Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two of Murrells ' water conservation projects were spectacularly successful , but most were failures and in the end proved an embarrassment to the administration-particularly as the method of financing he selected was an unlucky one . |
| 2 | Her performance even brings a touch or two of Callas ' distinctive ‘ bottled ’ tone , and under pressure on top the voice tends to spread in a rather similar way . |
| 3 | Her performance even brings a touch or two of Callas ' distinctive ‘ bottled ’ tone , and under pressure on top the voice tends to spread in a rather similar way . |
| 4 | IT is not too late to save thousands of miners ' jobs , says John Baker , boss of British Coal 's biggest customer National Power . |
| 5 | Gamba , the dancewear shop , have a size 2½ and 3 in ladies ' evening shoes . |
| 6 | Indeed Karelius , in opera cloak and one of Aranyos ' dandyish suits , flattered himself he looked as distinguished as any . |
| 7 | Their senior officer , Lieutenant-Commander Norman Teacher RN , was only thirty years old and one of COPPs ' greatest difficulties in the early days was persuading senior command staffs to listen to the young navigators . |
| 8 | Over 50 people were killed and millions of dollars ' worth of carpets and other goods were destroyed . |
| 9 | Because one of Alsys ' siblings in the Thomson-CSF Information Technology Group is Atherton Technology Inc , whose backplane technology is seen as a rival to Hewlett 's SoftBench . |
| 10 | As one of Briggs ' former colleagues , Dr Peter Friedland , now head of RIACS , politely expressed it : ‘ People thought it was not a substantial contribution ’ . |