Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3–2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4–3 on aggregate . |
| 2 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3-2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4-3 on aggregate . |
| 3 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3-2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4-3 on aggregate . |
| 4 | I think it 's about four cases to go up four or five cases . |
| 5 | MILLWALL 'S American import Kasey Keller bounced back from his clanger at Highbury to pull off two brilliant saves to keep the Lions alive . |
| 6 | However , whereas GEC/Siemens had originally proposed that their joint bid would result in a series of joint ventures between them , it became increasingly clear subsequently that the bid was , according to Sir John Clark , Plessey 's Chairman , ‘ no more or less than a simple old-fashioned attempt to carve up one of the leading British electronics companies ’ between GEC and Siemens ' . |
| 7 | ‘ an attempt to span out 95 per cent of the quality of effluent at present discharged from the [ sewage ] works , taking out the fliers and the obviously bad discharges . |
| 8 | The German government has approved at massive programme to clean up one of eastern Germany 's most polluted regions , the triangle linking Halle , Leipzig and Bitterfeld , formerly a major centre of lignite mining and chemical processing . |
| 9 | Any attempt to pick out one concept , such as that of an individual , and theorise about it , will always be vulnerable to the challenge , ‘ But how is that concept to be explained ? ’ |
| 10 | The run of good weather brought the high mountain crags into condition early this year , allowing Martin Berzins to tidy up one of his previous efforts on Scafell . |
| 11 | I have been selective and , in an attempt to draw out one or two for special note , I have a ‘ Ones to Watch ’ section of interesting titles . |
| 12 | Principal Hotels signed a deal to take over six of the 12 Crown Hotels which went into receivership in April . |
| 13 | Ranald , tell Ruari to bring up sixty pounds of wax for black candles , and for the cerecloth . |
| 14 | One little girl only fifteen years old had to carry lead weights to make up ten stones , but when she arrived back on foot after the race had finished , she had lost not only the weights but the horse as well ! |
| 15 | ONE of Britain 's leading arts organisations has withdrawn funding from Edinburgh University over its contentious decision to sell off one of two world-class works from its prestigious Torrie art collection . |
| 16 | England centre Jeremy Guscott sliced through the slush to set up two unconverted second-half tries for wing Adedayo Adebayo and lock Nigel Redman . |
| 17 | The Cabinet ended its marathon session to work out 1993/94 spending yesterday . |
| 18 | A more gradual approach is encouraging the child to try out one new food each day in the context of the preferred diet . |
| 19 | It 's a delightful , unique location and the Campaign for Real Ale plan to set up two big bars at Chappel and Walkes Colne Station where beer festival entry will allow a browse of the railway memorabilia ( during daylight hours ) . |
| 20 | It means a bit of cheating , will give you some idea of how they , at level one , on a picture a child , you 'd expect a child to pick out two things about buildings . |
| 21 | She used only one gas-guzzling vehicle to pick up two small Royal children from school . |
| 22 | Knill said that he was satisfied with NERC 's allocation from the Science Vote for 1992–3 ( see above ) , which although showing only a small percentage rise will allow the council to set up two new community projects : LOIS ( the Land-Ocean Interaction Study ) and Bridge ( the HEI-led British Mid-Atlantic Ridge project ) . |
| 23 | Soon after Modigliani 's death Lipchitz exchanged the portrait to buy back two of his own stone heads from his dealer . |
| 24 | And ten years ago he had been hurt worst of all when the Zionist Air Force , the E-16s and the E-15s , had come to Tuwaithah out of the setting sun to put down 16 tons of explosive ordnance onto the Osirak reactor . |
| 25 | You have to be some chancer to turn down 10 million for a player that could burn out from snorting too much junk food in a few years : - ) ( mixing my puns there , I think ) . |
| 26 | A plan to turn over millions of hectares of unused agricultural land to the growing of willow trees is to be implemented in Britain . |
| 27 | This allows the use of small-mesh nets to drag up thousands of small fish which have no direct commercial food value . |
| 28 | The following year she went to New York , to a large party given by Bloomingdales to show off four rooms decorated in ‘ Laura Ashley ’ fabrics . |
| 29 | The visit would not have been possible without their tremendous enthusiasm for our invitation , and we particularly thank John Neumeier for his determination to bring over one of his finest works . |
| 30 | THE stagnant property industry last night welcomed the Chancellor 's £750 million decision to buy up 20,000 empty repossessed homes . |