Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could lead to a drop in temperature of between 5 and 10 degrees centigrade over the region , with the curtailment of the spring growing season and consequent losses of food production . |
| 2 | Group official Carol Bouziane said yesterday : ‘ Three muggers beat up the man and stole his money and mobile phone in full view of two booking clerks . |
| 3 | The three partners set up the Viscose Syndicate in 1893 , with the aim of producing adhesives , films , coatings for natural fibres , and mouldings , and British Viscoid Ltd. followed in 1896 . |
| 4 | I got into the car ; we started to reverse the fifty yards back up the drive . |
| 5 | The detailed way in which the 1977 Protocols spell out the principle of discrimination in the use of force and protection of the civilian population makes it plain that there are no circumstances in which nuclear weapons could actually be used without breaching this fundamental principle . |
| 6 | Basically , the FS-77 offers control over the Quad X 's main features in a very no-nonsense fashion . |
| 7 | On the back of a postcard or large envelope not larger than six by five inches write down the answers to our three easy questions below which all relate to UK lakes . |
| 8 | While a quarter of men wash their cars once a week , fewer than one in five women carry out the chore . |
| 9 | Therefore , these two speeches sum up the difference between Brutus and Cassius : Brutus works unselfishly and nobly for the good of the people of Rome , disregarding personal cost ( for it did cost Brutus a lot to kill Caesar ) , while Cassius is jealous of Caesar 's great power and begins the conspiracy with hopes of gaining more prestige and power for himself . |
| 10 | As the two fighters move around the area looking for an opening in each other 's defence , various manoeuvres to distract and break the opponent 's concentration can be employed . |
| 11 | Its carved edges resemble horse harnesses , while two snakes coil around the top . |
| 12 | The words echoed in Isabel 's head as she clung to Chalon 's saddle , where fitzAlan 's shove had sent her , and watched the four soldiers size up the situation . |
| 13 | As the bus pulled from the curb , I saw the fat gate-guard and two others puff out the side door of the terminal looking in all directions . |
| 14 | Some 126 companies make up the membership of the BSIA . |
| 15 | As their national borders are currently defined , and as this book has decided to define the Pacific , thirty-three countries lie around the margins of the Ocean . |
| 16 | ACTIVITY 3 5–10 mins Note down the points that strike you about this delivery system , the good as well as the bad . |