Example sentences of "[adv prt] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Church of S. Luke has a central dome carried on 12 piers with squinches to transform the square into an octagon while higher up are small pendentives which convert the octagon to a circle .
2 Last year Rover took on 30 apprentices at Swindon and this year the figure will be 64 .
3 The hundred shares index closed down eight points at thirty one twenty nine point six
4 The hundred shares index closed down eight points at thirty , seventy-seven point six .
5 Conservative governments since 1979 have brought in eight Acts of Parliament which have steadily constrained union power .
6 Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months .
7 The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at twenty-five , sixty point two .
8 The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at twenty-four , fifty-six point six .
9 The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at two eight eight six
10 The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at thirty one fifty four point three
11 On 16 March 1933 they brought in armed Polish police to protect their Harbour Board officers , and saying they feared the Nazis were planning an armed raid on the Polish ammunition dump , they reinforced their garrison on Westerplatte by bringing in 120 soldiers aboard the destroyer Wilia .
12 For a moment it seemed as though everyone but d'Arquebus would career back down fifty metres to the base of the tube .
13 Allowing for the hour 's difference between French time and GMT , this meant that Thomas 's aircraft was shot down 30 minutes after the main attack .
14 Slavering foxes will be stopped from trotting down 30 miles of tunnel by ten-foot fences , electric ‘ stun mats ' and being shot with humane killers .
15 After a bright opening , inspired by Wall Street , prices retreated and by the close the broadly based FT-SE share index was down 6.5 points at 2,312.1 .
16 World Markets New York : Shares drifted and by the close the Dow Jones average was down 13.52 points at 2,759.84 .
17 At the close of business , the one hundred index had managed to rally from it 's low but still ended down 30.3 points at 2064 and volly remained light with only 379 million shares traded .
18 The hundred shares index closed down twenty-eight points at twenty-five , thirty-two point six .
19 ‘ Cash Asmussen has turned down six rides in France for him , so he must fancy his chances , ’ smiled the trainer .
20 The aircraft , worth millions of pounds , was on a routine training mission when it came down six miles from its base at RAF Upper Heyford.Eyewitnesses have described seeing the plane trailing smoke and flames just before it crashed .
21 The hundred shares index closed down six points at twenty-eight , ninety-four point seven .
22 Immediately before the rate cut was made public , the FTSE index of the 100 biggest companies was down 4.4 points at 3031.0 having been 10.8 lower at its worst in early dealing .
23 To score a maximum of 300 points by knocking down 10 pins in a minimum of 10 frames .
24 But they went down 10 minutes from time to a disputed penalty .
25 There was a rugby match when we went down 89 points to nil .
26 The FT-SE 100 share index was down 42 points at one stage but recovered in later trading to end the day down 30.5 points at 2,281.6 .
27 Page 22 World Markets New York : Prices plunged and by the close the Dow Jones average was down 196.70 points at 2,563.11 .
28 He 's been down three times in his career , but always got up to win .
29 Nick got up and down three times from bunkers , at the 7th , 8th and 10th , and they were really crucial .
30 Despite her complaint , Bonnie managed to down three pints of strong ale before being taken home in the light cart , driven by the young stable-lad .
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