Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | However , his abiding passion for collecting recipes and formulas kept him experimenting for a further twenty years , perfecting the transfer-printing process . |
2 | In addition to the two-year probation order , Ironside was banned from driving for a further two years . |
3 | Those keeping to a strict 1,000 calories a day allowance will usually find this to be a realistic target . |
4 | Direct proportionality , if I 'm driving at a steady sixty miles an hour , how far would I go in erm one hour ? |
5 | The meal itself was a pretty lightweight affair consisting of a meagre forty courses , but made tolerable by the court concubines who , whilst the great lord and I took sup , lifted our robes at intervals and fanned our privvy members with their hair . |
6 | Mochlos , one of the smaller towns on the north coast , is estimated ( by Todd Whitelaw , 1983 ) to have had a population ten times greater , living in an estimated fifty-five houses . |
7 | Gloucester seemed to be coasting to an easy 2 points . |
8 | Most of the action takes place in San Francisco where the two lucky winners of our great contest will be heading for a sensational seven days . |
9 | It 's mainly set in San Francisco , where the two winners of our great contest will be heading for a sensational seven days . |
10 | How far would I go in ten hours , if I 'm going at a steady sixty miles an hour ? |
11 | An observer only a kilometre inside the edge of the path of totality , for example , would see total eclipse lasting for a mere 15 seconds . |
12 | They turned their captives loose and , with their bottles full once again , the patrol set off , marching for a further two days . |
13 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
14 | He wanted $4500 for the job — once he had seen what it entailed — whereas because of the limited budget everyone else was on scale , amounting to a few hundred dollars . |
15 | But four main factors are singled out by Chris Green for the currently greatly improved outlook : the record investment currently being made , at the end of 1989 amounting to an astonishing million pounds a day ; the success of the Networker train whose carriages in 1989 were being delivered at the rate of one a day ; the enormous level of London station development both enhancing the environment ( who at the start of the 1980s would have thought of treating a terminus as a shopping precinct ? ) and producing revenue on the grand scale ; and the steady introduction of Integrated Electronic Control Centres ( discussed in detail in the signalling chapter ) . |
16 | The towering cliffs , rising to a vertical 350 feet below the lighthouse and to 800 feet in places to the east , are the highest in mainland Britain and are virgin , just as they were sculptured , and explored only by the countless seabirds to which they are home . |
17 | By the end of the nineteenth century London 's population was rising by an extra 100,000 inhabitants per annum . |
18 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
19 | The seven-year-old showed steady improvement over fences last season , culminating in a brilliant eight lengths victory in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
20 | He was suffering from the heart disease congestive cardiomyopathy which sent his heart soaring from a normal 70 beats per minute to a dangerous 400 . |
21 | It was a clear night , the big racing yacht was sailing at a steady six knots over a calm sea . |
22 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |
23 | There were three major ones , standing within a few hundred yards of each other . |
24 | I had a successful run , winning in a windy 10.2 seconds . |
25 | This is the music playing in a thousand thousand houses while we have our drinks and eat our meals and stand up and shout . |
26 | Future developments include access to more information sources — GL is currently talking to a further four names — new cable and satellite links and , eventually , a Windows NT version . |
27 | Stretching for a good twelve feet it read in red on white THE GREAT TRANSCONTINENTAL MYSTERY RACE TRAIN , and in blue letters a good deal smaller underneath , THE ONTARIO JOCKEY CLUB , MERRY & CO AND VIA RAIL PRESENT A CELEBRATION OF CANADIAN RACING . |