Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Powys , a search for eight scouts missing on the nearby Black Mountains , was called off when they walked into a police station . |
| 2 | Over 25% of the 109 projects approved by the Central Committee for implementation in 1992 involve training of some kind . |
| 3 | Joseph Beran ( right ) , former Archbishop of Prague , was one of the eight prisoners featured in the original Observer article . |
| 4 | Eight clubs tied to an electronic stadium advertising deal stymied Bass and the rump of 14 are concerned at the influence of an elite eight . |
| 5 | Three hundred extra helpers were recruited to give eight hours help in the three months before the election , or two Saturday mornings , or four evenings in the final two months . |
| 6 | Er there are no houses demolished with the blue route , er there are eight houses demolished with the purple route , six with the orange route , six with the red route , and two with the pink route . |
| 7 | One nil to Leicester City eleven minutes gone in the second half . |
| 8 | So eleven minutes remaining plus a little bit of injury time , it 's still Spurs three , Oxford United one , United go forward , a chip forward there by Simpson . |
| 9 | So eleven minutes remaining plus a little bit of injury time , it 's still Spurs three , Oxford United one ; United go forward , a chip forward there by Simpson , there 's a chance for Martin Foyle , Martin Foyle — and he 's scored . |
| 10 | Urinary APGPR excretion ( Fig 3A ) in the normal group increased to a peak mean value at 82.5 minutes after the start of the meal and was significantly increased at 7.5 , 67.5 , and 82.5 minutes compared with the fasted values . |
| 11 | It 's only when you choose the eight fonts to use on a particular worksheet that the impressive range of fonts available becomes apparent |
| 12 | Eight states agreed on a unified command of general-purpose armed forces for a transitional period of two years . |
| 13 | The 1980 pictures looked like a stacked combination of flat images . |
| 14 | His brother , Scott , who was among the eight Scots named in the 30-strong squad , reckoned that Gavin 's previous experience of playing in New Zealand probably swayed the decision in the full-back 's favour . |
| 15 | These connect with eight semi-roundels bordered by an octagonal band . |
| 16 | The scientists measured concentrations of CFC-11 and CFC-12 , the two most important ozone destroyers , at locations in both the northern and southern hemispheres and found that the growth rate for CFC-11 concentrations dropped from an annual average of 11 parts per trillion from 1985-88 to 3 parts per trillion in 1993 . |
| 17 | In Scotland , there are 580,000 homes consisting of a single adult over 16 . |
| 18 | The year has seen another 12 projects added to the active list bringing the total considered to 60 since TRANSAID was launched in early 1988 . |
| 19 | Less than forty pictures exist by the fifteenth-century Sicilian artist , who was credited by Vasari with bringing the ‘ Flemish ’ technique of oil painting to Italy , and whose placid works were of decisive influence on contemporary Venetian painters , especially Giovanni Bellini . |
| 20 | On April 30 the Japanese and South Korean Foreign Ministers held talks in Seoul at which it was agreed to relax restrictions currently applied to the 680,000 Koreans resident in Japan , many of whom were descendants of the 2,500,000 Koreans transported by the Japanese colonial administration for use as forced labour . |
| 21 | 30 per cent of those invited to an advisory interview after 12 months to start on a Jobplan workshop |
| 22 | A new era of austerity starts in April 1994 , and the next 12 months looks like an all-too-brief inter-regnum in which the economy is being given a chance to grow again before the tax blows begin to fall . |
| 23 | Commanded by Gen. Satish Nambiar of the Indian army , the force included contingents from 30 countries including for the first time Security Council permanent members France , Russia and the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | By October , BP will have 12 rigs working in the southern sector which will keep the Yarmouth base busy ! |
| 25 | In the 12 periods analysed in the published articles , the portfolio ( theoretical or actual ) has done better than the UK stock market on nine occasions and worse on three occasions . |
| 26 | Finally , Wirksworth Quarry has another new addition from the Suzi Sammutt/Geoff Hornby team — The Evolution of Micadia E1 5b is the slim pillar 30 feet left of the Crinoid Cruise . |
| 27 | The Royal Green Jacket soldier was drowned when a helicopter carrying 30 troops ditched into the freezing South Atlantic waters . |
| 28 | This happened no fewer than four times between 1974 and 1977 until , finally , at the end of 1977 , the Secretary of State announced that instead of the 75,000 to 85,000 places indicated in the 1972 White Paper , the target would be 45,000 . |
| 29 | In a triumph for the centre and right , the chief victors were the CEDA ( 117 seats ) and the Radicals ( 104 ) ; some forty seats went to the extreme right of Carlists and Alfonsists . |
| 30 | More than 700 applicants responded to a recent marketing director job ad , underlining the extent to which the recession has hit top management . |