Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The patients , eight men , had a median age of 34 ( range 21–76 ) years ; five were smokers , each smoking 20 cigarettes per day .
2 For each user these details are :
3 What is interesting is that for the first time individual patrols would have radio communication via jeep-mounted No. 11 radio sets , but in the event of breakdowns they would also each take two pigeons .
4 Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given .
5 I welcome the recommendation in this report that income generating programmes for children need consideration but with great care in their design .
6 Fernand wears his bleu de travail every day and he must have handled that rail umpteen times — the threads could have come from him .
7 With each change different buildings and facilities are needed .
8 For each trial various details need to be agreed as follows : —
9 Jungle English was the title given by A. P. Herbert to writing so confused that one has to read each sentence several times , struggling with the words to find some sense like someone caught in a jungle .
10 But in each case individual differences , and differences of the class as a whole , will have been taken into account as factors in planning for participation .
11 Alternative translation initiation was also shown to be effective for the RNA of POU proteins pit-1 [ 26 ] and Oct-4 [ 17 ] where in each case two isoforms were detected .
12 In each case the court seeks to assess and award damages that are equivalent to the loss sustained by the plaintiff — in each case the same heads of damage are recoverable and in each case similar deductions have to be made .
13 In each case these observations were complemented by interviews held with the participants .
14 In each case these writers can be shown to be trying to place the other outside the sphere of mastery rather than in a relation of negation or of reduplication of the self .
15 In each case these children do not have any clear picture of reality and they are not able to express or receive full gratification for their own needs .
16 Since that afternoon two days ago they 'd treated each other with a cool formality , a style initiated by Roman on the return trip from the Blue Grotto , when he 'd seemed to withdraw into a kind of amused reserve , as if he 'd tested her out in some way and now lost interest in the original conquest .
17 Not only does Italy-Brazil represent many people 's ideal coupling for next summer 's World Cup final in Rome but this afternoon 's game also marks the first occasion the two countries have met since that afternoon seven years ago in Spain when the Italians dismissed Falcao , Zico , Junior et al , 3-2 on their way to winning the 1982 World Cup .
18 He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches .
19 That afternoon three pairs of gloves , in lilac , dove grey and white kid , were delivered to their room .
20 But in that case one wonders ( a ) why what we would call ‘ brainwashed ’ creatures should breed true , and ( b ) why we never come upon female orcs .
21 Clearly in that case any statements about the services at the hotel can relate only to the future .
22 He gave each supplicant twenty seconds — ‘ name , please ’ ( pause for boyish smile ) and a swift signature .
23 The three-year road contract will involve between 65 and 70 lorry movements for ten hours each day in each direction six days a week .
24 Therefore , if you allow each kilometre four minutes on phase A you can either trot OR walk and canter .
25 The two new stands at the Gorgie Road and school end of the ground will each seat 3,550 fans and the stand at the Wheatfield side of the ground 5,900 .
26 She gave him the two packets , each holding five cigarettes , received his fourpence , smiled at him and said , ‘ Thank you very much . ’
27 The factory and user presets are called ‘ areas ’ and both areas contain five memory banks , each holding six programs .
28 The Laxey wheel had 168 buckets , each holding 24 gallons .
29 If you do much watering by can a long way from a tap , get a matching pair , each holding 2 gallons .
30 It can carry 14 insulated boxes , each holding 300 portions .
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