Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [num] [noun pl] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no ordinary train , but one made up of fifty-seven carriages and hauled by no less than six locomotives that ran the fifty miles from London to the ‘ Daphne ’ of the Metropolis , as Brighton has sometimes been called ( to quote from The London Illustrated News of 7 December 1884 ) ; the journey took four and a half hours . |
| 2 | This is the second time in less than two weeks that the Government have failed to respond to the Prime Minister 's so-called commitment to women 's equality . |
| 3 | It 's the second time in less than two weeks that officers have found the weapons in the hands of foreign tourists . |
| 4 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 5 | In a relaxed and confident address to the Parliament of Popular Power , General Noriega told more than 500 delegates that if he dies , his supporters should seize all government installations and continue a process of national liberation from US imperialism without him . |
| 6 | Today America has more than 100 incinerators that not only burn waste but get energy from it . |
| 7 | For the Victoria and Albert exhibition , ‘ The Destruction of the Country House ’ , Peter Reid compiled a list of more than 1,200 houses that had been demolished in the preceding century . |
| 8 | It will be the first time in more than two years that the ANC leader has shared a platform with Chief Buthelezi . |
| 9 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 10 | The whole item was allowed no more than four times that in the BBC 's Sunday evening news broadcast at 6.30 . |
| 11 | As can be seen from table 6.5 , the divorce-rate for unskilled husbands is more than four times that for professionals and for the unemployed , almost five times that for the professionals . |
| 12 | Trailing 18–17 , Fox denied the Lions victory with a kick from more than 40 yards that wiped out a magnificent kicking effort by Lions captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 13 | Trailing 18–17 , Fox denied the Lions victory with a kick from more than 40 yards that wiped out a magnificent kicking effort by Lions captain Gavin Hastings . |