Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Tombs , 27 , of Stokesley , North Yorkshire , agreed to carry out 150 hours community service after pleading guilty at Teesside Crown Court to stealing equipment valued at £7,400 from Tarmac Construction , while working for them as a drainer on a building site in the town . |
| 2 | Andrew Tombs , 27 , of Stokesley , North Yorkshire , agreed to carry out 150 hours community service after admitting at Teesside Crown Court stealing equipment worth £7,400 from Tarmac Construction , while working for them as a drainer on a building site in the town . |
| 3 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 4 | Why would we want to work out three times two ? |
| 5 | A major difference between the dictionaries is the number of words defined — learner 's dictionaries tend to contain about 30,000 headwords , general purpose dictionaries ( e.g. CED ) have about 100,000 definitions , Websters Third New International has 450,000 and the Oxford English Dictionary has about 500,000 definitions . |
| 6 | On Oct. 29 the Soviet Union agreed to speed up oil deliveries to Yugoslavia , expected to total about 6,000,000 tonnes in 1990 . |
| 7 | This showed that of 16,000 children entering grammar schools in 1946 ( the year when I left one ) , more than half failed to secure even three passes at O level , and almost a third left even before the end of their fifth year . |
| 8 | eh , the same number on four lines , but if were want to go out four people were to phone in at the one time |
| 9 | ‘ But you want to go home one day , do n't you , Gabriel ? ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Kelsall has received over 400 letters asking for help since she began the project , and they are still arriving . |
| 11 | The Portree Planning Office has received over 50 objections to this development ( many from mountaineers no doubt ) and the matter is now being dealt with by Highland Region HQ in Inverness . |
| 12 | Since the shop opened in 1989 , it has received over 200,000 visitors from all over Britain and overseas . |
| 13 | About 25 requests for a public inquiry have been received , and Buckinghamshire county council has received about 200 letters objecting to it . |
| 14 | And the Southern Health Board has received about 4,000 letters of protest at proposed ‘ rationalisation ’ plans . |
| 15 | The centre has received around 45 enquiries a day , six days a week since it opened , and the numbers are expected to increase during the summer . |
| 16 | The scheme was launched to staff at the end of 1992 , since when the Enterprise Centre has received around 15 enquiries from staff and placed five individuals on training courses as follows : |
| 17 | Over the centuries Cornwall 's tin output has totalled about 10 times the annual quantity the world produces now . |
| 18 | Since then the Ferrari car has competed in over 400 World Championship Grand Prix races , and has registered nearly 100 victories . |
| 19 | Some referees appear to see only one half of a pair of techniques and , while reverse punches are seldom missed , snap punches to the face often are . |
| 20 | TRIPOS , the first commercial molecular modelling software supplier , has realised over twelve years of steady growth since 1979 and is one of the leading providers of molecular design and analysis tools and services . |
| 21 | This was expected to affect around 250,000 people and to cost the state between 6,000 million and 6,500 million forints ( about US$80-86,000,000 ) in 1992 . |
| 22 | Its newspaper , Trybuna Ludu , lost 1.7billion zloties ( £382,500 ) last year ; this year it is expected to lose nearly five times as much . |
| 23 | He has partnered just 11 winners , half the stable 's total . |
| 24 | A court has heard how four men murdered the host at a party held to celebrate his own engagement . |
| 25 | Firstly , it has examined only one aspect of the assessment process ; it does not consider the functional , financial , behavioural , and social aspects , all of which are arguably as important as clinical diagnosis in planning patients ' management . |
| 26 | She considered it was not wise to try tucking over eight rows and suggested another punchcard with the pattern over six rows . |
| 27 | They must be the pair who proposed to retire here one day , Meredith deduced , come to check on the property or possibly even to spend Christmas here . |
| 28 | To try to unite these pools into a long-distance chain , the BBC has placed around 200 transmitters throughout the country ; Classic FM is making similar efforts . |
| 29 | Since it joined in 1980 Japan has listed only four sites for protection and one of these , Lake Utonai on the northern island of Hokkaido , is now said to be threatened by secret plans to build a 40-kilometre flood control canal . |
| 30 | Japan has been slow to protect its marshes and tidal flats , despite joining the Ramsar Convention in 1980 ; since then it has listed only four wetlands for protection . |