Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , low winter rainfall and dry summers for two successive years have caused record low water levels in wells . |
| 2 | A small clutch of local authorities have evolved coherent and articulated policies for under-fives that automatically include special needs , as an integral part of a shared philosophy . |
| 3 | His opposite number in Oldham , the mayor of the metropolitan borough council , had the best value this week , however , after the authority topped up Celtics ' annual budget of £35,000 to finance short-term contracts for two extra players , Dip Donaldson and George Branch . |
| 4 | The traditional view is that females are more likely to predominate among rural out-migrants for two main reasons : employment opportunities for women are even more restricted than those for men in rural areas , and women are more likely to move after marriage than are men ( Hannan 1970 ) . |
| 5 | Economic indicators for 1990 |
| 6 | A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell . |
| 7 | Items included in the inaugural issue are a retrospective look at political and religious events affecting Latin America during 1991 , an article on the region 's diminishing health services and a calendar of ecumenical activities for 1992 . |
| 8 | But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare . |
| 9 | The four firms were also penalized by being forced to curtail their commercial activities for four days , held liable for tax due on the compensation payments , and fined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange . |
| 10 | Here , take this rose ( no matter what colour , though there are five different meanings for five different roses in the language of flowers ) : put it first to your lips , and then place it between your thighs . |
| 11 | Figure 1 illustrates typical asymptotic patterns for two different regimes of b values . |
| 12 | And by the time this magazine goes to press Mr Lang is expected to have announced that he is rejecting the Countryside Commission for Scotland 's detailed proposals for four Scottish national parks in Glen Coe and Ben Nevis , Loch Lomond , the Cairngorms and Wester Ross . |
| 13 | all the marked scripts for one specific assignment . |
| 14 | The three men — a Pakistani and two Bangladeshis — were executed in different cities for three separate murders . |
| 15 | The population is also regulated by periodic suspension of sexual relationships for 3–6 months after the taking of a head and also from the time of birth of a child until he is weaned , i.e. 2–3 years . |
| 16 | Cells were preincubated in the presence of inhibitors of different concentrations for four to 48 hours before radiolabelling , cytofluorometry , or cell adhesion experiments , depending on the nature of the experiment as described in the text and figure legends . |
| 17 | In addition , coaching sessions are arranged : there is a scheme organised by Prudential Insurance which runs weekly sessions for six weeks after Easter , and in the summer holidays further coaching has been arranged on a regular basis . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what increase in financial support is available to farmers in less-favoured areas for 1992 ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 19 | In part , this is because the country 's main coal-fired power plants had been awarded free permits for 75 per cent of their " baseline " output ( calculated on the basis of their average emissions in the 1980s ) . |
| 20 | One editor , for instance , got away with reprinting old horoscopes for four weeks before a reader eventually rang to complain . |
| 21 | Both of them are rotten drivers and I 'd had enough painful experiences for one day . |
| 22 | I 've been a director of British public companies for thirty-one years . |
| 23 | Residual gastric contents were discarded , and basal gastric acid output was determined by collection of gastric contents at 15 minute intervals for 45 minutes . |
| 24 | The gastric contents were collected at 15 minute intervals for 45 minutes to determine stimulated gastric acid output , after which the nasogastric tube was removed and subjects once more emptied their bladders . |
| 25 | Gastric acid was collected at 15 minute intervals for one hour before and one hour after an intravenous injection of 6 µg/kg of pentagastrin ( Sigma , St Louis , MO , USA ) . |
| 26 | A further blood sample was obtained 10 minutes after starting the drink and thereafter at 10 minute intervals for 90 minutes . |
| 27 | After ingestion of sucrose , breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes . |
| 28 | Bowel preparation in all colonoscopy patients was similar , consisting of Picolax , two sachets on the day before colonoscopy and a clear fluids for 48 hours . |
| 29 | Reasoning from this he made himself a jading substance compounded of stoat 's liver and rabbit 's liver , dried and powdered up and added to dragon 's blood which was a code name among the old horsemen for one of their more powerful jading substances . |
| 30 | THE Candy Castle Cup weekend at Carrickfergus Sailing Club will attract over 30 racing yachts for two races tomorrow and one round the Lough race on Sunday . |