Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] another [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also reported that another four deputies had resigned their seats when they were told that they would be identified by the commission . |
| 2 | In the following week over 5,000 were repatriated , and it was also reported that another 1,500 had returned to Albania voluntarily . |
| 3 | Four of the prospective ventures have been dropped and another eight placed ‘ on hold ’ , under pressure from queasy foreign investors . |
| 4 | Over 550 boreholes have already been drilled and another 18 holes ( funded by a consortium of 13 oil companies ) were drilled in 1990 , concentrated in the area west of the Outer Hebrides Platform and east of the extensive basalts that cover the outer shelf and North Rockall Trough . |
| 5 | I WAS horrified to see that another 20,000 miners ' jobs are at risk . |
| 6 | He says that another 5 minutes and many of the cattle would have perished , because the shed they were in exploded into flames . |
| 7 | They put to sea in an attempt to escape the martyr 's wrath , and were shipwrecked , with 160 of their vessels sinking and another 65 being driven to distant and unknown regions , where their occupants were slaughtered . |
| 8 | He spoke so casually that it took Bernice five seconds to realize the implications of what he had said and another five to fear it . |
| 9 | By the end of 1986–7 , some 2.5 million square feet of commercial space had been completed and another 7.5 million was under construction ( National Audit Office , 1988b ) . |
| 10 | She had drunk very little , a small glass of wine while they were eating and another ten minutes before they came in . |
| 11 | The report stated that another 40 results were outstanding and that repeat elections were to be held in 20 constituencies where candidates had failed to receive the minimum number of votes . |
| 12 | The Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe ( Prosafe ) was also told that another 14 million are seriously injured as the first steps towards an Interpol-style consumer European protection agency were made yesterday . |
| 13 | It has now been agreed that another two such seminars will be held and Douglas will shortly be asking for nominations to attend . |
| 14 | Phoenix gossip reckons that another five politicians may soon be charged . |
| 15 | Thirty air-raid casualties were admitted to St. Peter 's ; by early August , five of them had died and another five had been discharged . |
| 16 | From the available information , we can not tell how many of the 1160 deaths in 1986 belong to the 1946 cohort so we can only estimate it to be 1160÷2 = 580 and assume that another 580 of the 1946 cohort will die in 1987 . |
| 17 | The first survey ever of such tests has found that another 59 companies say they may start testing . |
| 18 | UNICEF estimates that some seven million Brazilian children are abandoned and another 36 million are deprived . |
| 19 | On Jan. 17 the police also reported that they had uncovered a neo-Nazi organization , three of whose members were arrested and another six questioned on suspicion of plotting the overthrow of the government . |
| 20 | The Agence France-Presse news agency reported on April 28 that 15 people had been executed and another 125 sentenced to prison terms after a " huge " public trial in Wuhan , the capital of Hubei province . |
| 21 | What will happen when another 40,000 military personnel are made redundant as a result of the White Paper proposals ? |
| 22 | Keeping an eye on the colony over the next fortnight I saw that another half-dozen polyps had followed the first . |
| 23 | It was kind of exciting to realise that another three strides would put her out in front of everybody , almost like looking over a low rail at a mile-long drop . |
| 24 | Half of all animal extinctions have occurred this century and it is believed that another one million species could be lost by the year 2000 , which works out at over 270 extinctions every day for the next ten years . |
| 25 | The sphere of influence has suddenly been increased and another 300 000 people are likely to be attracted towards Hull . |
| 26 | If 86 hospitals have some problems , it means that another 500 do not . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State 's last uprating statement means that another 400,000 pensioners are now eligible for income support . |
| 28 | The $489m loss for 1992 means that another 10,000 to 15,000 more jobs are going to have to go at the company as part of the continuing restructuring plan — its payroll actually rose to 252,000 at the end of 1992 from 240,000 in 1991 . |
| 29 | And then just as you were about to eat that another six people turned up so there were twelve altogether and you 'd have to shar share that |
| 30 | It was estimated that another 50,000 jobs in British factories and workshops had been sustained by it . |