Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus modern British coinage has a die axis of twelve o'clock : when the coin is held above and below the Queen 's head and then rotated , the design on the back appears upright or aligned at twelve o'clock . |
| 2 | ‘ a systematic analysis of federal administrative , civil and criminal actions either initiated or completed by 25 federal agencies … against the 477 largest publicly owned manufacturing corporations in the US during 1975 and 1976 . |
| 3 | The only member of the squad who could ; the others hammered or pecked with two fingers , swore picturesquely , and reached for the erasing fluid . |
| 4 | If you invite only three or four , the conversation may become general , and you are likely to be left out , so be bold : invite twenty people , then you can move around , making contact with individuals as you ply them with food and drink , or sit with one person for a short chat before moving on to another . |
| 5 | The source of infection may be a person who is incubating an infectious disease , or actually suffering from an infection , or recovering from one , or a carrier who is personally not affected but is harbouring pathogens which can infect others . |
| 6 | This is most evident in cases of indecent assault , which may be committed by the least unwanted touching or stroking of one person 's body by another . |
| 7 | These fabrics come in various gauges , referred to by the number of holes or threads to 2.5 cm ( 1 ″ ) . |
| 8 | The second rotary pot marked ‘ Vernier ’ allows the frequency of the note to be raised or lowered from A-440 concert pitch . |
| 9 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 10 | His car has been stolen or broken into 7 times , his home in Swindon has seen numerous burglaries . |
| 11 | Thus , of the clients who did not receive the residential , short stay , or day care , other services were either provided or arranged for 20.6 per cent of cases in the specialist team and for 6.9 per cent of cases in the generic team . |
| 12 | Further , many females who are alienated or marginalised at one stage of their lives are included at another , and vice versa . |
| 13 | Haemodynamic ( arterial and Swan Ganz catheters ) and gas exchange ( mixed venous and arterial blood gases ) characteristics were measured or calculated after 60 min in each situation ( table ) . |
| 14 | ‘ is different from other interests because it exercises power or influence in two ways — directly through interest groups and structurally because of the crucial role boards and managers exercise over production , investment and employment decisions which shape the economic and political environment within which Governments make policy ’ . |
| 15 | Imagine with me Chairman if you will the thoughts of someone trapped by some misfortune in the midst of the wreckage of a road traffic accident on the M 1 motorway Southbound between junctions twenty one and twenty that 's at Nutterworth or Northbound between twenty one and twenty two or Westbound on the M 69 they 'll be thinking the fire brigade 'll be here in a minute or two . |
| 16 | And we do not need to undergo years of psychoanalysis , or visit a hypnotist , or meditate for twelve hours a day , in order to seek self-knowledge . |
| 17 | Write to : Letters to the Editor , New Scientist , Stamford Street , London SE1 9LS , or fax to 071 261 6464 . |
| 18 | If the maximum , even with the double length light on , is a tuck or slip for two or four rows , it probably will . |
| 19 | BOSS RPQ-10 preamp/parametric equaliser , half rack effects processor , sell £60 or swap for A-1 condition wah-wah pedal . |
| 20 | Rebuild your original engine or replace with 2¼ as the fitting of a larger engine requires extensive modification to the rest of the vehicle i e brakes , gear ratios , tyres etc If you fit a larger engine you will have to convert to 12v . |
| 21 | If the interests are restricted to the history of one particular place , or confined to one special area of study , then a private library of books and offprints is quite readily assembled . |
| 22 | First , a great many of the cases in this area of the law are concerned with industrial strife of one kind or another and where this is so the common law has been excluded or modified since 1906 by statutory immunities granted to persons acting in a ‘ trade dispute . ’ |
| 23 | Every time she got a bump or knock off one of the others she was crying instead of clouting them back . |
| 24 | I was famished , having had no food or sleep for thirty hours . |
| 25 | That great insight — lost or rejected throughout 2000 years of western history , save for its occasional stirring in the minds of rare individuals uncrippled by centuries of projected dogma — became the touchstone of eastern philosophy . |
| 26 | For default summonses , " sufficient time " means sufficient time for the defendant to deliver a defence , admission or counterclaim within fourteen days after delivery of the summons , and sufficient time in the case of fixed date summonses for him to attend on the return day ( Ord 7 , r 18(3) ) . |
| 27 | Six hundred races were cancelled or rescheduled in 1987-88 and 800 last year , the worst on record . |
| 28 | From the top , you will have a glorious view , and you can go for a walk , or relax at one of the mountain top restaurants , sitting on the terrace and drinking in the views . |
| 29 | For example , when a householder is in the market for double-glazing does he resort to Yellow Pages , take the advice of a neighbour , or depend on one of the well-known and heavily advertised names ? |
| 30 | matter precipitated from a fluid medium , or collected in one place by a natural process . |