Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the roundabout at the Southern end of the town there are three roads with the same road number . |
| 2 | At the end of each season , the bottom three clubs in the First Division are relegated to the Second Division for the next season . |
| 3 | Flowering shoots of winter jasmine , J. nudiflorum , should be cut back to within two or three buds from the main stem , while the oldest stems on honeysuckle should be cut back close to the base . |
| 4 | There were three attitudes to the United Front within the ILP . |
| 5 | Under the new system all of those services would be put into the hands of three authorities within the existing county boundaries . |
| 6 | They arrange crews , sailing one per three beginners for the first week ; for the second week they coach on request . |
| 7 | By way of introduction , this chapter outlines three views about the proper role and status of the media : the Mobilizing Ideal , the Libertarian Ideal , and the Public Service Ideal . |
| 8 | There were three bells at the front door — the top marked Stavanger . |
| 9 | Bertie Brydson , weaver , explains the Axminster process to three generations of the one family . |
| 10 | The 73-year-old spinster , who worked for three generations of the same family for 56 years , was dragged 30 yards before falling under the giant wheels . |
| 11 | Three generations of the same family set for the London Marathon : Andy Andrews , Andy Fearn and Daniel Fearn |
| 12 | It is striking that much of the evidence belongs to the two or three generations after the papal reform . |
| 13 | It has been estimated that the majority of the great London families survived there for no more than three generations in the male line , and it was certainly rare for men to prefer city life to that of the country ( 104 , p.205 ) . |
| 14 | A good guideline on how much memory to use up with stitch patterns and still leave enough over for techniques and so forth , is that three patterns of the maximum size of 15,840 bits will take 47,520 bits . |
| 15 | I summarise below three meetings from the past year . |
| 16 | So those three graphs for the simplest bit , superimposed . |
| 17 | He discovered loose rivets and serious fretting which had occurred between the main beam and the first three crossbeams on the right-hand side only . |
| 18 | Simon Griffith was confirmed as treasurer , Basil Rooney will continue as cashier , and Janet Foster , Marianne Hodgson and David Foster were elected to fill three vacancies on the parochial parish council . |
| 19 | F. W. de Klerk was sworn in on Sept. 20 , 1989 , as the new executive President , chosen on Sept. 14 ( following elections on Sept. 6 to all three houses of the tricameral Parliament ) by an electoral college composed of 50 members of the House of Assembly , 25 members of the House of Representatives , and 13 from the House of Delegates [ see pp. 36880-81 ] . |
| 20 | F. W. de Klerk was on Sept. 14 , 1989 , elected as executive President by the electoral college , after elections on Sept. 6 to all three houses of the tricameral Parliament . |
| 21 | All three houses of the General Synod voted in favour of reversing centuries of tradition . |
| 22 | Large new stations designed to do just that were built in these three cities after the Second World War . |
| 23 | The girl had struck her three times on the right thigh , just where the once-broken bone was , and had taken care to stay out of the field of her optic burner . |
| 24 | She fielded two blows , then felt her left arm cut as Morthen struck swiftly , savagely ; then her left leg , so that she collapsed in a heap , struck three times on the left side of her body , bleeding , left to die . |
| 25 | After returning from India he joined Kingstonian and played for Surrey and three times for the Athenian League . |
| 26 | For Spurs , substitute Hendry was denied three times at the other end by Rees . |
| 27 | Her grandmother said nothing , but nodded three times at the little girl . |
| 28 | Clarke was later breathalysed and found to be three times over the legal limit for driving . |
| 29 | A breath alcohol test reavealed that he was more than three times over the legal limit . |
| 30 | Martin Clarke , who will serve only half the term , was three times over the legal limit when he struck David Adams as he cycled home from the supermarket on 21 December . |