Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Petroleum is to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide by 1995 , in addition to 11,500 jobs already due to go by next year . |
| 2 | And when my father gives it a little thought he 'll realise it is now September and that my time off is likely to creep into next year , which will make a much longer period owing to me . ’ |
| 3 | Negotiations are likely to last into next month . |
| 4 | Definitions are sometimes hard to grasp on first reading . |
| 5 | Then Wyllie just kept thumping the ball downfield and soon time ran out on Musselburgh , whose only crumb of comfort is that their coach , Raymond Clark , who had planned to call it a day , is now likely to stay on next season . |
| 6 | Part of that would be that they identify that that 's , I 'm going there two years hence that 's the pathway and it 's too late to wait until next January a year from January and suddenly realise they need six G C S E's , a , b , c when they 've lost half their grades on the course work to date . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all very well to plan for next year 's holiday or a new home but there 's litle point if your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner . ’ |
| 8 | The future of the National Book Sales was this week thrown into doubt after Book Marketing Ltd announced that the summer sale , due to run from 3rd July to 7th August , had been cancelled because of a lack of support . |
| 9 | They were able to see at first hand the handling procedures and planning involved in stowing their goods safely for transport to Europe , as well as being able to sample some of the other delights that Germany is renowned for ; schnapps and Pils . |
| 10 | And as they walked around the 230 acre farm , all of it in the extended Less Favoured Areas , they were able to see at first hand why Hume Stewart-Moore and his son Michael were so successful . |
| 11 | Whilst in the design studio they were able to observe at first hand the adaption , of a Chinese Motif which was being prepared by Roger McDowell , Contract Designer , for another Swedish customer . |
| 12 | SPURRED on by the prospect of imminent defence cuts , the US Army has drawn up plans for cutting its forces in Europe by half , and recasting the army of the future into a rapid-deployment force , able to intervene in Third World trouble spots , in terrorist situations and to fight the war on drugs . |
| 13 | They were spared from watching England lose 2–0 , and thus become unlikely to qualify for next year 's competition in the United States . |
| 14 | However , Sir John Cockroft was in the USA at the time , did not attend the lecture and so was unable to get at first hand insights into what the Soviets had , and had not , done . |
| 15 | The machines may be demonstrated in November , but shipments are unlikely to begin before next year . |
| 16 | SCOTTISH , Welsh and Northern Irish athletes will be able to prepare for next January 's Commonwealth Games in Auckland at training camps in Australia in spite of the financial constraints which have imposed limits on the size of their teams . |
| 17 | According to its own market forecast charts , Data General Corp 's next-generation Motorola Inc 88110-based AViiONs will deliver from 200 MIPS to 800 MIPS , retail from between $200,000 and $350,000 and are due to arrive by next spring . |
| 18 | Darren Clarke can not defend the title he won so easily last season — because he 's not available to play in next Wednesday 's pro-am tournament which is not part of the championship but a social day out for the amateurs . |
| 19 | Any candidate who has obtained more than 12.5 per cent of the registered vote ( around 18 per cent of the actual vote cast ) is eligible to participate in next Sunday 's run-off . |
| 20 | Biologists who vote Tory , Republican or , in the Soviet bloc , Communist , are more inclined to stick to 19th century shibboleths . |
| 21 | It may be difficult to discern at first glance , but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent . |
| 22 | 7.4 In addition to this obligation under cl 7.3 , upon termination of this Agreement for whatever cause ( including effluxion of time ) the Company shall purchase from the Supplier all stocks of finished Products held by the Supplier which are not covered by purchase orders together with all stocks of unused packaging materials for the Products which are either held by the Supplier or which the Supplier is already obliged to purchase from third parties . |
| 23 | The 6ft 7in Trinidad strike bowler impressed Love when playing for Harrogate last season and the paceman is almost certain to feature in next month 's warm-up games against Durham . |
| 24 | I went down to have a word with the promotion yesterday and er we have er come to terms and er we are all ready to go for next year . |
| 25 | An experiment to test whether , in an accident , the core of the PWR might overheat and cause a melt-down will not be ready to start until next year , and will not be complete until long after the inquiry ends . |