Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Petroleum is to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide by 1995 , in addition to 11,500 jobs already due to go by next year . |
| 2 | As Sam and Frodo struggle on in Mordor , they come on a streamlet , ‘ the last remains , maybe , of some sweet rain gathered from sunlit seas , but ill-fated to fall at last upon the walls of the Black Land and wander fruitless down into the dust ’ . |
| 3 | This should make it possible to see at last what are the key influences when supply as well as demand-side elements have been included . |
| 4 | ‘ And very pleasant to meet at last the famous foreign correspondent . |
| 5 | There may be nothing much to see at first , but you will usually be rewarded in the end . |
| 6 | Well I think what we 'll do is one day we 'll weigh the amount of spaghetti and then we 'll know exactly how much to put in next time wo n't we ? |
| 7 | It 's irritatingly easy to crash at first , as the pushscroll is only activated when you 're more than halfway across the screen , giving you little time to see and avoid hazards . |
| 8 | And when my father gives it a little thought he 'll realise it is now September and that my time off is likely to creep into next year , which will make a much longer period owing to me . ’ |
| 9 | As a retired deputy head teacher , having to be cared for was hard to accept at first . |
| 10 | Negotiations are likely to last into next month . |
| 11 | It was hard to believe at first , of course . |
| 12 | Definitions are sometimes hard to grasp on first reading . |
| 13 | Then Wyllie just kept thumping the ball downfield and soon time ran out on Musselburgh , whose only crumb of comfort is that their coach , Raymond Clark , who had planned to call it a day , is now likely to stay on next season . |
| 14 | All you are likely to notice at first is a general deterioration of the leaves , perhaps wilting , discoloration and poor growth , followed by death . |
| 15 | The Curly Top dryer felt quite strange to use at first . |
| 16 | Part of that would be that they identify that that 's , I 'm going there two years hence that 's the pathway and it 's too late to wait until next January a year from January and suddenly realise they need six G C S E's , a , b , c when they 've lost half their grades on the course work to date . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's all very well to plan for next year 's holiday or a new home but there 's litle point if your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner . ’ |
| 18 | This will provide an unprecedented opportunity for many to experience at first hand the richness and diversity of Japanese culture . |
| 19 | Brilliantly designed , very realistic and , despite being a tad tricky to master at first , incredibly playable . |
| 20 | Even where the debtor is perfectly solvent , and sure to pay at last , this is often so . |
| 21 | The future of the National Book Sales was this week thrown into doubt after Book Marketing Ltd announced that the summer sale , due to run from 3rd July to 7th August , had been cancelled because of a lack of support . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The police have told us he was very reluctant to go at first . |
| 23 | They were able to see at first hand the handling procedures and planning involved in stowing their goods safely for transport to Europe , as well as being able to sample some of the other delights that Germany is renowned for ; schnapps and Pils . |
| 24 | And as they walked around the 230 acre farm , all of it in the extended Less Favoured Areas , they were able to see at first hand why Hume Stewart-Moore and his son Michael were so successful . |
| 25 | Harry had Mossop drop him off at Brockenhurst station , where he commenced the journey back to Swindon , happy to find himself alone among anonymous travellers , able to concentrate at last on all the implications of what he had learned . |
| 26 | Whilst in the design studio they were able to observe at first hand the adaption , of a Chinese Motif which was being prepared by Roger McDowell , Contract Designer , for another Swedish customer . |
| 27 | Rohmer snatched his hand quickly away from Gilbert 's mouth , staggering back to his feet and watching in awe as Gilbert was able to scream at last : a naked shriek of terror . |
| 28 | Having decided that he was very unlikely to shave for next sixteen or so days he wanted his beard to be at the past-scratch stage when he arrived . |
| 29 | SPURRED on by the prospect of imminent defence cuts , the US Army has drawn up plans for cutting its forces in Europe by half , and recasting the army of the future into a rapid-deployment force , able to intervene in Third World trouble spots , in terrorist situations and to fight the war on drugs . |
| 30 | They were spared from watching England lose 2–0 , and thus become unlikely to qualify for next year 's competition in the United States . |