Example sentences of "[num] and [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Financial , as opposed to commodity , futures were innovated in currencies by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ( CME ) in 1972 and in bonds by the Chicago Board of Trade ( CBOT ) in 1976 .
2 The average score for amenities was 7.5 and for aids 3.1 .
3 Immediately beneath the restaurant is the funicular railway , built in 1891 and with trains running every 10 minutes , from 06.00 to midnight .
4 We looked at the industrial distribution of " users " , at whether there had been any increase in their numbers since 1980 and at differences between user and non-user establishments in terms of their size , output , performance , industrial relations and labour force characteristics .
5 For women aged 75 and over fund-holders increased referrals by 2.2% whereas non-fundholders increased them by 20.3% .
6 The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 .
7 The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 .
8 [ Further paragraphs provided for early retirement at 57 and for women at 55 in the former GDR under certain conditions . ]
9 As the 1991 Ulster champion at both 16 and 18 and under levels , she has made some small waves in the province .
10 An agreement on trade and bilateral economic relations , signed on March 2 , provided for trade worth US$200 million in 1992 and for payments in convertible currency .
11 For example , the states coordinated their laws on citizenship in 1950 and on communications in 1951 .
12 He was 82 and for months had received intensive medical care which included trips to the United States to consult experts about his wasting body .
13 The Van Railway was opened for freight in 1871 and for passengers in 1873 .
14 Defending champion Mandy Wainwright , from Essex , and Lancashire 's Michael Ingham , took the prizes in the Midland Bank 16 and under Championships at Telford at the beginning of January .
15 The limit for first-year infants classes will be 27 and for classes of children of mixed ages , 24 .
16 Last year , at the age of 27 and after years of inner turmoil , he told his parents of his decision and left home soon afterwards .
17 Suppose the equilibrium price of meals is 1 and of films 5 .
18 There are ancillary definitions in clause 1 and in clauses 2–5 which are referred to in the notes .
19 Erm children 's pensions they would be half the widow 's or widower 's pension and they 're payable for dependant children up to the age of seventeen and for children who are in full time erm higher education and for one child the payment would be actually half the widow 's or the widower 's pension .
20 Records of baptisms and burials date from 1551 and of marriages from 1552 .
21 Opposition Members may well decide to make some progress and we may get to new clause 9 and to others further down the list , we can not be sure about that .
22 On non-school days children should not work any more than five hours if they are under 15 and on Sundays children can only work two hours .
23 Chief Judge Platt then directed the government to search for documents bearing on how and where the bomb was placed on Flight 103 and on warnings received by the government before the night of the disaster .
24 Thus , on the basis that state pensions became payable to women at 60 and to men at 64 , if the retirement age was 55 , neither would be in a position to claim a pension on retirement ; if it was 60 , women would , but men would not ; if it was 65 , women would have been able to receive since 60 and men would not .
25 That is , the optimal number of milkmen is two and of newsagents one .
26 Now , looks pretty horrendous alright , but if we bum data on S T , S T minus one , S T minus two and P T minus one , all actual variables , if we bung those into the microfit and ask them to form the regression , it would do , right , it would just you 'd get S T equals A plus B that 's T minus one plus C A T minus two plus D A T minus one alright , and B T So before we we 'll call that equation four right , so although it looks nasty alright it 's fairly straightforward , it 's all , all we 're doing is , we 'd be asking the computer to regress S T on constant like how you would yourself T minus one to like values T minus two and like prices okay .
27 All were selected by national coaches and all are currently ranked high up in the 16 and 14 and under categories .
28 It seems clear that in 1991 , as in 1990 and 1989 and after decades of decline , Britain 's portion of world trade in manufacturing exports will increase .
