Example sentences of "[art] [adj] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is important to notice how the idea of the family at this time often stretched beyond the normal three generations of direct descent . |
| 2 | But higher speeds than the normal three kilometres per hour pose problems getting on and off the moving walkway . |
| 3 | The Government does not have to pay young people the paltry allowance of £29.50 per week for the normal three months between Easter and the summer leaving date . |
| 4 | This has the consequence of enabling the degree to be taken in two rather than the normal three years . |
| 5 | The lower three levels ( lexical analysis , morphological processing and syntactic analysis ) have been investigated during the present project , and are described in detail elsewhere , e.g. Wells [ 1992 ] and Keenan [ 1992 ] . |
| 6 | The Museum displays are found on the lower three floors of Llanthony Warehouse . |
| 7 | All of this was in the hours ahead , for I was now to live through one of the toughest three days and nights I ever experienced . |
| 8 | Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it . |
| 9 | So I 'd spent the intervening three years elsewhere , writing for a fun pop paper and then polishing turds in the press office of a hateful record company . |
| 10 | If all the positions occupied in the intervening three years were included , the picture would , of course , be a great deal more complicated . |
| 11 | In this instance , a second Bill has had to be presented , and most people in the education system have found themselves in a mess in the intervening three years . |
| 12 | They also departed from their rubber-stamp tradition in a vote on the controversial Three Gorges dam project on the Yangtze river . |
| 13 | A few days ago Li Xiannian , a former President , broke his public silence to support the controversial Three Gorges project to dam the Yangtze , but did not use the occasion to back faster reforms . |
| 14 | The Chinese parliament has voted in favour of the controversial Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river , the biggest hydro-electric project in the world , which will be capable of generating one-eighth of all the power now produced in China . |
| 15 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've had time to think it well and truly through in what has been the longest three quarters of an hour of my life between phone call and you getting here — and it just has to be you . |
| 17 | The youngest three brothers he hardly knew ; he had n't grown up with them . |
| 18 | But we had only a month in Borneo and after just three days — rather than the recommended three weeks — relaxing in Miri , the capital of Sarawak , we were looking forward to getting down to some trekking , the purpose of the trip . |
| 19 | His own success , with its accumulation of titles , meant that by 1987 the circulation share of the top three groups had slipped back — but the number of titles within them was greater than ever . |
| 20 | According to technical marketing director , Diran Kazandjian , the group 's main customers are found in the corporate market , government , and education — he claims Viglen is one of the top three suppliers to UK universities . |
| 21 | Cuba continued its economic progress , was among the top three countries in Latin America , and corruption was no worse than in many developing countries . |
| 22 | TWO of the top three women in Britain 's national rankings , Sara Gomer and Monique Javer , have been left out of the British team for the European championships which take place in Nantes from November 23 to 26 . |
| 23 | Prizes will be awarded to the top three entrants in each region . |
| 24 | Mr Reid , who is prevented from taking part in one of the highlights of his season by the excellent displays on Saturday of Steve McMahon and Fitzroy Simpson in central midfield , knows that victories over the top three teams in the space of eight days — City travel to Hillsborough on Saturday — will raise hopes of his men claiming third place . |
| 25 | Only the top three teams in the division have scored more goals than the Brockville side this season , but the fact that only Cowdenbeath have conceded more goals than them is the reason why relegation remains a distinct possibility . |
| 26 | It is envisaged that the national squad will spend two weeks in Johannesburg next March and then head straight to Kenya for three weeks of Cup cricket after which the top three teams will qualify for the 1995 World Cup to be staged jointly by India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka . |
| 27 | In contrast , Theory Y focuses upon the top three tiers of Maslow 's hierarchy and implies the integration of individual goals with those of the organisation . |
| 28 | Since the US firms were usually the largest , their slower growth of sales led to a reduced concentration in the industries concerned — measured by the sales of the top three firms as a proportion of the top 20 . |
| 29 | Another study shows that the combined market shares of the top three brands among many supermarket goods have dropped too . |
| 30 | Pollution ranks among the top three concerns for 28% . |