broken ground , and one figure at the top left ( hardly visible in the photograph ) is half hidden behind such a fold in the land . |
| 27 | One glance at the young men emerging from a vehicle told her that the rafting parties had arrived , and within moments Silas was there to greet them . |
| 28 | But one glance at the cascading wisteria blossom — never mind the rest of the promising , if overgrown , London garden — and Spanish translator Patricia Grillo was hooked . |
| 29 | One glance at the mounted soldiers emerging from the trees was enough . |
| 30 | One lawyer at the French court observed that it had ‘ never been seen or known for the kingdom of France to be subjected to the government of the king of England ’ . |