29 As I mentioned early the , the city of Sermaria it was under siege and the army of Seria was encamped all around it , Ben Hadad was a great warrior , he would of been the , the Alexander or the Napoleon of his day and he had set up this encampment around the city of Sermaria , nobody could get in , nobody could get out and very quickly the stocks of food and water er were used up , rationing would of been introduced but it only lasted for a certain period , they 'd got to the stage it tells us in the previous chapter that er , that a donkeys head was sold for eighty shekel 's of silver and some folk had even got to the , had sunk to the level of cannibalism , of eating their own children and the city was , when they heard about this they were in an uproar and they started blaming god and in between the city of Sermaria of all its suffering and hopelessness and helplessness and the army encamped about with all of their supplies , there was this area of no mans land in which they were caught up four men who were leapers and they were trapped there , they did n't want to go over to the Serians because they 'd be killed , they did n't want to go back into the city because they were n't allowed there and any way what was the point , they 'd only die of starvation in there and so these four men are caught up in no man 's land and yet their no better off than people in the city , now god had promised deliverance , through his serve and Eliger he had promised deliverance , Eliger said tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a se shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Semaria , he said the gates are gon na be open , there 's gon na be food and its gon na be a reasonable price and it says the royal officer who 's hand the king was leaning on said the man of god said behold , if the lord shall make windows in heaven could such a thing be , he said do n't talk stupid man , how can such a thing happen for us ? , he did n't believe what god servant said and Eliger brings out to him a terrible judgment , he says because of your unbelief you will see it , but your not participate in it but lets look at these four men for a moment , cos that 's where our real interest lies this morning , I just wanted to say three things in their experience , the first things is that they were amazed that , at what they found , because after they come together and they talk about it and they said well what shall we do and they weighed the pro 's and the cons and Semaria does n't look very attractive with its cannibalism , they said well the least if we stay here were gon na die , if we go into Semaria we 'll die , lets go down to the Serein camp , the worse they can do to us is put us to death and were dying men any way , but they may just take pity on us , we maybe allowed to grope around in their dustbins and get some scraps of food , they may at least allow us that , and so they make their way down just as evening is falling , they make their way down to the Serein lines and when they get there , they are amazed at what they find , you see their condition was helpless and hopeless , they were dying men any way , they were lepers , but they were dying of starvation , that was far more imminent than their leprosy , their problems and their needs were greater than themselves , they could not meet their own needs , their problems and their needs were greater than their government , the king in Semaria and all of his court could not meet the needs of his people and then in verse five , we read something there , they arose at twilight to go to the camp of Aramians or the Serein 's and when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Serein 's behold there was no one there , they expected to at least meet a guard , there would surely be somebody on sentry duty even if the rest of the soldiers had gone in to their tents and were perhaps getting ready for their , for the evening , going to bed or whatever they were gon na be doing , having their evening meal , there would at least be somebody on guard duty , but when they got there , there was no one there , god had stepped in , god had intervened and the good news of the Christian gospel is that god has intervened in our , in the midst of our helplessness , in the midst of our hopelessness , god has intervened , he had stepped in to history , so often you 'll hear folks say , well why does n't god do something , why does god allow this to happen , why does god allow that one , why does n't he do something all they really show by that comment is their own ignorance , because god has done something , god has intervened , listen to what it says in John three sixteen , for god so loved the world that he gave , he 's only son and the er , the er apostle Paul and he 's writing to the Gallations , in chapter four and in verses four and five hear what he says there , but when the time had fully come god sent his son , born of a woman , born under law to redeem those under law that we might receive the full rights of son , er of sons , god has done something , he 's sent his son Jesus Christ into this world in fact his done the greatest thing he could do , he has done the very ultimate thing , he has sent his son into the world that 's the greatest intervention god could ever have made , it was far greater than , than just intervening in sm , in some small local event , were you see some catastrophe happening and you say well why does n't god do something there , or there 's a war situation going on in some other part of the world , well why does n't god step in and stop it , god has stepped in , not in a local situation , not in some er passing problem or need but he 's stepped into the greatest way possible by sending his son Jesus Christ into the world to dye for men and woman , to take away sin , to pay the price that god 's righteousness demands for sin so god has intervened and his intervention has changed the whole situation , its brought a whole new complexion on things , its changed the colour completely , no longer is the world now under darkness and in , and in pending judgment in doom , because Jesus Christ came and he took that judgment and that , that condemnation upon himself , he said I 've not come to condemn the world he said its already condemned , its already under judgement , the sword of Damocles is already hanging over the world and Jesus Christ came in and to take that judgment and that condemnation on himself and when he died there on the cross and rose again , there came that burst of light in a world that had been shrouded in blackness and darkness , a world that had been shrouded in sin suddenly for the first time sees the light , god has paid for himself the price of sin , god has intervened and changed the whole situation and the message of the gospel is that if you and I allow that intervention to effect us personally , then like those four men surely we too are amazed at what we 've found .
30 The budget for grants has been increased by £10 million and for loans by £30 million , increasing the total amount from £228 million to £268 million .
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