Example sentences of "a [adj] [num] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also excluded the cost of elections , for these were a financial problem for the candidate , not for the local association ; in a large county division an election could cost as much as £2,000 , and even an unopposed return in a borough would cost a few hundred pounds to the lucky winner . |
| 2 | Only a few hundred yards to the north-west of Thiepval is the Ulster Tower , commemorating the soldiers of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division and across the road is the Connaught Cemetery . |
| 3 | After spending the evening lambing , he had driven a few hundred yards to the copse from his home nearby at New Manor Farm , Winterslow , Wilts , where he lived with his Australian-born wife , Lavinia , 39 , seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter . |
| 4 | He followed in his own limousine — then drove the Panhard a few hundred yards to the finishing line . |
| 5 | The first dates back two and a half thousand years to the time when the Persians were at war with the Egyptians . |
| 6 | By the Spring of 1992 the IHM expects to have added a further six helicopters to the collection , including a Kaman HH–43 Huskie and at least two Russian types , bringing the total fleet list to over sixty rotary winged aircraft . |
| 7 | It was a further four kilometres to the final assault position , and , since the company group was complete , it was the Company Commander 's intention to move straight through into the attack . |
| 8 | A further five minutes to the vee-shaped barricade where they would be forced to leave the vehicles , then five minutes walk up the meadow . |
| 9 | Montenegro 's complement of seats in the FRY Assembly was filled when the Montenegrin Assembly on July 2 elected a further five deputies to the Chamber of Republics . |
| 10 | Krashen adds a further two parts to the hypothesis . |
| 11 | Mercury are rushing a further 46 payphones to the Gulf . |
| 12 | Negotiations have also commenced with the local authorities regarding the railway 's long term aids — to relay the track a further three miles to the outskirts of Bath — and initial reactions to these plans have been encouraging . |
| 13 | A further 25 seats to the 75-member Council were to be directly appointed by the Amir , Shaikh Jabir al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah . |
| 14 | Clinton announced a further 48 appointments to the transition team on Nov. 12 , including that of Robert Reich of Harvard University as co-ordinator of his economics team . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , General George Campbell , with a force of some 1,500 men had crossed the north ford , from North Uist to Benbecula ; two warships lay off the coast and the commander , Captain Scott , added a further 700 men to the hunting party . |
| 16 | Forward scouts came back to inform that the English might had reached Cheswick , a mere six miles to the south , and its vanguard would be before Berwick in a few hours . |
| 17 | Western Europe is scaled at a useful 12 miles to the inch , while the remainder , including Poland , Romania , northern Scandinavia and western USSR , is at 48 miles to the inch . |
| 18 | The shipping and construction group P & O gave a hundred thousand pounds to the Tory election fund . |
| 19 | The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams , bringing an extra revenue of £7,360 . |
| 20 | The Northern Ireland Appeal Court has added an extra four years to the prison sentence for Susan Christie who stabbed the wife of a lover to death . |