Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy has been a member of the union for twenty three years been a shop steward for eleven years the last nine at K P Foods and also branch quality officer , been a branch committee member and a member of the Midland and East Coast regional council member of the regional Labour women 's conference and she 's been to G M B congress , congress on a number of occasions . |
| 2 | From then on it became big game and for fifty years the only ones to leave China were dead . |
| 3 | For fifty years the precise form of the subsidies varied : that of 1513 combined a tax on rank for the nobles with an income or property tax for commoners ; that of 1514 taxed wages as well as landed incomes and property ; in 1540 only those with landed incomes or property above £20 had to pay . |
| 4 | For 120 years the Bulls Head has been kept by the same family … this is landlord David Gane outside the pub around 1920 . |
| 5 | After waiting for eight weeks the guitar finally arrived . |
| 6 | The price er wi , we depart on the eleventh of September for eight days the usual additions , you know , the coach from here , and everything . |
| 7 | In the simultaneous elections for 300 municipalities the UCN and PDCG were reported to have won the majority of mayorships . |
| 8 | Amphilepis ingolfiana The arms are about 5–6 times the disk diameter in length . |
| 9 | For 12 years the Mellor family enjoyed holidays at Jim 's seaside home with the builder and his wife . |
| 10 | The arms are distinctly noded , short , about 3–4 times the disk diameter . |
| 11 | After fifty milliseconds the waves are more labile . |
| 12 | Though after eleven years the differences are not very large , the detailed profiles over time may well be so . |
| 13 | Experiments illustrated in figure 1 on fires in a storage of goods on pallets in open racks showed that in three minutes after ignition , the flames were growing at a dangerous rate , and that after eight minutes the flames had encompassed the whole height of the racking ( 18 m ) and were producing large volumes of acrid smoke . |
| 14 | After eight seconds the wings will be horizontal and forward speed will be about 100 mph . |
| 15 | After eight months the Chinese said we were going to be tried , but one month before the trial we were released . |
| 16 | Then after eight months the strike collapsed in Nottinghamshire . |
| 17 | Even after eight months the nerve was there . |
| 18 | After 75 years the founders ' aim was on the verge of realisation . |
| 19 | After 75 miles the Wye Valley walk reaches Hay-on-Wye , also a staging point for the Offa 's Dyke path . |
| 20 | After 30 minutes the dyes will have completely penetrated the reed which is then dried out on sheets of newspaper for several days . |
| 21 | After 30 minutes the amount of PABA was determined with an assay system for urinary PABA . |
| 22 | After 30 years the ‘ grand old lady ’ looked a sorry sight . |
| 23 | After 12 months the relevant authorities are still asking for more copies of the plans that were submitted about nine months ago . |
| 24 | After forty-eight hours the egg has developed into a free-swimming and feeding larva . |
| 25 | After six minutes the chemists obtained a membrane 15 micrometres thick , that completely filled the holes in the gold mesh . |
| 26 | The funds made available through the Farm and Horticultural Development Scheme will be a sound national investment but does it make sense to embark on a programme with a possibility that perhaps after six years the land might be allocated to forestry ? |
| 27 | But after six weeks the colour came back in the same region . |
| 28 | Previously , after six weeks the students would teach one ( heavily prepared ) lesson ; now , in theory , at least , they could be expected to take responsibility for a class for six or seven weeks . |
| 29 | After six weeks the rabbit was bled for 10 ml . |
| 30 | After six weeks the stricture was further dilated with two endoprostheses . |