Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 Don 's neglect your nails , take the Elegant Touch Travel Manicure Kit ( £9.95 ) , it contains eight products and a guide to achieving three different manicure effects
2 Until 1960 des Forges and Harber recorded eight cases and a pair may have bred in 1973 .
3 No , I 've got her a box of things , I did a little box up with bits in all some for fifty p and a pound , doing that up and hair bands for her , giving her , given a little box with all little bits and pieces in it
4 The load on the UPS has a maximum rating , typically around 250 to 500 watts for a PC , and this must not be exceeded or the UPS will be overloaded .
5 They also reported other stolen goods which they found but left to be collected later : a stolen Fiat 500 , eight sheep and a donkey .
6 Shell , one of the League 's top offensive tackles for 15 years , made the Pro Bowl eight times as a Raider .
7 In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad
8 He returns with two wives , eleven sons and a daughter , male and female slaves , and large flocks and herds of sheep and goats , camels , cattle and asses ( and Laban 's household gods ! ) .
9 Mark 's effects are relatively straightforward , comprising : TC Electronics delay , an Alesis Quadraverb , a Boss CE-200 Chorus and a Zoom 9010 .
10 The 18-year-old from North Shields beat off eight opponents and a tendon injury to take the lead after the opening compulsory figures .
11 It was also agreed that the 100 or so people from each country involved in the exchange should be accompanied by 70 journalists and a 70-member art troupe from each side .
12 Eleven months after a pensioner was found dead in his home , one of his neighbours has been charged with murdering him .
13 There are 2 Garages and a modern medical centre .
14 Marion Balcombe , ENB director of primary health care , said that in England HVs and DNs will have to complete an open learning package of 10 to 12 hours and a lecture course of at least 15 hours .
15 The result was a program called Lex-11 , which runs on both the PDP-11 computer and a number of 16-bit microcomputers .
16 Jan Alexander Taylor and Patrick Thomas Hayes were arrested on Tuesday , hours after police released film of two men caught on security cameras five weeks ago walking along the street near the Knightsbridge store about 30 minutes before a small bomb exploded .
17 It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before a LIFESPAN shut down so that any outstanding transactions may be given sufficient time to complete .
18 DNA extraction — Sterile water ( 50 µl ) was added to each sample , which was then boiled for 30 minutes and a 3:2 ( vol:vol ) ratio of autoclaved 1 mm and 0.1 mm glass beads added to half fill each Eppendorf container ( Stratech Scientific , Luton ) .
19 The carpets showed considerable evidence of damage and the infestation has spread to two other cars , a 1935 Humber 12 saloon and a 1938 Talbot saloon .
20 At least 40 people were killed in Bamako on 22 March after a student demonstration was stopped by the security forces and rioting broke out .
21 NoGGIN events later in the Spring include a special invitation to the Brahms concert on 1 March , a Gilbert and Sullivan Society production on 12 March and a quiz night on 10 April .
22 FIG. 1 Modelled percentage changes in the O 3 concentration as a function of latitude and altitude in July ( a ) and September ( b ) ; comparison is between the simulation including SO 2 injection and a control run with no SO 2 injection .
23 FIG. 3 Modelled percentage changes in the O 2 photolysis as a function of latitude and altitude in July ( a ) and September ( b ) ; comparison is between the simulation including SO 2 injection and a control run with no SO 2 injection .
24 The following month , the University celebrated its foundation with Thanksgiving Service in the Church of the Holy Rude on September 23 , attended by more than 30 clergy and a large congregation of staff and students .
25 The headline figure was trimmed only from 4.1 to 4.0 p.c. but a full two points higher than the City anticipated .
26 There was suitable razzamatazz at Waterloo on 10 June when the blue/white/red/grey livery was shown to the press on two Class 455 units and a Class 50 Howe hauling a short rake of Mark 2 coaches .
27 As previously mentioned , if the buyer indicates that he does not intend to make an offer for the company he will not be permitted to post an offer document for 12 months unless a third party announces an offer during that period .
28 As the hon. and learned Gentleman is asking questions about the management of our prisons , what has he to say about the management of a prison service in which , 12 months after a learned judge advises the Home Secretary to move suspected and convicted terrorists from Brixton prison , they are still there ?
29 The majority , a balance of 75% , are bullish about UK equities over the coming 12 months while a balance of 51% are enthusiastic about Japanese shares .
30 In early March 95,000 coal workers had agreed to rises of 4.7 per cent for 12 months and a one-off payment of DM
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