Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government on Dec. 15 won by 309 votes to 256 with one abstention a vote of confidence attached to a bill on regional aid to the south . |
| 2 | ‘ 7(1) In the course of an investigation into whether a person has committed an offence under section 4 or 5 of this Act a constable may , subject to the following provisions of this section and section 9 of this Act , require him — ( a ) to provide two specimens of breath for analysis by means of a device of a type approved by the Secretary of State , or ( b ) to provide a specimen of blood or urine for a laboratory test . |
| 3 | SIR , — The US National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) published on March 25 of this year a warning about the efficacy of bleach for cleaning needles , syringes , and other drug-injecting paraphernalia to prevent the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne infections . |
| 4 | In Section i of this chapter a text from Paul 's sententiae was discussed . |
| 5 | Expenditure was £20.1 billion in January and £199.5 billion in the year to date , compared with £19.5 billion and £176.4 billion at this stage a year ago . |
| 6 | And this is for a terraced houses that used pay thirty five to forty pound a year . |
| 7 | Er , they reckon they grow two to three foot a year they 're the fast grow ones , once they get a hold , they start growing and they shoot up each week and when they start shooting up , that 's when , you 've got to keep them watered , and you 've got to feed them with that plant stuff do you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | four to five pound a week on beer er but he would n't pay a pound a week , and he 's come , a pound a month |