Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cheerful Durie confirmed : ‘ Things have been going well for me and Spurs in the last few weeks . |
| 2 | In return , the Edinburgh branch of the STA was to maintain peace on all questions of wages and hours for the next three years . |
| 3 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |
| 4 | It is , however , vital that mothers realise that scans do not only detect abnormalities , they also detect multiple births , and have been one of the main factors in increasing the survival rate of twins and triplets over the last few years . |
| 5 | The young members section has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years . |
| 6 | Human population expansion is threatening to lead to unprecedented extinctions of plants and animals over the next 50 years , according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) . |
| 7 | The prefects and captains of the First Eleven , exercising terrific authority for the good of the school , are rewarded , not just with acquiescence but with — blind devotion . |
| 8 | The Department has been organising seminars for writers , publishers and booksellers for the last fifteen years . |
| 9 | The FDIC will keep the worst $5.5 billion of Bank of New England 's $20 billion of assets , and promises for the next three years to take back any more loans that go bad . |
| 10 | It was intended to hold meetings of regional councils and officials in the next two weeks to discuss the mechanics and legal issues surrounding the proposal . |
| 11 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
| 12 | Attributing his illness to the mental stresses and strains of the last few months , they were ignorant of the true medical causes . |
| 13 | The Department of Health has given the boards £60 a head to train 23 000 eligible HVs and DNs over the next two years . |
| 14 | From the east , forces under Soviet command had taken Vienna on 13 April and troops of the Third Ukrainian Front under Marshal Tolbukhin were advancing into the eastern part of what it had been agreed would be the British Zone of Austria . |
| 15 | If the Region 's urban areas are not to be overdeveloped , greenfield land will be required for housing and businesses over the next fifteen years . |
| 16 | Note the pp of the horn against the p of clarinet and bassoons in the last two bars , where it is merely completing their harmony . |
| 17 | ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations . |
| 18 | The other seven emerge in one formulation ( Gilbert 1990 : 36 – 7 ) as a statement of curriculum objectives , a review of current provision , changes and priorities in the next immediate year , strategies for implementing those changes , a statement on the use of resources , a plan for monitoring and evaluation and a statement of development priorities for the coming three or four years . |
| 19 | Other innovations include a comprehensive presentation of results from the previous day 's principal meeting , featuring the breeding of winners , the successful trainer and owner , extended distances , and details of the first six finishers . |
| 20 | Other innovations include a comprehensive presentation of results from the previous day 's principal meeting , featuring the breeding of winners , the successful trainer and owner , extended distances , and details of the first six finishers . |
| 21 | His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders . |
| 22 | The animated debate amongst students and intellectuals before the Seventh National People 's Congress in April indicated that the anti-bourgeois campaign of 1987 was over and that a renewed period of liberalisation was under way . |
| 23 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 24 | Clearly infrared observations are set to make a large impact on astronomy and astrophysics during the next few years . |
| 25 | This is the third part of WACC 's international Study and Action Programme , which will guide the association 's work and objectives during the next five years . |
| 26 | Strangely enough the rainfall and harvests in the next few years were almost supernaturally abundant , and this led to a research team being despatched to the islands by the Minor Religions faculty of Unseen University . |
| 27 | Jordan had received ECU203,000,000 in grants and loans under the first three protocols covering the period 1977-91 . |
| 28 | Expenses cashier Fiona Smith has been collecting the small change when people have returned from overseas business trips and holidays over the last six months . |
| 29 | BBCE , the parent company of Radio Times , appealed against the Copyright Tribunal 's decision to award minimum payments for listings information to newspapers and magazines on the last possible date . |
| 30 | The congress was reported to have unanimously endorsed proposals to ( i ) establish a multiparty system in the country which also guaranteed respect for human rights , freedoms and democracy ; ( ii ) replace centralized economic planning by a " state controlled market economy " based on diverse forms of ownership in order to stimulate basic industrial development and modernize agricultural production ; ( iii ) reform taxes ; ( iv ) create new welfare benefits and increase wages and pensions during the next five-year-plan period of 1991-95 ; and ( v ) pursue an independent non-aligned foreign policy . |