Example sentences of "[v-ing] in three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hywel Carey Jones , a former newspaper editor , of Station Road , Trevor , Llangollen , was an active lay preacher for 60 years , often fitting in three engagements at different churches on the same Sunday . |
| 2 | Now , through the ‘ Choices ’ programme which is operating in three districts and is to be extended considerably this year , we are offering more and more staff the chance for career counselling and support from JS in improving skills and gaining qualifications . |
| 3 | His bait had been lying in three inches of water ! |
| 4 | Considerable discussion then took place over the remainder of the report , resulting in three divisions and the wording suggested by Elcho being adopted in every case . |
| 5 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 6 | I would have preferred this afternoon but it seems he is riding in three races at Wincanton . ’ |
| 7 | Our brains were designed to understand hunting and gathering , mating and child-rearing : a world of medium-sized objects moving in three dimensions at moderate speeds . |
| 8 | The new occupants of the off-licence , also Asian , have not been attacked since moving in three months ago . |
| 9 | The event at the weekend is the biggest pre-season competition in Northern Ireland , with teams competing in three sections : senior , intermediate and junior . |
| 10 | In an agreement signed with Amazonian gold prospectors on Jan. 9 , 1990 , under the auspices of the National Security Council , miners were granted the right to continue prospecting in three areas totalling about 686 sq km , and at the same time the reduction of the size of the Yanomami Indian reservation to 19 separate " islands " of forest was confirmed . |
| 11 | This means , for example , that , given the current spot yields , the market is expecting the yield on a one-year bond maturing in three years ' time to be 11.92 per cent . |
| 12 | Yet there is persistent critical doubt about a defence which , upon meeting European opponents of the highest class — West Germany , The Netherlands , The Soviet Union — tends to show equal consistency in letting in three goals per match . |
| 13 | If the developers succeed in winning over Environment department inspector , Roy Foster , they plan to be up and running in three years . |
| 14 | They 're coming in three times a week . |
| 15 | It 's starting in three minutes . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , 14/ 20th Hussars came back off exercise with a lot of dead equipment and 2nd Field Regiment has just finished a major inspection in preparation for firing camp starting in three weeks . |
| 17 | Even so Edinburgh Academicals have provided Sole with a solid platform from which he has gone from strength to strength , culminating in three Tests and a series triumph for the Lions . |
| 18 | Stonehouse 's bill was due for a second reading in three days ' time . |
| 19 | Gabon 's legislative elections were completed with voting in three constituencies in the south of the country on Nov. 4 and 11 . |
| 20 | ‘ These people — ’ he gestured to a group of men and women , posing in three lines , the front row kneeling , the tallest at the back , all beaming as a photographer stepped back in order to get their picture with The Wall in a clear focus . |
| 21 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 22 | It is possible to see context functioning in three ways . |
| 23 | Yes , she 's leaving in three weeks before the end of term . |
| 24 | You 'll be working in three dimensions , in the air , and on the ground . |
| 25 | The underground complex had been built in summer , the construction teams working in three shifts round the dock . |