Example sentences of "[noun] from a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Oxford in the next round — a chance to avenge that awful 4–1 League cup defeat from a few years back once and for all . |
| 2 | Lambert glimpsed a flickering of muzzle-flames from a hundred machine-guns , and heard the deft tug of bullets speckling his machine , with sometimes a spang ! as a round struck metal . |
| 3 | This chapter has tried to establish a perspective for undertaking social work practice from a social services department , in liaison with colleagues from other occupations . |
| 4 | Redgrave said the £200,000 deal from a financial services company , would save his career . |
| 5 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 6 | They offer a range from a Combined Studies Certificate in Horse Husbandry and Secretarial Skills to British Horse Society Instructor courses . |
| 7 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
| 8 | Two off-duty prison officers who were also in the minibus were beaten up and then released , but three others who escaped claimed that they had been unable to get help from a nearby police and Army checkpoint . |
| 9 | In some cases , a company may need a dozen licences from a dozen universities for any particular genetically-engineered product . |
| 10 | It was as though the unwanted debris from a dozen mansions had been dumped in a single , overcrowded space . |
| 11 | The great majority of refugees are legally recognized and receive basic assistance from the United Nations through the Costa Rican government , The training centre is organized jointly by a group of Costa Rican women and AMES and receives financial assistance from a Swedish women 's organization , the " Swallows " . |
| 12 | The continental shelf and deeper sea-bed beyond , to a distance of 300–600km from the shore , have a covering of fine grey glacial mud , forming a layer that varies in thickness from a few metres over active areas of sea-floor spreading to 200km or more in older , more stable regions . |
| 13 | L3 is a collaboration between institutes and universities from a dozen countries , with more than 600 physicists taking part . |
| 14 | The competition attracted pilots from a dozen nations and , by all accounts , had a touch of ‘ Those Magnificent Men … ’ about the proceedings . |
| 15 | Dazed with the heat and noise , sickened by the stink of oil and sweat , eyes , ears and throats filled with a soft clogging dust like the seeds from a million dandelions , they toiled on and on . |
| 16 | Our roads were clean and unpolluted , and in our cities the air was not polluted with gases from a million exhaust-pipes . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm so sad that I missed you , ’ Lubor Ondrus said soulfully , explaining , ‘ I returned only last evening from a few days ’ holiday . ’ |
| 18 | The Buchs site offers large scale production facilities , now approved to GMP standard , manufacturing over 4,000 products in quantities from a few grammes to small tonnage . |
| 19 | Native speakers are accustomed to making a lot of assumptions from a few clues . |
| 20 | Nolan , glowering routinely at Sam from a few feet away , switched his ill-humour to me . |
| 21 | The glow from a thousand points of light seems less reliable than that from the lightbulbs of a well-financed bureaucracy . |
| 22 | It can locate a person from a thousand metres up and at distances of three kilometres away . |
| 23 | The final day of the hearing has included evidence from a Metropolitan Police forensic expert , who admitted ammunition found at the scene of the crime did n't match that found at Marsh 's parents ' home . |
| 24 | Thieves broke into two premises in Drury Lane , Braintree , and attempted to get into a third.They stole £1,000 in cash and cheques from a dry cleaners , and £130 cash from a hairdressers . |
| 25 | The UK boasts more than 50 machines from a dozen manufacturers in the class which covers everything from outright super sports machines to all rounders , custom bikes and dual purpose on/off road trail bikes . |
| 26 | Stonegate Teddy Bears stocks hundreds of different models , ranging in price from a few pounds to around £300 . |
| 27 | A key ingredient in his rise from a minor counties ' also-ran to England strike bowler was a brief coaching session with the Dennis Lillee . |
| 28 | It did look terribly empty , such a change from a few hours ago when music had filled the air and swaying bodies had danced and laughed and fooled about . |
| 29 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 30 | THE DECISION to levy a 12 per cent tax on tickets for the national lottery for charities , the arts and sport drew an angry response from a national charities group . |