Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was there for nearly six months and by the end of the first week , I wanted to die . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In 1891 the average attendance in the morning was 68 pupils and 7 teachers and in the afternoon 127 pupils and 10 teachers . |
| 12 | Her Privy Council never had more than nineteen members and towards the end of the reign had only eleven . |
| 13 | Average income in the private sector is probably about three times that in the state sector , but no one knows for sure . |
| 14 | He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking , |
| 15 | There is a roof garden/sun terrace , a bar and three lifts and behind the hotel is a discotheque . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Crown may then seek further information within 21 days as in the case of a default action . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The trip took three weeks and by the time she arrived , South Georgia had been recaptured . |
| 20 | In front of the church is a four-sided courtyard , porticoed in red brick on three sides and with the façade on the fourth . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Ardiles put off my visit to Newcastle on two or three occasions because of the club 's money problems . |
| 25 | IPSWICH Port Authority announced yesterday that it is to shed ‘ in the region of ’ 35 jobs because of the recession . |
| 26 | 1 prepare a script for the video which will permit the Publisher to shoot eight episodes of video of a maximum total duration of sixty minutes and within the budget set by the Publisher , and |
| 27 | The former international , plagued by injury this season , was on the pitch for just 18 minutes but by the time he returned to the bench Holywood were home and dry . |
| 28 | It is contract it 's a monthly contract you work for three weeks for one pound sixteen shillings and at the end of the month they count all the slates you 've done during the month . |
| 29 | For example , 0:55w2(5q/5e) means that you will run 55 minutes and in the middle of the workout , do two sets of five minutes at a quick pace followed by five minutes at an easy pace . |
| 30 | Atrophy of mild to moderate severity was present in the antrum , corpus , and fundus in eight of 11 subjects and in the antrum only in the remaining three . |