Example sentences of "and [num] for the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where children have failed consistently , remove their feeling of failure by giving a series of short regular lessons , designed to produce success — for instance , three simple words daily if the children are aged 6–8 , four for the 9–10 range , and six for the 11–13 children . |
| 2 | By any standards the jobs are small , yet people have to make available three sets of plans for the planning department , three for the building control department , three for the Housing Executive and three for the occupational therapists department . |
| 3 | A split-half reliability carried out on the data from children in the standardisation sample between the ages of 4 years and 8 years 11 months produced correlations of between 0.64 and 0.84 for the different items . |
| 4 | Standardisation is reflected in the choice of a single approach ( the PWR ) , then in the selection of two power levels ( 900 and 1300 MWe ) , and finally by the construction of series of practically identical units : after the first six 900-MWe units , designed before 1973 , the remaining 46 units that will be in service in 1990 are in only four series , two for the 900-M units and two for the 1300-MW units . |
| 5 | Though not consistent among themselves , they date the first , less conclusive campaign in 818 or 819 , the second , more decisive one which , they say , resulted in Konya 's being taken and plundered , in 819 , 820 or 821 ; and the statements in the earliest extant list , itself dated 824/1421 , lead to dates of 818 and 820 for the two campaigns . |
| 6 | When those surveyed were asked if they would definitely vote , the Conservatives were two points ahead , with 40 per cent compared to 38 for Labour and 19½ for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 7 | Mori for the Times put Labour one point ahead on 39 per cent , with 38 for the Tories and 20 for the Liberal Democrats . |