Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some changes , however , were made in the draft to satisfy those who had challenged it in this way : union republics were given eleven rather than seven seats each in the Supreme Soviet 's Council of Nationalities and ex officio places on the Committee of Constitutional Supervision , and changes of wording were made in order to remove what Gorbachev described as the ‘ misunderstanding ’ that the rights of republics had been infringed . |
| 2 | However , I should like to go further and suggest that the minimum term of appointment of the governors of the institution should be eight rather than five years , to ensure that it goes way beyond the electoral cycle of any member state . |
| 3 | Secondly , the issue of eight rather than ten miles . |
| 4 | The first figure for section eleven should be three , three eight rather than three , three four and the two totals at the bottom of paragraph six should read three , one , O , eight and two , nine , three , zero . |
| 5 | If my hon. Friend will look at the recommendations already coming from the Boundary Commission , she will see that it recommends that there should be eight rather than seven seats in Dorset . |
| 6 | Why did Euro Tunnel price its ‘ units ’ ( each unit consists of a share and warrant in both Euro Tunnel PLC and Euro Tunnel SA ) at 3.50 rather than 2 or 4 or any other price ? |
| 7 | These projects included a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ( the Charles de Gaulle , which was to be commissioned in 1998 rather than 1996 ) , an additional ballistic-missile submarine , a new model tank , and Rafale , a planned new fighter aircraft [ see pp. 36106 ; 36430 ] . |
| 8 | ‘ Dinner will be at eight o'clock if that 's okay ? ’ |
| 9 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 10 | They were due to finish unloading the ‘ Marit ’ by about eleven o'clock and that would be it until Monday morning . |
| 11 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 12 | Er eleven o'clock and twelve o'clock . |
| 13 | Eleven o'clock and twelve o'clock at Calverton in Nottinghamshire this Sunday . |
| 14 | All right let's see if we can get you a bugler nobody 's ringing at the moment but you want a bugler for a week on Sunday the fourteenth to blow reveille and the Last Post at eleven o'clock and twelve o'clock a week on Sunday at Calverton in Nottinghamshire . |
| 15 | I could make it eleven o'clock if necessary |
| 16 | Once the section has been applied to premises , liquor can be supplied for consumption at a table meal ( for the meaning of " table meal , " see s.139(1) ) as an ancillary to the meal in that part of the premises set aside for meals between 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 pm. and 11 pm. on Sundays ( subss. ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 17 | He wrote himself a cheque for one hundred and sixty pounds which left ten in the account , and took the money in tens rather than twenties ; it looked bulkier , more reassuring . |
| 18 | If he is arming , you must do likewise to avoid your worst outcome ( to get 2 rather than 1 ) . |
| 19 | The lower foot is usually placed at about 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock to the slope . |
| 20 | By 1985 less than 9 per cent of the employed population was in the primary sector . |
| 21 | Examples 1.4.6 ( i ) With a = 17 and b = -5 we find m = -3 and r = 2 so that 17 = ( -2 ) ( -5 ) +2 . |
| 22 | The village would be deserted of men and boys between 2 pm. and 6 . ’ |
| 23 | With the imminent launch of BBC 2 less than six months away Sydney Newman saw little of Doctor Who after the pilot episodes had been approved until , at home on a Saturday afternoon , he watched the first episode featuring the Dalek machines . |
| 24 | The alternative permitted hours are , on weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. , on Saturdays the same hours as for weekdays or alternatively , 1 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. , and on Sundays 12.30 pm. to 2 p.m. and 4 pm. to 9 p.m . |
| 25 | The alternative permitted hours are , on weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. , on Saturdays the same hours as for weekdays or alternatively , 1 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. , and on Sundays 12.30 pm. to 2 p.m. and 4 pm. to 9 p.m . |
| 26 | In 1933 more than 400 advertisements were placed in 90 publications ranging from provincial newspapers to trade union journals . |
| 27 | In 1985 more than 50 people died in a fire at Bradford City Football Club . |
| 28 | On Jan. 22 more than 750,000 people thronged the streets of Baku for the mass funeral of Azerbaijanis killed in the troop assault on the city . |
| 29 | On Nov. 22 more than 150,000 people in Lomé had held a mass rally in support of the strike . |
| 30 | In the end the team of players from Croxdale , Spennymoor , Ferryhill and Middlesbrough managed a total of 449,350 more than 312 points per minute , but short of the 350-plus average they needed to beat the record . |