Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill House caters for 12 mentally handicapped residents with learning difficulties . |
| 2 | HE was renowned for the three most famous words in tennis — ‘ Oh , I say . ’ |
| 3 | The three most probable sources of delay will by now have passed : obtaining a local land charges certificate of search ( unless with your client 's approval you 've sacrificed this sacred cow for a personal search ) ; the buyer obtaining a mortgage advance ; and the survey report , which both the buyer and the buyer 's mortgagee will have required . |
| 4 | This chapter and Chapter 5 consider the three most popular theories of language development to emerge in recent years , beginning with the publication of Skinner 's book Verbal Behaviour in 1957 . |
| 5 | The three most popular mixes in catering are 18/10 , which is the most expensive , 18/8 and 13/0 . |
| 6 | If that seems like faint praise , you should read the dozen most recent books on Paradise Lost . |
| 7 | In the eighteenth century , Montesquieu argued that there were three entirely separate functions of government : legislative , executive and judicial , and that these three functions should be exercised by entirely separate organs , Parliament , the Executive and the Courts . |
| 8 | Three particularly objective masters of choreography are de Valois in Job and The Rake 's Progress , Massine with such different ballets as The Good - Humoured Ladies and The Three-Cornered Hat and MacMillan with Mayerling and Requiem . |
| 9 | Several groups of them specialise in this diet and each has evolved a long sticky tongue entirely independently : a marsupial , the numbat , in Australia ; a distant relative of primitive antelopes , the aardvark in Africa ; the pangolins of Asia and Africa which are covered in a mail of horny plates so that they resemble giant animated fir-cones ; and the three very different ant-eaters of South America , the gazelle-sized giant of the savannahs , the squirrel-sized pygmy from the forest canopy , and the monkey-sized tamandua from its mid-storey . |
| 10 | Oxfam is trying to recall seven thousand potentially deadly necklaces on sale in its shops . |
| 11 | The author is quick to point out that Japanese is one of the ten most difficult languages on earth to learn . |
| 12 | Signers 1 and 3 also used lip-patterns in conjunction with English , but these supported the signing and never appeared on their own . |
| 13 | Ten fairly random examples of facilitation in practice include : |
| 14 | Also that I described them in car on way home as five most grotesque examples of humanity this side of the swamps of Lousiana . |
| 15 | The five most popular brands of conditioner nationwide are Timotei , Flex by Revlon , Cream Silk , Alberto Balsam and Alberto VO5 . |
| 16 | English Nature , the statutory body advising the government on environmental issues , has called for improved protection of marine wildlife in 27 environmentally sensitive areas of coastline . |
| 17 | Though he extended these four levels into seventeen very specific levels of mechanisation , we need not concern ourselves here with that level of detail . |
| 18 | The second class consisted of the 40 most frequent words excluding function words and extending over the entire concordance line , to represent collocates of the node . |
| 19 | The four most common reasons for resistance to change are : |
| 20 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
| 21 | But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers . |
| 22 | But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers . |
| 23 | " Certainly it would be a tragedy to see the two most powerful nations on earth destroying each other in such a way , " he agreed , " and let us pray that such a day never comes . " |
| 24 | The term ‘ violence ’ includes conduct intended to cause physical harm and conduct which might cause harm ( such as throwing a missile towards someone ) ; and , for the two most serious offences of riot and violent disorder , ‘ violence ’ bears an extended meaning which includes violent conduct towards property . |
| 25 | While the Indians have cleverly fostered the friendship of the world 's two most recent recruits to Test cricket , the attitude at Lord 's has bordered on arrogance and antagonism . |
| 26 | Finally , a lack of work often excludes claimants from occupational pension schemes , which , together with owner-occupation , constitute one of the two most important forms of capital accumulation for the majority of the population . |
| 27 | Erm , I will start with the two most important pieces of information that I 'm going to give you this afternoon . |
| 28 | Probably , demand in the loan market and the perceived risk associated with a loan are the two most important influences on spread sizes . |
| 29 | Figure 7.1 illustrates in a general way the likely sequence of contributing factors , and the two most promising points of intervention . |
| 30 | The large estate system leads to an inefficient use of the two most abundant factors of production in Latin America , the land and the labour force . |