Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was printed as a limited edition of seventy-five copies for private circulation in 1876 , and a second edition limited to a hundred copies appeared in 1893 . |
| 2 | At 13″ high , 13″ wide and 11″ deep , it 's about the same size as a Polytone Minibrute or a 40-watt Roland Cube , but do n't be fooled ; it weighs a healthy 29lbs and the power section pushes 120 watts into 8 ohms — in this case an eight-inch coaxial speaker with a separate tweeter . |
| 3 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
| 4 | The announcement in the Medium Term Financial Strategy ( MTFS ) in the 1980 budget of monetary targets — which would fall year by year ( see Table 8.3 ) — was also regarded as a means of lowering the expectations of wage bargainers . |
| 5 | The other was a man called Clint Brawner who in his own field of American racing was just about as big a winner as Ferrari or Chapman in FI : over fifty wins in eighteen years . |
| 6 | Eight sylphlike forms and eight pairs of dainty , twinkling feet and ankles . |
| 7 | Each pane has eight pairs of tiny glass oblongs set in lead , each so dirty as to be practically useless . |
| 8 | They have eight pairs of walking legs , with their genital openings situated in the top segment . |
| 9 | For a long while seven or eight pairs of lidless eyes gazed at Flaubert . |
| 10 | Both steam and water power were available ( via two water wheels ) and used to drive eight pairs of French stones . |
| 11 | Nevertheless the future of the red kite looks secure , numbering around forty eight pairs in recent years . |
| 12 | Since 1947 breeding has also occurred at the following sites : Itchenor , up to 18 nests from 1946 to 1951 ; Chichester gravel pits , one nest in 1960 ; Fynings Moor , Rogate , two nests in 1963 and 1964 ; Beauport Park , Hastings , four or five nests in 1950 ; Great Park Wood , Udimore ( one of the original sites of the present Leasam colony ) , irregularly occupied until 1960 by up to nine pairs ; Nuthurst , a pair in 1973 ; Knepp , eight pairs in 1976 Buxted Park , one pair in 1976 . |
| 13 | I was reading somewhere this morning where he 'd been with eight clubs in one season . |
| 14 | Although the population has shown little change from this level of around 75 pairs since 1965 , the figures indicate a decline of 30 per cent. , perhaps more , since about 1947 , when 40 nesting pairs were noted in the Rye Harbour area alone . |
| 15 | USER collects eight copies of each item , but each of these is distributed to the state or territory outlying centres , so loan copies are not available , and these centres act as reference collections . |
| 16 | 6% ( six per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts on the first 500 copies of each cassette sold ( irrespective for format or standard ) |
| 17 | Lovins dismissed the development of nuclear power as the primary source of energy for industrial growth in the developing world , by estimating that in order to generate the level of energy pro-nuclear scientists were calling for , a new plant would have to come on stream every eleven hours throughout 54 years of actual construction , a financial impossibility . |
| 18 | Originally these powers were largely advisory , although it could always sack the Commission and throw out the annual budget by a two-thirds majority of all its members . |
| 19 | A two-thirds majority of eligible voters would again be required . |
| 20 | All future transfers of sovereignty to the EC would require approval by a two-thirds majority of both houses . |
| 21 | Only three achieved the required two-thirds majority of 694 votes . |
| 22 | The Labour Party argued that a two-thirds majority of those voting , or a simple majority of those on the register , should be required , and the National Union of Teachers went even further with its suggestion that opting out should be allowed only if two-thirds of those on the register approved it . |
| 23 | Any impeachment would need the approval of a two-thirds majority of those actually present in the Congress . |
| 24 | The House voted in favour by 280 to 153 , nine votes short of the required two-thirds majority of those voting within the 435-member chamber . |
| 25 | The new principle of a two-thirds majority of those present , as it were a head count — without discriminating between them as to worth , age and weightiness — was undoubtedly responsible for Lothar 's election . |
| 26 | the second anniversary of the preceding general election being reached without an election being called under any of paragraphs ( a ) through ( f ) , provided that : ( i ) in exceptional circumstances , the Federal Executive may postpone such an election for no more than one year by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting ; and ( ii ) this paragraph ( g ) shall not apply if the Leader is a member of the Government . |
| 27 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 28 | At last year 's annual meeting , 60 per cent of members supported the committee 's plea for change ; they will again seek the requisite two-thirds majority at Old Trafford on December 9 . |
| 29 | Finland : the Eduskunta , voting on Oct. 26 , exceeded the required two-thirds majority with 154 in favour , 12 ( Finnish Rural Party and Greens ) against and 32 abstentions . |
| 30 | The General Synod of the Church of England on Nov. 11 approved , with the necessary two-thirds majority in each of its three houses , a measure to permit the ordination of women priests . |