Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number density of energetic ions and electrons is so high that were you or I to cross the belt we would receive 500 times the lethal dose of such particles . |
| 2 | By Friday 8 July residents of Camelford were being supplied with water at up to 500 times the Maximum Admissible Concentration under the EC Drinking Water Directive of 200 ug/litre ( 0.2 mg/litre ) . |
| 3 | In an experiment carried out by Anthony Arak , a zoologist from Cambridge University , the large calling male was removed from ten groups ; in eight cases the other group members dispersed . |
| 4 | The net electrical output from the plant 's four units is 3498 megawatts — enough to supply 4.5 times the present power demand of Gothenburg , Sweden 's second-largest city . |
| 5 | The underlying balance-of-payments problems stemmed essentially from the scale of government overseas expenditure and foreign investment , these amounting to more than eight times the aggregate current account deficit for 1946–50 ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 6 | Those that will demand up to eight times the usual premium . |
| 7 | Protestors complained of forms being resold at eight times the original price , and accused officials of reserving share applications for family and friends . |
| 8 | Georges Bookshop in Bristol sold 762 copies during the signing and 70 copies the following day . |
| 9 | Nationally the Liberals , chaired by David Moorish and boasting a logo that resembles something from the side of a soap powder box , will field around 70 candidates the next nearest is in Leeds . |
| 10 | After eight months the Chinese said we were going to be tried , but one month before the trial we were released . |
| 11 | In interviews of eight subjects the mean proportion of utterance time taken up by pauses varied across the subjects from 4 to 54 per cent . |
| 12 | A compensatory increase in fat intake was seen after six hours and at 12 hours the total fat intake was the same as in the control group . |
| 13 | The cost and the estimated monetary value of the worktime lost came out to $1,231 , which is about 30 times the legal monthly minimum wage . |
| 14 | At St-Aubin , soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity . |
| 15 | We are all the time , every time we encourage extra journeys we are encouraging extra C O 2 emissions the most part is found most important factors in increasing the security generation and all other forms of airborne pollution . |
| 16 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 17 | The scare was caused by a report which showed that cavers were sometimes being exposed to levels of radiation , in the form of radon , up to 800 times the official safety limit in homes . |
| 18 | Areas particularly badly affected include the cities of Giurgiu , Braila and Turnu-Severin , which suffer from severe acid rain ; the provinces of Gorj , Sibiu and Maramures have sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere at 12 times the official limit . |
| 19 | For the striped dolphin , until recently the most commonly eaten species in Japan , the mean mercury level was 12 times the maximum allowable level . |
| 20 | After 12 months the relevant authorities are still asking for more copies of the plans that were submitted about nine months ago . |
| 21 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 22 | Does he recall that in that 12 months the British economy has contracted by 2.5 per cent . |
| 23 | Peat hags , typical of the Pennine uplands and indicating a gritstone base , mark the way but the walking is easy to the next prominent top , High Seat , at 2328 feet the highest point on the range . |
| 24 | Although wishing to increase membership , Council was anxious that direct entry was not seen as an easy option and instructed the M&R Committee to apply rigorously the requirement that the candidates demonstrate at least five years ' experience at senior level in credit management and to raise to 30 years the minimum age . |
| 25 | In 1911 both came into the hands of Henry Haydn Jones ( 1863-1950 ) , for over 30 years the Liberal Member of Parliament for Merionethshire ( later Sir Haydn Jones ) . |
| 26 | Here is what Norman Burtt , for over 30 years the public relations manager at Lever Brothers , has to say about what you need to be a company PR manager : 1Total honesty — with your employers , your staff , your " public " and the media . |
| 27 | Up to the age of 2 years the developmental screening tests ( Griffiths 1954 ; Bayley 1969 ) provide a profile of the child 's skills . |
| 28 | Throughout the past 12 years the regional gap has widened . |
| 29 | in real terms , whereas in the past 12 years the 2 million pensioners who are dependent entirely on the basic pension or on income support have had a zilch increase in their standard of living . |
| 30 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |