Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much depends on Wright , still seeking his first England goal , and Shearer , who play together for only the second time . |
| 2 | Work was good or better in only a third of classes ; in a fifth , it was poor . |
| 3 | In the final stages , foxes can lose weight down to about a third . |
| 4 | The forecast from Chris Haskins of Northern Dairies which now owns Express Dairies and has over 3,000 milk rounds delivering a daily pinta to five million 5m doorsteps is that the fall in doorstep delivery will not stop until it is down to about a third of the total . |
| 5 | It was bitterly cold , and light trickled in on only every second twist in the stairs . |
| 6 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 7 | In less than three years , output is up 25 per cent to record levels , productivity is up 50 per cent , unit costs are down by almost a third , and Sizewell B is ahead of schedule and within budget . |
| 8 | Losses in the Liability account for the year were down by almost a third at $15.5m ( 1991 : $22.6m loss ) . |
| 9 | In addition MA students specialise in one of the leading world religions ( Christianity , Judaism , Islam , Hinduism , Buddhism , Chinese religions , Ancient Near Eastern religions ) , and normally in either a second major religious tradition or one of the chief approaches to the study of religion — sociology , psychology , anthropology , philosophy or fine art . |
| 10 | However , the timetable may be hampered as the Government intends a dramatic slow-down nationally in the growth of student recruiting over at least the next three years . |
| 11 | Ideas about the structure of glass date back 50 years or more to when the first diffuse X-ray scattering measurements on the material were being made a by B. E. Warren and others . |
| 12 | Note that the first statement of the theme is always at least a third as long as the whole , while contrasting sentences are never very prolonged , and are sometimes quite brief . |
| 13 | All , however , have reduced their cover — usually by around a third . |
| 14 | Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner . |
| 15 | Up to virtually the last minute I 'd assumed that we , or at least yours truly , were going on the plane as well . |
| 16 | They will be held in the community hall from 10am to 4pm every second and fourth Sunday . |
| 17 | All regions have now drawn up at least a first round of projects for inclusion on the shopping lists . |
| 18 | He ‘ established methods of work , and initiated courses of improvement ’ under which by 1890 the average general death rate of Liverpool was declared by Sir John Simon [ q.v. ] to have been reduced by ‘ probably at least a fourth part ’ of the rate which prevailed when he became medical officer of health . |
| 19 | Real net income for families on average earnings : — up by over a third in 12 years . |
| 20 | Thefts of and from vehicles are up by over a third according to figures just revealed . |
| 21 | Racal 's share price suddenly shot up by almost a third , despite the fact that the partial flotation would have absolutely no effect on the already-excellent prospects for Vodafone . |
| 22 | Following a doubling of losses in the fourth quarter to $8.8m ( 1991 : $4.4m loss ) , the deficit in European territories at the full year was up by almost a third from $27.7m to $36.7m . |
| 23 | Operating profits are up by almost a third to more than two hundred and sixty million pounds |
| 24 | When the polarisation is unavailable as well ( as on overcast days , for example ) , bees fall back on yet a third system , based on landmarks , and there is no reason to suppose we have exhausted the set of fail-safe plans built into bees . |
| 25 | On the most recent occasion , supervisor Melvyn Relly had his vehicle stolen within minutes of arriving at the office , and with faint hope of success , Nick Graham , surveyor , drove Melvyn out to where the last car was recovered along streets neighbouring the Nottingham office . |
| 26 | Only half a dozen men and I were left , but almost at once a third plane arrived , and having been warned that they dared not wait as there were Jap planes about , we got on board and the plane took oft almost empty . |
| 27 | At dawn Charles and Louis moved northwards with about a third of their troops to occupy the wooded hill overlooking Lothar 's camp at Fontenoy itself . |
| 28 | Two of the dates you have suggested ( 9.30am on either the 23rd or 26th ) are suitable but I will be at a conference in Inverness on the 2nd and 3rd of July . |
| 29 | The shares are currently at only a third of the 120p high they once reached . |