Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [unc] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience for the BBC 's nine o'clock news doubled to 13m on the day war broke out , and that for ITN rose by a third . |
| 2 | If John decides he wants to remortgage for more than £100,000 , he will qualify for the Abbey 's one per cent larger loan discount . |
| 3 | The UK 's reserves of lowland peat bogs are far less than previously thought , according to a new survey by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee ( JNCC ) — the scientific umbrella group for the government 's three national conservation agencies in England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 4 | Radio RIN ( Radio Infantil Nacional — National Children 's Radio ) is the only radio station in Mexico that caters exclusively for the country 's 41 million children . |
| 5 | New Zealand Self-Government Party ( Mana Motuhake o Aotearoa ; seeks greater political and economic autonomy for the country 's 400,000 indigenous Maoris , Matia Rata l . ) . |
| 6 | The new grouping , known as the Alliance , consisted of the Democratic Party ( also known as the New Zealand Democratic Party , founded in 1953 as the New Zealand Social Credit Political League ) ; the New Labour Party ( NLP ) ; the Green Party of Aotearoa ( founded in 1972 as the New Zealand Values Party ) ; and the New Zealand Self-Government Party ( Manu Motuhake o Aotearoa ) , an organization designed to achieve greater political and economic autonomy for the country 's 400,000 indigenous Maori population . |
| 7 | Decommissioning costs for the country 's eight Magnox nuclear power stations could more than double to £6,600 million , according to a speech to employees by Lord Marshall of Goring , then chair of the Central Electricity Generating Board ( CEGB ) , leaked on Oct. 17 , 1989 . |
| 8 | The Accord , ratified by the federal House of Commons on June 22 , 1988 [ see p. 36426 ] , provided for increased powers for the country 's 10 provinces , reform of the federal Senate and the recognition of Quebec 's position as a " distinct society " . |
| 9 | The Pattani United Liberation Organization ( PULO ) , an outlawed group seeking independence for the country 's four southern provinces , claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion at a railway station on Aug. 13 in the southern city of Hat Yai , 40 km from the Malaysian border . |
| 10 | There are 30 prosecutors for the country 's 90 courts ; only five of them are supposed to handle the 17 courts in Guatemala City . |
| 11 | There was good news for the country 's 25 million earners as Mr Lamont confounded the pundits to announce there will be no hike in national insurance contributions from nine per cent . |
| 12 | Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury . |
| 13 | in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead |
| 14 | The head office was responsible for company administration and the regional offices dealt with administration for the firm 's 40 sales outlets . |
| 15 | Male activists are out every night unless they stay in for the wife 's one night out . |
| 16 | The poll , which had provided the first opportunity for the union 's 1,600,000 membership to elect directly its national officers , had been organized as part of a settlement agreement to a huge civil racketeering suit brought against the Teamsters by the Justice Department [ see also pp. 37954-55 ] . |
| 17 | Hitachi Ltd has developed a high-speed text retrieval system for the company 's 3050 Unix workstations . |
| 18 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc investor relations manager John Eldridge says Wall Street estimates for the company 's 1993 earnings per share to run from $0.95 to $1.10 and that the company is comfortable with what range . |
| 19 | Catering manager Kirsty Yearsley and her staff cater not only for the Board 's 300 employees , but also for 100 civil servants who occupy the building . |
| 20 | This shift was particularly evident in Hoffmann 's pavilion designed for the Secession 's 1908 Kunstschau . |
| 21 | WHILE HANGING ten with the Beach Boys ' Dennis Wilson ( who described Charlie as ‘ the magician ’ ) , Manson managed to charm him into accepting one of his songs for the band 's '20/20 ’ LP . |
| 22 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 23 | Now it has emerged that the bomb which devastated Portadown on Saturday severely damaged the town hall , venue for the province 's One Act Drama Finals this Saturday . |
| 24 | It is hoped that even more nursery places for the county 's three and four-year-olds will be provided soon . |
| 25 | The Branch played an important role in the negotiation of a job evaluation scheme for the industry 's 30,000 technical engineering staff , who are responsible for the running of generating sets in power stations , installation and maintenance of the distribution network , construction planning , generation and transmission development , etc . |
| 26 | Coventry decided that it would cost more to contest the claim than pay it ; so Clarkson will get £74 for the party 's four tickets and travelling expenses . |
| 27 | On May 30 the Commission announced that the building would have to be demolished because of the high asbestos content of its building materials , temporary accommodation found for the Commission 's 3,300 civil servants , and a new building erected , at a cost of at least ECU100,000,000 . |
| 28 | Fortunately all of the electronics for the servo amplifier is usually contained within custom designed integrated circuits and interested readers should refer to the data sheets and application notes for the Signetics NE 544 , the Plessey ZN 409 and the Exar XR-2264 for further information . |
| 29 | Yesterday Mr Milburn said under Labour 's proposed Fair Rates the cost would be £334 per household a total of £16,700 for the street 's 50 houses . |
| 30 | The winners , for example , will collect only around £5,000 less than the £30,000 total prize money that was on offer for the sub-continent 's 1987 World Cup , which is doubtless why Australia and the West Indies were eventually persuaded to join the party after originally blowing it a loud raspberry . |