Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the spring tides rose , flowing into summer , the Island began to blossom : pots of geraniums appeared on window sills and girls sewed new ribbons on to last year 's straw hats . |
| 2 | Mm , there 's a lot of people who 've erm , I mean a lot of s all the T V companies are putting programmes on for next week |
| 3 | Total cattle slaughterings in the province were 3pc down on last year but there were increased slaughterings of young bulls and steers . |
| 4 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 5 | Attendance figures reached 6,700 , some 10% up on last year . |
| 6 | A number of them were about 10% up on last year , and several were as much as 20% up . |
| 7 | This absence of feudal social and political structure prior to the onset of industrialisation has been held to help account for US ‘ exceptionalism ’ , in the form of a weakened socialist consciousness and the lack of strong political Party-union ties , although there are undoubtedly other important factors as well , including the scarcity of manpower and ample employment opportunities for skilled workers , which militated against challenge along political and ideological lines ; a complex ethnic ( immigrant ) labour force composition and racial cleavage , which impeded collective action on a class basis ; and a political and constitutional structure that discouraged the setting up of third parties ( Lipset , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Fortunately the snows on EVEREST have eased , and there has been a £95m improvement in non-performing loans for the 9 months up to 31st December 1992 AD . |
| 9 | Attempts will be made to tag a Proposition ( referendum ) rejecting the Plan on to next year 's congressional and state elections . |
| 10 | The tie lines are so congested it is n't true , especially with accounts being at Stansted and apparently there has been a proposal in since last March with all the costings and everything which is still waiting on an answer for improved lines which would actually take some of the computer lines and everything . |
| 11 | Sumawe , who had a previous best of 2:15:26 and was an early Berlin pacemaker until a lace came loose , was then overhauled by the Soviet Muhamed Hamat Nazipov ( 2:14:04 and $9000 ) and Mohammed Salmi , an Algerian run over in last year 's race ( 2:14:19/$7000 ) but the Tanzanian 's 2:14:22 was also inside Jan Hurak 's previous 2:14:30 record . |
| 12 | If you are good at expanding functions up to second order you might like to attempt Example 2.5 . |
| 13 | I 've got Kieran back for next week two weeks and then it 's half way through March and first week in April I have n't got him , I 've got three weeks |
| 14 | Note : The said sum of £240 is made up of £180 allowed from arrears of rent charge down to 24th October 1895 , and £60 for two years arrears at £30 per annum down to 24th October 1897 . |
| 15 | And then Gemma had that big job up for next week rang today to say |
| 16 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 17 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 18 | The million-hour award covered a two-year period up to last November , while the RoSPA bronze was for safety performance during 1992 . |
| 19 | The Sian area is an absolute treasure house of archaeological and historical relics — the seat of Chinese imperial government for about a thousand years up to 9th c . |
| 20 | The final circuit dropped Marrs back to 14th while Barthelsson had worked his way steadily up from 12th after one lap to 4th at the finish , a systematic climb through the top of the fleet but not enough to put a Swede in the top three placings , the initial group ( except Marrs ) not having changed throughout the race . |
| 21 | The demand for shell suits in shiny crinkle and trilobal fabrics is waning and there will certainly be less of these versions around by next spring as far as the more fashion conscious wearer is concerned . |
| 22 | Some magnificent results have come in so far with Badenoch and Strathspey being 71% , Nithsdale 99% and East Lothian 100% up on last year . |
| 23 | ‘ Overall our four shops were about 17% up on last year ’ , though even with this boost , trading in the calendar year will be down on ‘ 91 . |
| 24 | HAMILTON Park , due to launch the Flat season in Scotland on Monday , yesterday revealed record prize money of just under half-a-million pounds for the months ahead — £105,000 up on last year . |
| 25 | UMBRELLA EVENTS 1993 — Interested in putting an event on during next year 's Festival ? |
| 26 | Yet the fact is that Poland 's industrial production figures for March 1990 are 30% down on last year and the minister of labour , Jacek Kuron , forecasts 1.7m unemployed by the end of the year . |
| 27 | A Beginner 's Guide To Adventures costs a mere £3.00 , though regular readers can get it at 50p off with last month 's coupon . |
| 28 | The figure included for non-payment £28.04 is 50p up on last year . |
| 29 | ‘ Trade has been keeping up well , ’ said GUS 's deputy chairman Richard Pugh , with the average spend of its eight million UK customers up on last year . |
| 30 | I am therefore expecting everyone 's 10 stubs and £2.00 back by 31st July . |