Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.

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1 My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive .
2 But I , I mean through the nineteen fifties there is a reasonable measure of co-operation between the Russians and the Chinese and then from the beginning of the nineteen sixties and onwards there is conflict between Russia and China .
3 They are likely to be revised as the circumstances of mothers ' lives change through the 1990s .
4 The overall mean for the 1984–5 sample was 54 per cent and for the 1985–6 sample it was 53 per cent .
5 Handbill for the 1900 Olympic match
6 The completion accounts shall consist of [ a statement of net assets of the business drawn up at the transfer date and a profit and loss account for the xx months then ended and such additional notes as the Vendor 's accountants shall deem reasonable ] and shall be prepared , in order of descending priority , with due regard to the concept of materiality in accordance with :
7 The completion accounts shall consist of [ a statement of net assets of the business drawn up at the transfer date and a profit and loss account for the xx months then ended and such additional notes as the Vendor 's accountants shall deem reasonable ] and shall be prepared , in order of descending priority , with due regard to the concept of materiality in accordance with :
8 At the end , he 's left out slightly , watching this passionate friendship develop between the two women . ’
9 Athletico are eligible for both of these tournaments and alternate between the two , one season the Vase , the next the Trophy .
10 His brief is simple — to see that Hong Kong qualify for the 1995 World Cup preliminaries in the Asia Pacific Zone .
11 A win for Akinwande , who beat the much-hyped Herbie Hide for the 1989 ABA title , will elevate him close to a world top-10 rating , if not pushing him into the elite of one of the four organisations .
12 Community , Continuity and Change after the 1984–5 Coal Dispute .
13 Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one .
14 I hesitate between the two VSs .
15 Erm , can I imagine erm two abstracted intellects , each of them doing geometrical proofs and say about the two of them is they go through the group of er the infinity of prime numbers , each of them is working that through .
16 ‘ During the whole of her illness , prayer was made without ceasing by the whole Church on her behalf , and I felt persuaded that the Lord would yet hear us and for His name 's sake appear as the one prayer-hearing God — for the heathen around knew what was done , and would say , ‘ Where is now your God ? '' ’
17 That the lion 's share fell to Florence rather than Siena , after a century and a half of medieval snatch and grab between the two republics is proclaimed by the splendid lions on the well and on the Marzocco column .
18 It is likely that a good many protestant loyalists oscillate between the two and still have to come to their moment of decision , one that is likely to be forced on them by future events .
19 In addition , the venturi effect between the two vehicles assists this swing and tends to suck the two vehicles together .
20 Even though the World Cup will swamp the domestic competition , the Shield will still continue to provide some of the most riveting cricket of the summer as these four highly-competitive sides battle for the two places in the five-day final .
21 They race through the 277 miles of the Grand Canyon in six or seven days , drinking beer and spewing exhaust fumes all the way .
22 And they head into the 1993 campaign looking good enough to make it a re-match .
23 And they head into the 1993 campaign looking good enough to make it a re-match .
24 To visualize the positions of all efferent neurons that exit via the vii/viii nerve , we therefore applied the retrograde axonal tracer DiI to the exit point in r4 .
25 Many businesses fit into the 80–20 ratio .
26 To make the bullrushes , take the cocktail sticks and press into the 8 leaves around the side of the pond cake .
27 For male workers , however , employment was rapidly increasing in the areas of electrical appliances , transportation and furniture which first appear in the 1965 census as well as metal products and some of the areas traditionally open to women — chemicals , paper and rubber ( Chinchilla 1977 ) .
28 The first plans definitely showing the site in use as a foundry appear in the 1820s .
29 Half the active substances used for rheumatic conditions also appear in the 100 or so painkilling preparations available .
30 I made it clear in my 1985 Opus article and in my 1988 Early music article 3 that ‘ Metronome marks for the slower minuets also appear in the twelve earlier Mozart symphonies Czerny edited . ’
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