Example sentences of "three [prep] [art] four [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result ( Table 3.2 ) was that three of the four tutored birds had learnt to open the milk containers , as had three of the four that were given an already opened one ; but none of the controls had learnt the skill . |
| 2 | For the same reason three of the four principal addresses were delivered in sign language by deaf speakers , namely Mel Carter of America 's National Association of the Deaf , Gloria Pullen of Bristol University and BSLTA 's Clark Denmark . |
| 3 | Cardinal Cullen succeeded in getting three of the four religious provinces of Ireland to deny the sacraments to the Fenians , and only Archbishop McHale of the province of Tuam failed to toe the line . |
| 4 | An AIG spokesman said on Dec. 26 that the last three of the four Soviet POWs had been released in accordance with an agreement concluded after Soviet-mujaheddin talks in November [ see p. 38577 ] . |
| 5 | The Israeli collection also came from a cave , but three of the four British collections are from open sites , in a hollow tree ( Stratton ) , an old house ( Salthouse ) and from beneath a tree ( Barton Turf ) . |
| 6 | Therefore , three of the four documented deaths over the intervening period occurred in those who had survived for at least 5 years after surgery . |
| 7 | This led detectives to conclude that three of the four dead children had suffered potassium poisoning . |
| 8 | Doug Mood , co-owner of a sawmill in the little Montana town of Seeley Lake , faces losing access to timber from three of the four national forests near his mill . |