Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] a [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case a 101 year old ham , the most ancient in the world . |
| 2 | In this study a 13 year old , when asked about being teased in his comprehensive school , replied , ‘ I should think that in my first week or so there was a fair bit . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the West German coalition decided on April 23 to offer the East German government a 1:1 conversion rate for savings up to 4,000 Marks and for wages and pensions ( which latter would also be raised , from less than 50 per cent of wages to the West German level of 70 per cent ) . |
| 4 | There follows this sheet a 5 page letter from the York Castle Museum — I discussed this with you today . |
| 5 | A hospital employs two pharmacists who each work a 35 hour week . |
| 6 | You 'll see there we 've got three boxed a six number a ten number and a twelve number . |
| 7 | Bookies make the strapping seven-year-old gelding a 14-1 shot to provide the former point-to-point trainer with an incredible family triumph in the third week of March . |
| 8 | ‘ A European ’ , Temple wrote , ‘ can not exert a personal influence on the characters of more than one hundred to two hundred natives ’ ; but if he concentrated on ‘ guiding and controlling the native leaders ’ , then his influence would be ‘ magnified by a natural process a thousand fold ’ and the result would be that : ‘ The power thus exerted is infinitely greater in scope than any power or influence which it can be hoped that he will exert under the … system of Direct Rule . ’ |
| 9 | The previous day a 22 year old , a 19 year old and a 17 year old were shot by a state trooper when they tried to sell cocaine worth $50,000 to a couple of undercover policemen in a car park . |
| 10 | Only two feet above the glassy water a dozen dug-out canoes are lashed to the side and more join us all the time . |
| 11 | Table 2 gives a general idea of the application of these two factors , and for illustrative convenience a two-by-two box has been constructed with four illustrative forms of observation in the boxes . |
| 12 | ‘ As I have said repeatedly I believe that in a one-off Test you must give the visiting side a 50–50 chance , even us after our isolation . |
| 13 | Ajax , three-times winners of the European Cup , reached the UEFA Cup Final for the first time when last night 's 1–1 draw with Genoa gave the Dutch club a 4–3 aggregate win . |
| 14 | Away in the far comer a three piece band was manfully trying to make itself heard above the din . |
| 15 | The eager Yugoslav striker , who also provided the late winner last December that gave Red Star a 3–2 win over Anderlecht , was the key to his team 's 2–0 defeat of the Greeks . |
| 16 | At the same time a twenty-three year old woman was grabbed at knife point in Bristol and dragged to her car . |
| 17 | She has given this rich stone a 1990s look by setting it in delicate modern mounts for necklaces , earrings ( above ) , and rings . |
| 18 | In the latest incident a nineteen year old woman was raped at knifepoint as she walked home . |
| 19 | Among the tracks that will get teens ' hearts beating are the title track , I Found Heaven and the smoochy ballad A Million Love Songs . |
| 20 | This case is n't unusual for Milton Keynes Police … last year a sixteen year committed 56 separate crimes before he lost his freedom … |
| 21 | Last year a thousand Eagle Star employees lost their jobs . |
| 22 | Last year a thousand Eagle Star employees lost their jobs . |
| 23 | And in September last year a 15 year old girl was assaulted in a churchyard . |