Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 3 | The Sandyport project is situated on New Providence , not far from Nassau and only 10 minutes ' drive from the international airport . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | AN all-weather soccer pitch made of supertough plastic is out of action after only six months ' use . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mrs Zamzam 's land should have been only 25 minutes ' drive across the international frontier . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Coco D'Or is in an excellent position at Beau Vallon , only 3 minutes ' walk from the famous Beau Vallon Beach . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Ideally located , it 's only ten minutes ' walk from Levante Beach and very close to a selection of cafés , shops , bars and restaurants . |
| 20 | BRIGADIER Dougal Munro s flat in Haston Place was only ten minutes ' walk from the London headquarters of SOE in Baker Street . |
| 21 | I dismiss the popular theory that goldfish have a memory of only nine seconds ' duration . |
| 22 | I estimated that perhaps fifteen minutes ' fishing would salve my honour , and not expecting to catch anything , I let the wind flag my flies out over the water . |
| 23 | With $36 million in the box-office after only five weeks ' release , and the movie yet to travel outside America , big profits are guaranteed . |
| 24 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
| 25 | We caught the bus outside the Savoy in Avenida Infante at six o'clock one winter 's morning . |
| 26 | Authors ' reply , — We agree that umbilical cord clamping at preterm delivery warrants further study of large numbers of infants , including those delivered by caesarean section and those below 27 weeks ' gestation . |
| 27 | Soon he was only one day 's journey in front of me . |
| 28 | In 1980 , after only one year 's work with the ‘ entry ’ year of pupil intake ( the 12/13 year olds ) , the seventeen existing staff were asked to submit a written appraisal of their work . |
| 29 | It was alleged that he received payment for two years advertising , but only one year 's space was booked . |
| 30 | Unlike the Treaty of Rome , where acceptance was totally contractual , membership of EFTA could be renounced upon giving only one year 's notice of withdrawal . |