Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] of [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although lay delegates had been tried before — in the 1290s , for example — the frequency of their presence in six out of the last eleven assemblies of Edward III 's reign added a new ( and continuing ) dimension to convocation . |
| 2 | As an eminent American economist once remarked , ‘ The Stock Market has anticipated 10 out of the last 3 recessions and 12 of the last 3 recoveries ! ’ |
| 3 | The judgment in the case , Re Letters Rogatory out of the First Civil Court of City of Mexico , is badly flawed but was followed almost without exception for half a century . |
| 4 | On Thursdays I go to music lesson and erm , we have this singing contest erm , we come second out of the first years , and we sung Mole in a Hole . |
| 5 | Four victories and two second places took her to 140 points before the Christmas break , almost 100 ahead of the next best , Switzerland 's Chantal Bournissen . |
| 6 | And last time they were involved in a shoot-out , against Notts County in the Zenith Data last year , they missed three out of the first four . |
| 7 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 8 | And then what would we do with so that 's the first pizza that 's dealt with and they got a piece like that out of the first one . |
| 9 | There is a curious facility possessed by some writers , often those not of the first rank , which consists of an ability to create characters who step out of the surroundings in which they occur and enter the popular imagination . |
| 10 | Right you 'd get two twelfths out of the second pizza as well there 's another two twelfths so you 'd have four twelfths all together . |
| 11 | The Ladies ' race was convincingly won by Debbie Percival ( GEC Avionics ) in 35:39 — a full 2:40 ahead of the second lady . |
| 12 | Before leading a protest outside the Scottish Office , the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , said unemployment was now at its highest level for almost four years , with the official figures showing a rise in 13 out of the last 14 months . |
| 13 | After the morning foursomes had been shared , Yorkshire took a firm grip on the proceedings when they won five out of the first six afternoon singles but then the young players took a hand . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been leading scorer at Boro for five out of the last seven seasons — but it has become a way of life to be talked about as the player who is leaving or out of the team . |
| 15 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 16 | LANCASHIRE 'S young lions came to the rescue , winning five out of the last six games to force a draw with reigning Northern Counties champions Yorkshire in the annual friendly match between the arch rivals at Scarcroft . |
| 17 | Sunderland General out of the last thirty something that trained , two got jobs |
| 18 | Laurie Degnan has watched his youngsters take national junior boxing titles for nine out of the last ten years . |
| 19 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 20 | Now what 's the chance , that we 'll get a blue out of the first bag , and a blue out of the second bag ? |
| 21 | Now what 's the chance , that we 'll get a blue out of the first bag , and a blue out of the second bag ? |
| 22 | James McConnell , one of the four out of the first seven who did not survive the war , wrote with foreboding : |
| 23 | Halifax have taken just two out of the last 18 points . |
| 24 | But is may not be an accident that two out of the last three large , completed bids have ended up as tender offers , not full-scale takeovers . |
| 25 | The situation which has applied in two out of the last three years , when percentage cuts or hold-backs were applied across the board by Management , is incompatible with the special factors involved in Library financial management . |