Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They were spared from watching England lose 2–0 , and thus become unlikely to qualify for next year 's competition in the United States . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The machines may be demonstrated in November , but shipments are unlikely to begin before next year . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Biologists who vote Tory , Republican or , in the Soviet bloc , Communist , are more inclined to stick to 19th century shibboleths . |
| 16 | It may be difficult to discern at first glance , but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |