Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 2 | Already one firm has developed a 30 W source of this type which gives a light like a 100 W light bulb . |
| 3 | After it has travelled a hundred yards or so , it bivouacs . |
| 4 | The Soviet-American joint venture ‘ 21st-Century Technologies ’ has given a million roubles and a truckful of restoration materials has arrived in Moscow , courtesy of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt . |
| 5 | It has reported a 77 p.c. increase in complaints and cited pension transfer advice as one of the biggest problem areas . |
| 6 | Motor deal : Sanderson Townend & Gilbert has let a 980 sq ft shop at 146 High Street Redcar to Motor World . |
| 7 | As part of its future direction , ADDS previewed a 3270/X software package for migrating 3270 users to NCR 's Open Cooperative Computing Architecture beginning in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 8 | Cincinnati , Ohio-based Cincom Systems Inc has won a five year , $10m contract to supply its local area network database software , Supra Server , to the US Defense Information Systems Agency and the Defense Commercial Communications Offices . |
| 9 | Cincinnati-based Cincom Systems Inc has won a five year , $10m contract to supply its LAN database , Supra Server , to the US Defense Information Systems Agency ( DISA ) and the Defense Commercial Communications Offices . |
| 10 | But the British Government , unconvinced the fastest bikes are more dangerous , has won a five year exemption and an EC Commission promise to produce road safety evidence before Britain will come into line . |
| 11 | The owner of an eighteen foot fibre glass shark has won a six year battle to keep it on the roof of his terraced home . |
| 12 | Seeq Technology Inc , Fremont , California has won a six month extension of its $5m bank-credit agreement with Silicon Valley Bank ; the agreement expired on February 15 and now matures on September 30 . |
| 13 | One of Britain 's oldest breweries has won a two month battle against a hostile takeover bid . |
| 14 | For an investor who has selected a 1995 maturity date , BFS says the net asset value would have to fall by 5 per cent over the six years for the investment trust to be unable to pay up . |
| 15 | Mitsubishi has built a 10 kW model on its own , and may develop a 20 kW machine . |
| 16 | The closing of a station intangibly but significantly diminishes the spiritual life of a country and its people , for it brings down the curtain with devastating finality on a stage which has seen a thousand dramas , comic and tragic , played out and has mirrored the changing moods of the nation , has etched itself into the working lives of some , the emotional lives of others . |
| 17 | He has written a five page article about his illness in a Darlington medical journal and to celebrate his gradual return to good health he has started to learn the piano . |
| 18 | Football , and Oxford United manager Brian Horton has named a sixteen man squad for the vital relegation match against Peterboro tonight . |
| 19 | HP 's Larry Lytle , loaned to the Open Software Foundation back at its inception to handle recruiting , has made a 180 degree turn after a stint at Netwise as strategic relations director where he had philosophical differences with OSf : He 's now gone to Unix System Labs as director of corporate communications . |
| 20 | I feel very proud that Dounreay has had a two year advantage in setting up this system . ’ |
| 21 | It has opened a dozen shops with an intriguing new concept — pile it high and sell it cheap — and plans a chain of 200 . |
| 22 | A mother has offered a hundred pound reward to catch the man who shot her ten year old son in the head with an air rifle . |
| 23 | Hitachi has used a 320 watt motor in the FP 20SA , smaller than some of the competition . |
| 24 | In addition , the administration has requested a 1994 budget for NIH that is essentially flat , leading one NIH official to point out that ‘ if you do n't get any more money , then it 's superfluous to talk about new initiatives ’ . |
| 25 | Listed site : Southlands Management , a subsidiary of Ian Waller Developments , the Eaglescliffe-based property investment company , has bought a 5,710 sq ft grade 2 listed building at 3 to 5 Crown Street ( above ) , Darlington , for around £500,000 . |
| 26 | Nippon Denso has bought a 53 acre green field site on the edge of rural Shropshire ; by 1995 a brand new plant should be producing 400,000 car heaters and the same number of air conditioners per year . |
| 27 | To try to ease the overcrowding , the National Trust has bought a 43 acre farm site nearby , to cater for visitors … |
| 28 | Alfa Romeo has introduced a 2.5 litre V6 engine for the 75 , but dropped both 188bhp versions — the V6 and Veloce . |
| 29 | The Government has set a 20 p.c. limit on foreign stakes . |
| 30 | In another survey , HPI , the vehicle information organisation , has monitored a 5.7 p.c. rise in the number of inquiries for used vehicles from dealers , auction and finance houses . |