Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we asked for marks out of ten , or thermometer ratings out of a hundred , we can use relative scores for different parties to construct measures of preference . |
| 2 | There were only 18 arrests for minor public order offences out of a 40,000 crowd . |
| 3 | Two hundred soldiers , assisted by thousands of transmigrasi , were to round the elephants up over a 390 sq . |
| 4 | But what I 'm saying is some schools they might be here seventy five days out of a hundred but for twenty of those |
| 5 | Alternatively the other detector can take a lower-resolution spectrum of objects up to a 10 000 times fainter . |
| 6 | And is is not a fact that in fact the Killinghall bypass and the Ripon bypass , in fact does nothing to in fact i er alleviate those particular problems over about a seven mile stretch . |
| 7 | No one else scored very many but no one needed to , and there were still six wickets and fourteen overs in hand when King finished things off with a six . |
| 8 | Some of our competitors in the north have been er really struggling and erm offering four pounds off on a seven pound fifty entrance fee so bearing that in mind we 're v v very confident that we 've im improved our market share in that area too . |
| 9 | Now I need four pounds and so how am I gon na get four pounds out of a ten pound note ? |
| 10 | With ninety-nine persons out of a hundred , I would have known it was a bluff ; but he was different , and a nervousness had hold of me before I could resist it . |
| 11 | Am I right in saying is it one million hectares out of a thousand million hectares are actually sustainable at present . |
| 12 | Every time there was a call , although 99 times out of a 100 the call was for him , he pushed the phone in my direction . |
| 13 | ‘ Well if a guitar solo is played right it can sound absolutely great , but 99 times out of a 100 they wo n't sound great and they 're a waste of time . |
| 14 | To be honest it was a game we would have won 99 times out of a 100 , but this was one of those occasions when we were destined not to do it . |
| 15 | A hundred times out of a hundred , a million times out of a million . |
| 16 | ‘ Ninety-nine times out of a hundred a kid will tell you what he thinks you want to hear , ’ Vito said . |
| 17 | A hundred times out of a hundred , a million times out of a million . |
| 18 | " Pays dividends ninety-nine times out of a hundred . |
| 19 | But ninety nine times out of a hundred , it 's your spreadsheet that 's at fault . |
| 20 | One of the great advantages of the advent of councillor and councillor to this council is in fact because of the motions which , I have to say even nine times out of ten I do n't agree with a word of , or even ninety nine times out of a hundred I do n't agree with a word of what have we been talking about this last three quarters of an hour , housing , yeah . |
| 21 | But I , I mean , I I think it 's true to say , that ninety-nine times out of a hundred , if you do approach these so-called yobs as if they 're human beings , they usually react like human beings . |
| 22 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 23 | So you could have paid a company five hundred , six hundred pounds , and have no surrender value whatsoever , in the first two years , cos they 'll take their charges out on a twenty year , a twenty five year contract . |
| 24 | I know it would be a terrible risk with ninety-nine men out of a hundred , but I think he 's the hundredth . |
| 25 | What they used to do is get the er instructors used to come up and used to take the women down on a six and eight seated sleds , sleigh , toboggans |
| 26 | All assignments up to a hundred miles away from home you will be paid thirty percent . |
| 27 | know for all assignments up to a hundred miles away from home . |
| 28 | Discussion with the local estate agents up to a 10-to 20-mile radius of the site , the local authority and local people , will be helpful as they are usually only too aware of the advantages and drawbacks of a locality . |