Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , we can see how intimately connected teachers ' classroom strategies are to teachers ' cultures and careers , how what happens in the staffroom has implications for performance in the classroom also . |
| 2 | It became an extremely successful series , done with Professor Chris Kiernan , with a special agenda for mentally-handicapped children but appearing like a rather glossy children 's comic . |
| 3 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 4 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 5 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 6 | Like the band constantly fighting to retain independent artistic control on a major label , the Oxbridge fops can never erase or taint the effect their original shows had on comedy and the world at large , no matter how much rich men 's folly ( children 's books , crap US film cameos , endless cash-in-books and records , the SDP ) they involve themselves in now . |
| 7 | On Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday August 30 and 31 the vintage transport weekend — modelled on the highly popular Enthusiasts ' Weekend in April this year . |
| 8 | The Sandyport project is situated on New Providence , not far from Nassau and only 10 minutes ' drive from the international airport . |
| 9 | No complaints here : the TV and shower were both in good working order ; and what an attractive , peaceful place to stay — only 45 minutes ' drive from Dieppe , and handy for visits to Rouen or Le Havre . |
| 10 | By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones . |
| 11 | AN all-weather soccer pitch made of supertough plastic is out of action after only six months ' use . |
| 12 | The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service . |
| 13 | Juniors must be paid appropriately for the hours that they work : if they are getting only three hours ' rest at night they are working the equivalent of a partial shift and should be paid accordingly . |
| 14 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 15 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 16 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 17 | B. S. Johnson 's collection of memoirs records the great variety in the treatment meted out by hosts — from kindness and generosity to unimaginable cruelty — and how , above all , the behaviour of inner-city children that so horrified Women 's Institute moralisers was frequently a natural and adaptive response to the emotional trauma of family separation and to the strangeness of country life . |
| 18 | The outcome of perhaps three days ' work is often no more than ten points on a flip chart , and we would consider that a good rate of striking . |
| 19 | So black youths ' apprehension about gaining jobs with career possibilities are not without foundation . |
| 20 | But the larger and more important the elected body , the more likely it was that women 's suitability — and especially married women 's suitability — would be called into question . |
| 21 | With some types of account a depositor can withdraw a certain amount of money on demand , but will have to pay a penalty of so many days ' interest . |
| 22 | While he may fell constrained electorally and by the highly effective brewers ' lobby to keep the increase on drink to the rate of inflation , nobody will worry too much if the duty of cigarettes is increased , as widely predicted , by double the inflation rate . |
| 23 | Mrs Zamzam 's land should have been only 25 minutes ' drive across the international frontier . |
| 24 | Vaginally delivered infants over 27 and below 33 weeks ' gestation were randomised immediately before delivery by means of sealed envelopes to either a ‘ regulated ’ group or a ‘ random ’ group . |
| 25 | The Coco D'Or is in an excellent position at Beau Vallon , only 3 minutes ' walk from the famous Beau Vallon Beach . |
| 26 | Blakey Ridge and Hutton-le-Hole with the outdoor Ryedale Folk Museum are at the heart of the moor , and only thirty-five minutes ' drive from the farm . |
| 27 | There is a minor cill just downstream ; the headlong descent goes on with only 50 yds ' respite before the 350 yds continuous grade II rapids leading to Dulnain bridge . |
| 28 | It has neither the power nor the resources to counter the pressure of the exceedingly well-organized farmers ' lobby , nor is the level of unionization in agriculture sufficiently high — it is no more than 40 per cent — to permit the contemplation of widespread militant activity . |
| 29 | The Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park , consisting of 1000 acres of land given over to ( amongst other things ) a working dairy farm , wildlife , a pets ' corner and an aviary for tropical birds , is only ten minutes ' drive away . |
| 30 | Ideally located , it 's only ten minutes ' walk from Levante Beach and very close to a selection of cafés , shops , bars and restaurants . |