Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 2 | Yes , most people pay to come to NCT classes , and excellent value they are too , for the few thousand parents we manage to teach each year . |
| 3 | 12 patients consistently preferred oxygen to air ; similarly , the investigator consistently chose oxygen for the same 12 patients . |
| 4 | The investigator chose oxygen both times for the same 12 patients , air then oxygen for 1 patient , and air then air for 1 patient ( p<0.001 , binomial distribution ) . |
| 5 | This loading process is very fast ( a few seconds for the same 70,000 words ) because there is effectively only one piece of data to be read , instead of 70,000 . |
| 6 | Accordingly , among 25 countries , the reduction of infant deaths alone would range from 5 to 40 per cent ( Maine and McNamara , 1985 , p.17 ) and for the same 25 countries , the average reduction in infant mortality would be about 10 per cent and in death rates of children aged 1–4 years , 21 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 7 | In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ? |
| 8 | Yet the position was exactly the reverse in relation to productivity during the same two decades : productivity , i.e. output per man hour in manufacturing industry , increased by 4 per cent per annum during 1965–75 compared to only 3 per cent per annum during the decade 1955–65 . |
| 9 | A random sample of 100 was taken from the 308 patients who had been referred to the local Detoxification Unit during the same 12 months of the first prevalence study period . |
| 10 | The growth between the latter two dates was achieved at a time when the GTP and the Canadian Northern were themselves turning into grain-carrying lines . |
| 11 | Suppose , however , that the game was played between the same two opponents ten times . |
| 12 | The bills of lading issued by NVOCC 's are subsidiary bills , in the sense that the right to claim the goods described in the NVOCC bill is predicated upon the NVOCC 's rights under a ‘ master ’ or underlying bill of lading issued by the shipping company to the NVOCC , or upon a contract of affreightment between the same two parties . |
| 13 | After spending some time with the injured fan , Baggio said that if there was any violence during last Sunday 's game between the same two sides he would ask to be substituted . |
| 14 | Comte produced his ‘ law of the three stages ’ of societal development which maintained that all societies , past , present and future , necessarily passed through the same three stages of development . |
| 15 | In a parallel move , Sun is putting 3.4m Chubb shares up for grabs to investors through the same three brokers . |
| 16 | and then jegs and after a few five minutes |
| 17 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 18 | After a few hundred yards , he sought sanctuary in a nearby house . |
| 19 | Now the flagship has been sunk , more quickly than the Mary Rose , but unlike that ship it will not come up again , even after a few hundred years . |
| 20 | Maybe after a few thousand years of marmot for breakfast , dinner and tea they fancied a change . |
| 21 | On the basis of the research we undertook , we are doubtful whether either of the latter two epithets are generally appropriate . |
| 22 | The Commission kept under review the human rights situation in Afghanistan , Romania , El Salvador and Iran but sent a clear signal that it may terminate special scrutiny of the latter two countries at its next session . |
| 23 | Of the former there were 80 , and of the latter 450 specimens , including about 150 species , many of which are new to the European collections … |
| 24 | Between those of the former two sites ( assuming the drawings of the mosaics are accurate ) there are numerous indicators of a close stylistic relationship . |
| 25 | Both of the former two mosaics were attributed to the fourth century ( entirely on stylistic grounds ) , and by virtue of its association with the saltire mosaic ( pI . |
| 26 | He shook hands and chatted briefly with some of the several dozen supporters gathered outside in the cold , but refused to comment on the national picture . |
| 27 | Of the half million tests carried out for regulatory purposes in the year up to June 30 , 1989 , we are pleased to report that 998 out of 1,000 met the strict specifications of the European Community Directive . |
| 28 | Fortunately the Chapter House intervenes and is so tall it not only screens the full height of the iron ladder but also one of the half dozen hatches dotted around the parapet which lead directly into the roof-space . |
| 29 | She walked by the tiny marina , where the halyards jingled on the masts of the half dozen boats that were berthed there . |
| 30 | The man buried yesterday was the king of the Tembus , the most powerful of the half dozen tribes who speak the Xhosa language . |