Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that represents not one family but two family each one represents a number of children , the misery that this is causing absolutely immense . |
| 2 | That represents about 0.77 per cent . |
| 3 | That is , each has only one symbol on its right side : |
| 4 | The books are quite short ( about 40,000 words , less than a quarter of the text of this present volume ) , but each has about 150 drawings and pictures . |
| 5 | I glimpsed naked steel and , as you know , that has only one effect on Old Shallot . |
| 6 | If one is interested in a 3 kilobase fragment then this constitutes about 10 pg ( 10 - 1 g ) of the sample . |
| 7 | ‘ This represents approximately 2,000 full time jobs . |
| 8 | This represents approximately one third of our profit before tax and maintains our leading position among UK corporations in this respect . |
| 9 | The average man 's ejaculate contains an estimated 200,000,000 sperm , although this represents just two per cent of the total ejaculate ; the other ninety-eight per cent consists of the mucus-like semen . |
| 10 | This represents around 30,000 cases a year . |
| 11 | This represents only two cases in 1990–1 , and all costings were based on the assumption that tonsillectomies took place as inpatient procedures . |
| 12 | Since this represents only one per cent of projected capacity , it will not be of significant help in meeting concern over weapons production . |
| 13 | This covers about 90 charities . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , yes : two sources actually ; a dry extract of nux vomica — that is to say of the ground-up seeds of the plant ; this contains about five per cent strychnine ; and a preparation known as liquor strychnine hydrochloride which contains about one per cent of the hydrochloride . ’ |
| 15 | The base level for anything approaching quality reproduction would be 64 levels and this needs over 6.5 megabytes . |
| 16 | This allows about 650 megabytes ( 650,000,000 bytes ) of data to be stored on a single disc . |
| 17 | This occurs about four or five weeks after apparent recovery and results in all four legs suddenly swelling up tremendously and the development of small haemorrhagic spots on the lips . |
| 18 | This describes how two pieces of electrical equipment can be connected so there is no waste of power at the connection . |
| 19 | This describes how two disagreeable and unloved children are transformed by the discovery of a hidden garden which they appropriate and which they watch springing into life as the year advances . |
| 20 | ‘ This affects only one product which has been voluntarily withdrawn as a precautionary measure . |
| 21 | This includes around one hundred works painted between 1780 to 1850 , when Copenhagen was a major European art centre . |
| 22 | This includes about 60 talented young graduates and engineers ( what most companies might call the ‘ A list ’ ) who now have a stint out on the front line , . |
| 23 | This takes about two weeks to complete and costs £10,000 . |
| 24 | This takes about six weeks — just as you 're about to hand in your notice , it suddenly clicks and they are doing it themselves without you having to say anything . |
| 25 | For example : Interestingly , this creates only four synonyms , and is thus a very effective algorithm . |
| 26 | Stripped of its grammatical appendages and reduced to lexical essentials this appears as three words : |
| 27 | Here , allowances are available in respect of the vendor 's net pool of expenditure , so unless the value of this falls below zero as a result of the disposal , the vendor will not have a balancing charge , though his ongoing allowances will be reduced . |
| 28 | This means nearly 6 mt/pa will have to be berthed from super tankers in addition to nearly 4 mt/pa of marine sand and gravel . |
| 29 | This means nearly 6 mt/pa will have to be berthed from super tankers in addition to nearly 4 mt/pa of marine sand and gravel . |
| 30 | At current levels this means over 50,000 one-parent households in a year . |