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 . |