Example sentences of "[prep] [num] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the actual plan 's , erm , scope , if you like , can only allow you to write the plans to finish between fifty-five and sixty- five , the client 's age . |
| 2 | In his view Australia was particularly responsible , in legal and moral terms , as the administering authority in Nauru between 1891 and independence , during which time the island 's phosphates were extracted and sold at below market prices . |
| 3 | Overall , in this panel , the Conservative lead over Labour increased by 10 per cent between 1986 and election day in 1987 . |
| 4 | Among those in the middle age band , that is between 30 and pension age , the main reasons for the rise in the number of households are the increase in marital breakdown and the tendency for non-married people to live on their own ( Haskey , 1987a ) . |
| 5 | He had joined the CDU in 1946 , when aged only 16 , had risen to become Minister-President of the Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969–76 , was party chairman after 1973 and leader in the Bundestag three years later . |
| 6 | Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story ; Shirley MacLaine examined sex after 40 and death at any age in Terms of Endearment ; Bette Midler proved you could hate and loathe your best friend in Beaches ; and Juliet Stevenson screamed the fury of love lost — and the disappointment of love regained — in Truly , Madly , Deeply . |
| 7 | Fariz provided no details of the amounts involved , but said that the accord provided a 10-year repayment period with 10 years ' grace for official debt originally due for repayment between 1991 and mid-1993 . |
| 8 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work , making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 9 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work , making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 10 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 11 | Comparisons between the favonoid levels of Antarctic moss taken between 1964-1986 and ground based measurements of South Pole ozone levels revealed that they were a near mirror image of each other . |
| 12 | Even in the evenings , he crafted his ships while Uncle Philip and Finn made puppets until it was half past eight and time for him to go to bed . |
| 13 | Accordingly , the jurisdiction of the visitors in these matters was a jurisdiction which was transferred to the High Court in 1873 and retained there by section 18(3) of the Act of 1925 and section 10(3) ( b ) of the Act of 1981 . |
| 14 | [ MCC archives , Lord 's , London ; Lord Harris and F. S. Ashley-Cooper , Lord 's and the M.C.C . , 1914 ; Sir Pelham Warner , Lord 's 1787–1845 , 1946 ; Tony Lewis , Double Century , the Story of M.C.C. and Cricket , 1987 ; private information . ] |
| 15 | She once again showed a maturity way beyond her 16 years and put in a fantastic bike of 53.16 and run of 32.48 to win in a time of 1.39.13 . |
| 16 | The category extends from Rambaldi and Winston to the last major survivor of the great Westmore clan , Michael G Westmore , whose credits range from Rocky ( 1976 ) to Roxanne ( 1987 ) by way of 2010 and Mask ( 1985 , Oscar winner ) . |
| 17 | Would you tell them that I 'll be giving them a ring between half past six and quarter past seven . |
| 18 | A maximum gain of 100 and noise down to 90µV eliminate the need for a following amplifier in many cases , the gain being available in all operating modes . |
| 19 | There are , of course , lots of over-60s and pensioner groups . |
| 20 | Frustrated at the persistent refusal of the MPs to listen to their grievances , at the end of 1648 and beginning of 1649 the army staged a military coup , ejecting the most prominent Presbyterians from parliament , publicly executing the king , and imposing a military regime upon the country . |
| 21 | Not until after 1753 with Lord Hardwick 's Marriage Act did the church wedding as opposed to verbal spousehoods become the single legally binding form , with compulsory registration in the parish register , parental consent enshrined up to the age of 21 and enforcement transferred to the secular authorities . |
| 22 | Robert 's mum , a hospital staff nurse , said : ‘ Robert must have been an emergency because he had a vocabulary of four words at the age of three and speech therapy was no good to him because he could n't hear what they were trying to teach him . |
| 23 | In cultural terms , it would probably be a recording by George Orwell , author of 1984 and Animal Farm . |
| 24 | At the end of 1946 and beginning of 1947 speculation centred on the prospects of a south Korea split by bitter political and social tensions . |
| 25 | Big'uns are good fighters for the points and with a strength of 4 and toughness 4 superior to ordinary Orcs . |
| 26 | January to March 1992 — a further promotion of 1992 and Trade materials , possibly with a more Global and Europe focus . |
| 27 | The provisions of section 27 of the Act of 1952 and section 2 of the Act of 1965 were repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , and replaced by section 61 of that Act . |
| 28 | In the aquarium , aim for a pH of 7.2–7.6 and temperature of between 77–79°F . |
| 29 | About half in between half past five and quarter to six . |
| 30 | Start at half past nine and start again at nine thirty . |