Example sentences of "[verb] in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gets eight hours sleep in three minutes . |
| 2 | On the same day martial law was lifted in eight townships — one in Shan state , three in Magwe division and four in Chin state . |
| 3 | Martial law was also lifted in 16 townships although night curfews reportedly remained in place in all major cities . |
| 4 | In place of the few massy figures on that we see scores of small ones , ranged in six registers which give us seven stories from legend as well as a band of animals and florals , a battle of Pygmies and cranes on the foot , and other figures on the flat of the handles . |
| 5 | Inside , the church is designed in three parts . |
| 6 | Fresh elections were due on April 7 in six constituencies where turnout on Feb. 24 had been below 50 per cent ( the average turnout was over 71 per cent ) , and were also awaited in two constituencies where a run-off on March 4 had failed to produce a winner . |
| 7 | The ruling New Democracy ( ND ) party won in 136 towns ( compared with 87 in 1986 ) , while the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Pasok ) and the Communist-dominated Left Coalition , often contesting seats jointly , won a combined total of 213 ; independents won 10 . |
| 8 | And , barely 24 hours after leaving London , with places to be won in four Tests and eight one-day internationals over the next 12 weeks , no one was prepared to break ranks . |
| 9 | Colin Todd ( Derby ) and Norman Hunter ( Leeds ) are the only defenders to have won in 18 years . |
| 10 | The faltering champions had n't won in six matches before their Coca Cola Cup caning of lowly Scunthorpe on Tuesday . |
| 11 | He only broke clear of Japan 's Koichi Morishita in the last mile and won in 2 hrs , 13 mins 23 secs . |
| 12 | ( Number of seats won in 1988 elections in parentheses ) |
| 13 | I came storming through , caught him with about five metres to go and won in 10.23 seconds . |
| 14 | Presidency States won Electoral votes Popular vote** % Clinton ( Dem. ) *32 370 43,728,375 43 Bush ( Rep. ) 18 168 38,167,416 38 Perot ( Ind. ) 0 0 19,237,247 19 Senate *** Seats won Winning incumbents Seats in new Congress Seats after 1990 election Democrats 21 13 57 57 Republicans 15 10 43 43 House of Representatives Seats won Winning incumbents Seats won in 1990 Democrats 259 195 267 Republicans 175 129 167 Independents 1 1 1 |
| 15 | Rather the question has to be approached in two stages . |
| 16 | This question will be approached in two stages : this chapter develops the conceptualisation of social collectivities and the relations between these and political forces , and attempts an historical outline of the development of these relations in Britain since 1945 , while the following chapter is a fuller essay in the analysis of the specific relationships between economic class structure , social collectivities and political forces in the period of emergence of Thatcherism and of Thatcher 's government 1979–1982 . |
| 17 | In this way silent viewing is an aid to listening comprehension and the goal of comprehension is approached in two stages . |
| 18 | It can be approached in two ways . |
| 19 | This exercise can be approached in two ways . |
| 20 | Slains may be approached in two ways : comfortably by means of a long quiet climbing lane from the trees on the edge of Cruden , or more adventurously , once alighted from the bus on the upper road , between stone walls , along that wide lane of sticky brown clay , perilously full of holes . |
| 21 | The pathogenesis of alcoholic pancreatitis can be approached in two ways : ( i ) by studying factors influencing the individual susceptibility to the disease or ( ii ) by studying constant effects of ethanol on the pancreas . |
| 22 | Erm , try it , and let me know in six months . |
| 23 | The hotel lies in five acres of fields and garden , and the Slingos , who own it , make the most of their beautiful surroundings by running painting courses for about £200 a week ( including breakfast and dinner ) , or £90 for a long weekend . |
| 24 | Mars , which lies in 3,100 feet of water , is just one project in a highly prospective area that could become one of our major profit centres in the future . |
| 25 | The attraction of S-R psychology , in its most radical form , lies in two things . |
| 26 | For him , the essential meaning of the key ethical terms lies in two features , universalisability and prescriptiveness . |
| 27 | Troll is a technological challenge since it lies in 340 metres which is 150 metres more than the deepest producing well in the North Sea , on the BP Magnus Field . |
| 28 | We are developing the VK 989 field ( BP : xx% ) which lies in 1,300 feet of water . |
| 29 | On the best stretch of beautiful Waikiki Beach , this hotel lies in 22 acres of well tended gardens with gushing waterfalls and swaying palms forming a backdrop to the pool . |
| 30 | I suppose the way to stop it sounding like a complete mess lies in three things : the way you play it , the exact part you play , and the sound itself . |