Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday , Campbell Hynd , 21 , of Walker 's Wynd , Edinburgh , was jailed for 30 months at the High Court in Edinburgh after admitting two charges of wilful fire-raising . |
| 2 | With regard to the Bill , after 30 years at the criminal Bar and 35 years in politics , I have been driven reluctantly to the conclusion that fear is a more effective motivator of human behaviour than anything else , especially when dealing with people of ill will . |
| 3 | MORE than 1,600 workers at the crisis-hit truck maker Leyland DAF , including 67 at the Albion axle production plant in Glasgow , lost their jobs yesterday . |
| 4 | Kos was one of the first female yachting photographers in the UK and through her desire to find new angles on yacht racing pictures she attained her initial breakthrough ( and a little notoriety ) from masthead shots of 12 meters at the 1983 America 's Cup . |
| 5 | On 22 March an armada of 45 US Navy warships , Operation Prairie Fire , complete with aircraft carriers , 200 aircraft , and nuclear submarines , appeared off the Libyan coast in the Gulf of Sidra and deliberately trailed their coats until the Libyans reacted by firing two SA-5 missiles at the American aircraft . |
| 6 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 7 | The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in July 1990 had overturned his conviction on the first charge and sent the other two convictions back to US District Court judge Gerhard A. Gesell , to determine whether testimony from any of the 67 witnesses at the original trial had been influenced — directly or indirectly — by information which North gave Congress under grant of limited immunity during four days of nationally televised interrogation in June 1987 [ see p. 37605 ] . |
| 8 | You will see that you have worked six rows on the centre 30 stitches at the same time , bringing in five stitches at a time at alternate ends on every row . |
| 9 | THE pound this morning was 1.4780 dollars and 2.4158 German marks compared with 1.4849 dollars and 2.4166 marks at the previous close . |
| 10 | Despite Fascist claims that the working class of the East End was with them , Lewis could muster only 154 votes at the general election . |
| 11 | Avice de Columbars , for example , was amerced in 300 marks at the 1244 Hampshire Forest Eyre : her Forest duties were probably performed by her steward , who was adjudged at the same time to pay 100 marks . |
| 12 | Her choice of the 2,000 canvasses at the 20th Century British Art Fair in London was … a portrait of herself . |
| 13 | Two Cleveland choirs sang their way to six trophies at the prestigious Morecambe Musical Festival . |
| 14 | A MAN was jailed for six years at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday for his part in attempting to murder a man after luring him into a night of torture . |
| 15 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 16 | Bullock worked as a sculptor , showing six busts at the Royal Academy in London in 1804 . |
| 17 | Gronberg , a powerful hitter who won the Rome Classic in the first tournament of the season , gathered an eagle and four of her six birdies at the long holes . |
| 18 | There were 35 attacks on Nov. 12 itself , including the use of smoke bombs and fires to disrupt rail and subway travel , and the firing of at least 10 rockets at the Imperial Palace . |
| 19 | YVONNE Murray has Mary Decker 's eight-year-old record of 5min 34.8sec in her sights as she tackles the rarely-run 2,000 metres at the star-studded TSB International in Birmingham today . |
| 20 | ‘ Thirteen deaths at the same time , four later — that sounds like a bomb . |
| 21 | They will fly with with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , on their brand new route from Heathrow to San Francisco via Amsterdam , and stay for six nights at the Tuscan Inn , the newest hotel on the world-famous Fisherman 's Wharf . |
| 22 | They 'll jet with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on their brand new flight from Heathrow to San Francisco , via Amsterdam , and stay for six nights at the Tuscan Inn , on the world-famous Fisherman 's Wharf , where they 'll enjoy FREE use of a Tropical USA Rent-A-Car . |
| 23 | It is the finale of two of the recruit courses : the Regular recruits have spent eight weeks at the WRAC Centre completing an intensive course which provides a young woman with all the basic military skills Which she will require to be able to take her place alongside her male counterpart in the modern British Army . |
| 24 | He tells The Art Newspaper , ‘ Philip Pouncey ( the leading British drawings connoisseur until his death last year ) used to bemoan the fact that during his eleven years at the National Gallery in London , almost no connection was ever made between the two by curators . |
| 25 | It must be remembered that na umpire in professional cricket is generally some 70 years at the nearest point from the rope . |
| 26 | News of a company study into general service work led to an unofficial 24-hour strike by 500 workers at the huge factory in Dagenham , Essex yesterday . |
| 27 | There were three bells at the front door — the top marked Stavanger . |
| 28 | For Spurs , substitute Hendry was denied three times at the other end by Rees . |
| 29 | Her grandmother said nothing , but nodded three times at the little girl . |
| 30 | One farmer told the authors that it cost him 194,000 Somali shillings ( $14 ) to grow 100 kilos ( 220lbs ) of maize , which he could sell for a mere 55,000 shillings at the local market . |