Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second penalty goal by Strett eased Orrell , who were without Heslop after 30 minutes because of a rib injury , in front at 12–10 with about five minutes remaining . |
| 2 | For six of these ( 24 per cent ) the duration of their last job was less than 12 months and for the group as a whole the average was less than 17 months . |
| 3 | This year it is therefore EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that we all sell our 2 books and as an incentive HQ say that each branch returning their block of completed lottery ticket stubs with a single branch cheque can keep 20% . |
| 4 | Eventually at a conference held on the frontier between Gisors and Trie on 6 December 1183 Philip agreed to let Henry keep the Norman Vexin on condition that he paid Margaret an annual pension of 2700 livres and on the understanding that he granted it to whichever of his sons married Alice . |
| 5 | Such comments about the DTI 's effectiveness as a corporate policeman could have been made almost at any time over the last 30 years and in a multitude of cases . |
| 6 | It 's cross country ski-ing combined with rifle shooting ; they race for 12 miles and along the way have 4 targets to shoot at . |
| 7 | A grotto fashioned out of chicken wire and concrete is lit by a stained glass window featuring an Eastern scene.A stream trickles into 2 pools and on the bank sits a treasure chest . |
| 8 | At Stage I VUPP had only 1.5 quotas but with the aid of transfers mainly from Armstrong ( Un ) and Maginnis ( UPNI ) as well as non-transfers from Republican Clubs the two VUPP candidates were elected . |
| 9 | An indicator is the abundance of the rare isotope of hydrogen , deuterium D , compared to the common isotope 1 H. D is twice the mass of 1 H and therefore 1 H will normally escape faster , enhancing D/ 1 H. The D/ 1 H ratio in the Cytherean atmosphere today is about 100 times that on the Earth , indicating more 1 H on Venus in the past , though still a good deal less than on the Earth . |
| 10 | Yeah , when I started in nineteen thirty one and in those days you got a rise every six months and I got a one and three rise after they 'd been there six months and at the year I was earning seventeen and six . |
| 11 | I was there for nearly six months and by the end of the first week , I wanted to die . |
| 12 | ‘ As bad as an Essex Ague ’ was a common expression ; and in the 1870s the garrison at Tilbury Fort was changed every six months because of the prevalence of malaria . |
| 13 | It has taken all of six years and in the end this chartered architect has been entirely vindicated , but the case does highlight the vulnerability of architects in employment . |
| 14 | HEADACHES during or after sex are still a mystery after more than 2,000 years because of a lack of study , researchers said today . |
| 15 | ‘ That delighted me , and so did the performance of Froggatt , who has had only one five-a-side game in the last 10 weeks because of a knee injury . |
| 16 | In 1891 the average attendance in the morning was 68 pupils and 7 teachers and in the afternoon 127 pupils and 10 teachers . |
| 17 | Her Privy Council never had more than nineteen members and towards the end of the reign had only eleven . |
| 18 | Mexico agreed , however , to allow US and Canadian companies access to 50 per cent of PEMEX and Federal Electricity Commission procurement in the first year , rising to 70 per cent over eight years and with no reservation after 10 years . |
| 19 | Average income in the private sector is probably about three times that in the state sector , but no one knows for sure . |
| 20 | He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking , |
| 21 | There is a roof garden/sun terrace , a bar and three lifts and behind the hotel is a discotheque . |
| 22 | Usher relied on bore holes and tanks although even those proved inadequate one year when the school had to be closed for three months because of the shortage of water . |
| 23 | The Crown may then seek further information within 21 days as in the case of a default action . |
| 24 | Chamlong Srimaung 's Palang Dharma performed extremely well in Bangkok , winning 32 of the capital 's 35 seats and in the process effectively destroying the pro-military Prachakorn Thai 's electoral base . |
| 25 | The trip took three weeks and by the time she arrived , South Georgia had been recaptured . |
| 26 | 's ( 1965 ) three dimensions and in a survey of heads of household in Illinois , found that socioeconomic status generally accounted for more of the rural-urban variation than either occupation or residence , and then rejected Bealer 's approach when they argued that future work should concentrate on single-dimension variables . |
| 27 | In front of the church is a four-sided courtyard , porticoed in red brick on three sides and with the façade on the fourth . |
| 28 | Independents obtained a majority in 106 municipalities and in the province of Tindouf , and three parties each won two municipalities — the Social Democratic Party , the National Party for Development and Solidarity , and the Algerian Renewal Party . |
| 29 | She had become expert in at least three dishes while under the tuition of Sister Cecilia : the meat pudding , a lamb stew thickened with lentils , barley , and vegetables and topped with dumplings , and , a real piece of expertise : the making of light pastry with either pig 's fat or beef dripping . |
| 30 | The chapter begins by summarizing the common ground — that analysis can proceed ‘ top-down ’ or ‘ bottom-up ’ on all three layers and in the dimension either of ‘ Explaining ’ or of ‘ Understanding ’ . |