Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groupe Axime SA , France 's third-largest software and systems integration house , reported net profit equivalent to $2.9m for the first half of its 1992-93 fiscal year to December 31 , compared with net losses for both the first half and the full year 1991-92 . |
| 2 | After receiving alarmist reports from the heads of both the Second and Third Departments , on 27 February / 11 March 1848 Nicholas set up a committee under Menshikov to recommend ways of limiting the circulation of unwelcome ideas . |
| 3 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 4 | Technical developments in both polyethylene film and paper production have led to material savings of about a third for the same performance , good news environmentally and commercially . |
| 5 | Stirling sent a blistering series of signals to both the Eighth Army and MEHQ which seem to have had some effect . |
| 6 | These quirks of fate , combined with Jane Brown 's own enthusiasms ( she is the author of a fine book on the Lutyens-Jekyll partnership ) have resulted in a narrative in which the gardens of the Arts and Crafts movement , a relatively short period between 1890-1914 , get twice the space of the gardens of either the eighteenth or the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | … and how many flats have gone to blacks in just the last few years ? |
| 8 | That 's mainly because of a curb on car crime , but there 's still concern about burglaries — up in some areas by almost a third . |
| 9 | In some roofs tiles are hung on to the battens with only every third row nailed . |
| 10 | When play resumed , Woosnam promptly dropped four shots in two holes with double bogeys at both the fourth and fifth as Raymond Floyd , now in his 50th year , went to the front with Fred Couples , both standing on 10 under par after eight holes . |
| 11 | There are very few observable exports in both the sixth and seventh centuries and Wood 's argument for Frankish hegemony over at least Kent may explain the situation if goods moved in one direction , as one leader enhanced his superiority by making lavish gifts to neighbours . |
| 12 | Dr. Whittaker had to say that no doctors in Calderdale had applied to become fund holders in either the second or third wave . |
| 13 | Faldo also made birdies at both the 15th and 16th and putted better than he had on either of the first two days . |
| 14 | Lane , eight under after two rounds , played an indifferent outward half of 36 , but then eagled the 10th and had birdies at both the 12th and 13th to force his way into contention . |
| 15 | In two days he had made birdies at only the 15th twice and the second once . |
| 16 | Astonishingly he defended his policy of imposing sky high 36.3 per cent rates , saying it had cut unauthorised loans by almost a third in a year . |
| 17 | There are instances in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in which the courts have , despite such subjective wording , overturned decisions by finding that the power was being used for an improper purpose , or that the public body had applied the wrong test when construing legislative criteria . |
| 18 | Work went on over the Summer Holiday of 1980 to ensure that the Convent buildings would be ready for the new term , when there would be girls in both the Sixth Form and the First Form . |
| 19 | This is despite a stinking row after the perfume industry cut off supplies to Superdrug for slashing scent prices by nearly a third . |
| 20 | West Germany said yesterday it had agreed to cut its armed forces by nearly a fifth to 400,000 by the mid 1990s if US and Soviet negotiators agreed on cutting conventional arms . |
| 21 | Many of the cases which have from time to time been relied on in support of the High Trees doctrine are clearly examples of only the first principle . |
| 22 | The office , which displayed portraits of both the last president and the new one , was filled with stale air . |
| 23 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 24 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 25 | Is there not an implicit threat of legal proceedings in even the first demand for payment of a debt ? |
| 26 | The need for additional financing was significantly reduced after the first quarter of 1992 and , partly by using cash balances , we repaid borrowings in both the third and fourth quarters . |
| 27 | However , he played far better yesterday and was heading for a 67 until he unexpectedly dropped shots at both the 16th and 17th . |
| 28 | It is never a bad plan , particularly with such plants as artemisias , penstemons or santolinas , to take cuttings at least every second year , thus ensuring that you have plenty of replacement stock on the way . |
| 29 | They require little attention beyond cutting back long canes by about a third in early spring , just as growth begins to stir , and then trimming back any remaining side shoots to no more than three buds , taking out old wood that becomes dark and barky to promote new growth from the base — and , of course , removing the flower trusses as they fade . |
| 30 | The jobs of around a tenth of Barnsley 's 7,000 borrowers are under threat . |