Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [num] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It aims at increasing the number of trained programmers from the present 500 a year , to more than 22000 . |
| 2 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 3 | Profits from the smaller games will go towards charities , arts , sport and leisure like the £1 billion a year expected from the lottery . |
| 4 | An endless stream of proposals had poured in for the £20 million a year it had to dispense . |
| 5 | I repeat that if one adds to that the £40 million from the foundation , the £20 million a year for football and the £1 million that I found for the champion coaching scheme , it is clear that our commitment to sport is greater than anyone 's . |
| 6 | The white one the dairy one the diary one . |
| 7 | Factors which are deemed by managers to have a bearing on the integration of the demented include : i the proportion of the total who are dementing ii the physical layout of the home iii the level of skill among staff iv the attitudes of other residents v the attitudes of staff . |
| 8 | Along with other changes to the £3 billion a year housing subsidy system , the Government yesterday also published the annual housing investment programme allocations for local authorities . |
| 9 | It turned out that during the initial flight test programme of the Boeing 707/300 a lack of stabiliser torsional stiffness became apparent . |
| 10 | In response to government options presented to them , the banks agreed to ( i ) exchange US$6,600 million of old debt for new 30-year government bonds carrying a fixed interest rate of 6.75 per cent underwritten by the United States Treasury ; ( ii ) repurchase $1,500 million of debt instead of the $7,000 million the government had requested ; ( iii ) provide $5,700 million in fresh loans for investment in development ; ( iv ) the exchange of old debt for new government bonds offering temporary reductions in interest rates on $2,500 million ; ( v ) new bonds offering $1,630 million equal to a 30 per cent reduction in principal . |
| 11 | Lord Denning observed : ‘ In the OLA 1957 the word occupier is used [ as ] … a convenient word to denote a person who had a sufficient degree of control over premises to put him under a duty of care towards those who came lawfully on to the premises . ’ |
| 12 | Clever specialists start researching the Type 50-x the minute the Type 49-x has been installed . |
| 13 | The first canals were constructed between 1757 and 1761 in order to transport coal from the mines to the towns and factories ; in the years 1791–7 the canal system expanded rapidly , and by 1815 covered most of England 's transport requirements in the industrial field . |
| 14 | In the years 1880–1913 the number of land purchasing agencies and co-operatives associated with the Land Purchase Bank was to rise from about 120 to nearly 300 . |
| 15 | By the epoch 1981.1 the symmetry seen at 1974.8 is lost , which indicates that the orbit has turned substantially . |
| 16 | Only a fraction of the £375 million a year spent on charity Christmas cards reaches the good cause , a report warns . |
| 17 | During the period 1967–73 the difficulty of finding sufficient common ground between the belligerents , even within the terms of 242 , became glaringly apparent . |
| 18 | It has been estimated by the CBI that in the period 1979–91 an average of only 40% of firms were working at full capacity . |
| 19 | During the period 1987–89 the programme has benefited from a fuel sponsorship provided by Esso UK plc . |
| 20 | It must be a cause for concern to those of us in the public sector that in the period 1979–90 the percentage of children receiving private education increased from 5 per cent to 7.8 per cent a growth of over 50 per cent . |
| 21 | During the period 1800–1830 the company was known as Hicks and Sons . |
| 22 | In the decade 1971–81 the population flight from the cities continued . |
| 23 | In the decade 1855–65 the death-rate for delivery at home was 5 per 1,000 ; but the rate in hospital was substantially worse . |
| 24 | He seemed to play that first nine better than the back nine every day . |
| 25 | Six years ago we successfully brought about a European-wide ban on the bulk trade in tortoises where the UK alone was importing at the height of the trade 250,000 a year of which 80 per cent were dead within two years . |
| 26 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 27 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 28 | Ir January 1985 , it became obvious that with the loss of the librarian ii the South Library , it was necessary to investigate the automation of the loans system , this being the only way in which any form of lending service could be maintained in the lower school . |
| 29 | They agreed a contract that will bring Mansell £3million a year , a pittance compared with the £12 million he was offered to rejoin Ferrari and the £8 million a year he was on at Renault-Williams . |
| 30 | These include such types as the $4 million a throw ‘ Patriot ’ missile which were utilised during the Gulf War . |