Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] between [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining population of the " white ghost " dolphin , as it is known locally , now stands at between 150 and 350 , and is believed to be falling fast under pressure from pollution resulting largely from intensive construction work on the massive new offshore Chek Lap Kok island airport . |
| 2 | Dense body contents are discharged through the platelet-surface membrane ( Skaer , 1981 ) , and this occurs from between 4 seconds and 3 minutes after addition of the secretagogue . |
| 3 | During its growth phase ( called anagen ) hair grows for between three and six years , Then there is a short resting period ( telogen ) of about three months , when the hair is shed . |
| 4 | Newham 's refugee population amounts to between 5 per cent . |
| 5 | However , the European Commission has estimated that for most countries this budget accounts for between 10 and 20 per cent of GDP ( Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities , 1987/8 HL 72 , p. 17 ) . |
| 6 | For older men it accounts for between 20 — 40 per cent of cancer deaths . |
| 7 | Drunken driving therefore accounts for between 055 and .16 of one per cent of total deaths . |
| 8 | In Western Europe , the United States , and Japan , R & d accounts for between 2 and 3 per cent of national output . |
| 9 | The Japanese drift-net fishery for squid alone accounts for between 7000 and 14,000 Dall 's porpoise each year , and there are no reliable estimates for the incidental catch by Taiwanese and Korean drift-netters in the squid , salmon , and tuna/ billfish fisheries . |
| 10 | Six teams of experts are going to Russia and two to Ukraine for placements of six months to a year ; each team consists of between four and six engineers , who will install computerised protection systems and leak detection devices . |
| 11 | This makes it very different from education , where only the supervisory responsibility is central , while direct responsibility rests with between one and two hundred executive bodies , deriving their authority from a local electorate . |
| 12 | It is now one of Britain 's largest bus groups , with approaching 5 per cent of the market , which rises to between 15 and 20 per cent north of the border . |
| 13 | FOREIGN this points to between 1 and 30 other files which , with the module header , are treated as a single entity within LIFESPAN , but when read out are expanded into the original file set . |
| 14 | Hibernation lasts for between four and five months , from October until March or a little later in the north of Britain . |
| 15 | The NIF commitment generally lasts for between five and seven years , with the commercial paper issued on a revolving basis , typically with maturities of three or six months . |
| 16 | That there were issues important enough seriously to disturb Anglo-papal relations at this time is confirmed by a letter of Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne which dates to between 784 and 791 . |
| 17 | The northern relief road would reduce traffic flows by between twenty and thirty percent on the A fifty nine through Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 18 | Zenith Data Systems Europe , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA 's microcomputer subsidiary , announced eight new models of its Z-Station desktops , five ‘ network-ready ’ Z-Note and the Z-Lite 320L , which it calls a ‘ subnotebook ’ computer : the Z-Stations are based on the Intel 80486DX/2 66MHz and 50MHz and the 33MHz 80486SX processors ; three of the new Z-Note models are based on the Intel 80486SL chip , and two on the 25MHz 80386SL , and also feature a passive matrix colour display ; the Z-Lite 320L weighs 4 lbs and uses the 3.3V 80386 SL chip , which provides for between three and six hours of working between charges . |