Example sentences of "[prep] a far [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | [ See p. 37138 for this Aden meeting and publication on Dec. 1 of a draft joint constitution , requiring ratification by both parliaments within six months , and then endorsement by referendum after a further six months ; see p. 37266 for progress on unity in February 1990 . ] |
2 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
3 | The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training . |
4 | After a further two months , Iran conducted another advance west of Mehran , which Baghdad duly reported as having been crushed . |
5 | Soon thereafter the force lines untwisted — rather like a tangle of elastic bands that had suddenly been released — and matters progressed as normal until , after a further 11 years … |
6 | The wish may well be granted , but possibly only after a further 90 days has gone by ! |
7 | This resulted in the inclusion of a further four cases in addition to the 27 previously registered . |
8 | While many people frowned at such a huge expansion programme , it soon became apparent that it was insufficient to guarantee the avoidance of another crisis , and official approval was immediately secured for the planting of a further 5,000 hectares by the year 1990 . |
9 | The assets of a further 37 companies with outstanding debts to the bank were also seized in October , a move which was followed on Oct. 29 , 1989 , by the arrest of 22 former employees and business associates of Petra Bank , including the bank 's chairman , Ahmad Chalabi . |
10 | ( They were also wholly responsible for the creation of a further 37 places in the adult placement or ‘ fostering ’ scheme , but these have been excluded from the following analysis . ) |
11 | The approved income of the company will be exempt from tax for a period of up to five years with a possible extension of a further five years after that . |
12 | With the closure of a further five mills in the first half of the current year major cost savings will be realised . |
13 | Mitterrand had visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Oct. 3-4 , holding talks on Oct. 4 with King Fahd before travelling on to Yanbu to see French troops there ; an announcement on Oct. 17 that the French contingent was to be supplemented by the dispatch of a further 500 troops would bring its total strength to 750 air and 5,700 ground troops . |
14 | Georgian authorities announced the mobilization of a further 40,000 troops . |
15 | Dec. 26 , 1990 : signature of Bulgarian-Soviet trade agreement providing for the delivery of 5,000,000 tonnes of Soviet oil ( with a possibility of a further 1,500,000 tonnes ) in exchange for Bulgarian goods . |
16 | Two years later , Dean Pollard recommended , as a matter of ‘ extreme urgency ’ , the addition of a further 100 beds . |
17 | The proposed new course will consist of one double-credit , nationally-developed unit , ‘ Quality assurance management ’ , plus additional options to the value of a further two credits . |
18 | Sixteen year olds not in full-time education will be entitled to a new traineeship lasting for up to two years , with an option of a further two years . |
19 | His acceptance of a further two years appears a formality , and he is convinced he can bring honours to Hillsborough . |
20 | The Chemical Industries Association ( CIA ) is continuing its efforts to improve industry 's awareness of its obligations under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health ( COSHH ) regulations , with the launch of a further two booklets , Guidance on collection and evaluation of hazard information ( regulation 2 ) and Record keeping . |
21 | After four weeks the trainee returns for formal basic training of a further eight days . |
22 | The planners ' survey of the 24 incoming firms established in the New Town by 1973 indicated that these had expansion plans which would lead to the creation of a further 7000 jobs by 1991 and it was anticipated that additional in comers would provide a further 3000 jobs . |
23 | A total of 4,300,000 Angolans had been registered to vote by the July 31 deadline , but in the expectation of the registration of a further 1,000,000 voters , the UN team extended the deadline by another 10 days . |
24 | Third , partly for reasons of cost , almost all the expansion was taken up by fairly short courses ( five to ten days , with limited options for follow-on courses of a further ten days ) , largely taught in local authority technical colleges . |
25 | The skeletons of a further 12,000-16,000 victims of the Soviet secret police were feared to be in Bautzen where preliminary excavations began in September . |
26 | Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days . |
27 | Clarke drove on for a further 200 metres before stopping and when he did emerge from the van witnesses reported that he was in a confused state . |
28 | Remove lining and bake for a further five minutes . |
29 | He spent four hours with the therapist who administered it to him and supervised his acid trip , and he remained under a structured hallucinatory influence for a further five hours at home . |
30 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |