Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In this arrangement one or more 11–16 schools feed into the Sixth Form of one 11–18 school . |
| 4 | Six supermodels feature in the new spring/summer Littlewoods home shopping catalogue , and though they all charge up to £10,000 for a single day 's work the clothes they model for Littlewoods are all within easy reach of every woman . |
| 5 | New Contemporary Show ‘ 92 , six newcomers exhibit for the first time ( until 23 Feb ) . |
| 6 | There is a vast choice of discos , bars and restaurants practically on your doorstep ; it 's only a 100 metres walk to the main avenue of the bustling resort and a variety of discos and bars surround the hotel . |
| 7 | But it adds : ‘ Six makers lag behind the mediocre majority — Citroen , Daihatsu , Hyundai , Skoda , Yugo and , by far the worst , Reliant with its Rialto . ’ |
| 8 | The three authors focus on the artistic mode of production , its socio-historic contextualisation , and its patterns of collection respectively . |
| 9 | Whereas a comprehensive secondary school might offer some 30 subjects for all its pupils , and about a dozen subjects account for the great majority of A levels , the curriculum explodes in higher education , part of a post-school explosion even greater when one takes into account the vast number of technical and vocational courses that exist in non-advanced further education . |
| 10 | Three elements refer to the female presence , all of them dealing with an essential lack . |
| 11 | Around 1400 tankers pass through the northern and southern Fair Isle channels a year , of which 70 per cent are connected to the Sullom Voe terminal . |
| 12 | On that occasion he was three lengths clear at the last , but his injury allowed Golden Friend , who was receiving 19lb , to overhaul him on the line to win by a head . |
| 13 | On that occasion he was three lengths clear at the last , but his injury allowed Golden Friend , who was receiving 19lb , to overhaul him on the line to win by a head . |
| 14 | The Conservatory Association publishes three brochures free to the general public entitled ‘ Choosing A Conservatory ’ , ‘ Your Conservatory and Condensation ’ and ‘ A Touch of Glass . ’ |
| 15 | Global temperatures will increase as much as three degrees centigrade in the next ten years due to damage to the ozone layer . |
| 16 | In this chapter I shall argue that the no boundary condition for the universe , together with the weak anthropic principle , can explain why all three arrows point in the same direction — and moreover , why a well-defined arrow of time should exist at all . |
| 17 | The former comprises a straightforward survey of Kelly 's projects , from McLaren/Westwood 's early 1970s Seditionaries shop to the Dry 201 Bar in Manchester of 1989 , intercut with an eclectic series of essays on Kelly 's iconoclastic career . |
| 18 | Brian has over sixteen years experience in the floorcovering industry , including working with a firm of specialist Contract Interior Designers . |
| 19 | 10,000 souls weep for the young . |
| 20 | An attendance rate of 90% , however , does not mean that 10% of pupils are absent : the missing 10% could come from a small minority of pupils with lengthy absences — the same ten pupils absent for the whole week — or from a higher percentage of pupils with brief absences — fifty pupils absent for one day over the course of the week . |
| 21 | It can capture the nuances of soft and sensitive voices ; it alone can convey the rapport five singers achieve in the bonded intimacy of chamber music-making . |
| 22 | The nine cairns stand on the northern rim of the broad ridge named Nine Standards Rigg and command an uninterrupted and comprehensive view of many miles of the valley of the Eden . |
| 23 | Significantly , with the statistics classified as they are in these data sets , the lowest level of risk occurs when younger women keep at least two-three year intervals between consecutive births and four or five years elapse in the later reproductive ages . |
| 24 | The 28-year-old graphic artist , who won the event three years ago , eased into a five metres lead at the first kilometre mark and only Heaton veteran Geraldine Beedle managed to stay close . |
| 25 | The five groupings correspond to the five sets of evaluation utterances . |
| 26 | The rod is heated to almost 2000 degrees centigrade in the white hot coke , then it 's forged by hammering on the anvil . |
| 27 | HARRIS ADACOM … has 28 years experience at the leading edge of data integration technology , designing , producing , marketing and totally supporting network communications systems worldwide . |
| 28 | More than 13,000 Africans study in the Soviet Union ( nearly 10 per cent of all foreign students ) , and many welcome confirmation of the killings as a sign that glasnost may end Soviet press silence on racism , and actively educate people about such matters . |
| 29 | In teacher training only 1 in 40 students come from the Afro Caribbean or Asian community.In PGCE and final year Bed courses about one third of PGCE and a little over two-fifths of B.Ed . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's probably had two hours sleep in the last seven months , but he does n't care . ’ |