Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PHOTOGRAPHER Beth Davidson is among professional artists spending two months in local schools in a brand new arts initiative . |
| 2 | From the perceptual point of view , all stressed syllables have one characteristic in common , and that is prominence ; stressed syllables are recognised as stressed because they are more prominent than unstressed syllables . |
| 3 | Eire and Italy had to be given special concessions in order to take part , Britain refused to join the ERM , and French economic policies caused five changes in the ‘ central rate ’ in 1981–3 . |
| 4 | By 1949 there were 500 clinics helping 150,000 women every year . |
| 5 | A typical simplified bonus calculation would , therefore , be as follows : Total hours worked 40 Target hours for completed operations 50 Actual hours booked 35 Hours saved 15 % bonus payable ( 90% ) 13½ Hours paid 53½ |
| 6 | Bankers are generally in a position to make specific conditions for providing finance and so have little need for the audit , abbreviated accounts filed 10 months after the year end are of little value to trade suppliers and customers , and the Revenue 's reliance on audited accounts is ‘ largely illusory ’ , the Institute says . |
| 7 | THERE was jubilation last night after Gwynedd councillors threw out controversial plans to close three village schools . |
| 8 | These results agree with those of a preliminary study of eight normal subjects given 200 mg of acarbose after a 380 kcal breakfast , where we had also observed a significant acceleration of MCTT in comparison with placebo . |
| 9 | Spanish Steps carried one pound less . |
| 10 | There are four new cassette decks , two of them twin-transport units taking two cassettes ( KX- W262 at £199.95 and KX-W362 at £249.95 ) and two conventional using two-motor transports with Dolby B , C and Hx Pro and optional remote control ( KX-260 at £149.95 and KX-360 at £179.95 ) . |
| 11 | A total of 20,000,000 voters had been eligible to elect the 485-seat Constituent Assembly , choosing from among an estimated 2,300 candidates representing 93 parties , with a further 87 thought to be standing as independents . |
| 12 | In total there are eight Books making 48 pieces all-told . |
| 13 | Provisional casualty reports suggested that allied losses included 12 US Marines killed and 15 Saudi troops ; 30 Iraqi soldiers were reported killed and several tanks destroyed . |
| 14 | An estimated 4,500,000 voters went to the polls in eight provinces to elect six governors and remaining congressional deputies [ see pp. 38388 ; 38434 for results of first and second rounds ] . |
| 15 | fifty ohms lets ten amps go through then a hundred ohms will let half as much , it 'll , will let five amps go through . |
| 16 | " All the tenants ought with each plough of eight animals to plough one acre of Beneherth . " |
| 17 | ‘ Thirties detached houses line one side of the road , '60s terraces the other . |
| 18 | Accommodation for residential programmes comprises 107 study bedrooms , each with its own telephone , clock-radio , tea/coffee making facilities and private wc and shower . |
| 19 | However , the siderite concretions in the marsh have C values averaging -5.9 PDB , suggesting that the siderite is not formed under methanogenic conditions . |
| 20 | In the wild , even modern breeds of hens form themselves into small social groups comprising one cockerel and perhaps four or five hens . |
| 21 | Efamol marine capsules contained 430 mg of evening primrose oil and 107 mg of marine fish oil . |
| 22 | Both the French and Scottish groups undertook two weeks ' work experience and a week of language and social activity abroad . |
| 23 | Some warehouses have one crane in each aisle whilst others with relatively low rates of throughput depend upon crane transfer mechanisms . |
| 24 | For many years all British clubs used 1,000 lb weak links which failed on any two-seater launch where the pilot tried to get the maximum height . |
| 25 | Some authorities specify three sinks for dishwashing and allied work but it is hard to see any justification for them . |
| 26 | Some subjects have one stem , for example , sterilizer , sterilizing , sterilized ; or computing , computers , microcomputers , computed , computation . |
| 27 | ENGLISH Schools intermediate 300 metres hurdles champion Allison Curbishley is set to bounce back after a knee injury ruined her start to the season . |
| 28 | New prisons are likely to be made up of self-contained units holding 50–100 prisoners , with cells opening into a central area for staff observation . |
| 29 | On the demesne are 2 ploughs and 44 villeins with 12 borders have 28 ploughs . |
| 30 | As to the Government 's position on the green form scheme , my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said that instead of an arrangement unique to the immigration appellate system , whereby public funds finance two sources of free advice — UKIAS and green form — they were considering concentrating the provision of free advice through UKIAS , so that only that organisation would be publicly funded to give advice . |