Example sentences of "in [num] [coord] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that in six or seven months I 'll be much more competitive and able to do more justice to myself , ’ he said , adding that his current form in matches fell well below the standard he is reaching in practice . |
| 2 | Then , to increase her income and her reputation , she plunged into business enterprises for which she was ill-equipped and inexperienced ; in three or four years she had lost most of her money and people refused to work for her , ‘ it was advised about the town … that neither man nor beast would serve the said creature ’ . |
| 3 | Where a title appeared as a class reader in three or more schools it was regarded as ‘ well-used ’ overall . |
| 4 | The 29-year-old skippered the Reds to their FA Cup success at Wembley in 1992 but last season he was hit by injuries and lost his England place . |
| 5 | However in one or two generations it will be possible to change our appearance without affecting relationships , and the sky is not going to drop on us as a result . ’ |
| 6 | We at Glenlola know we 've got warts — but in one or two areas we achieve extremely highly . ’ |
| 7 | Things happen fast in a head-on attack and in two or three seconds we had passed directly over them . |
| 8 | Thus a certain brinkmanship has gone on , with a hospital discharging an elderly person home , ostensibly on trial and then refusing to re-admit when in two or three days it is clear the person can not cope . |
| 9 | Perhaps in two or three years we will have a convertible currency . |
| 10 | In two or three years it could be , believes Farr-Jones . |
| 11 | If the county championship was still there as it used to be , then I could pick only northern-based players and in two or three years I 'd have a very strong side . ’ |
| 12 | So erm so give it a go anyway and see what happens erm and it 's no great hardship to have to y'know kind of do it in two or more sets I would n't have thought y'know it 'll it 'll probably still work . |
| 13 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |