Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 2 | Indeed , they boasted proudly that retail electricity prices had risen more slowly than the retail price index in general : although their own tariffs had risen faster , average consumption had gone up and the extra kWh had been sold at the lower incremental charges of two-part or block tariffs , thus bringing the average domestic price in their first ten years down by a fifth in real terms . |
| 3 | And United could have scored more they put the Portsmouth goal under a fair bit of pressure … the ball was cleared off the line a couple of times … new boy Rogan nearly finished things off with a fourth but a what a great start to a new season for Brian Horton 's men … |
| 4 | And United could have scored more they put the Portsmouth goal under a fair bit of pressure … the ball was cleared off the line a couple of times … new boy Rogan nearly finished things off with a fourth but a what a great start to a new season for Brian Horton 's men … |
| 5 | Halfway through his talk , the meeting was suddenly interrupted by a cadre of men dressed as prison guards ; these rather realistic toughs burst into the room , grabbed everybody there , and took them out to a set of waiting helicopters , which flew the bewildered executives off to a second meeting site . |
| 6 | At present every tenant makes as much hay as supports his stock in winter ; and has not only potatoes , cabbages , and meal in abundance for his family , but also frequently sells corn and potatoes , and feeds his cattle up to a third more weight than his predecessors were wont to do . |
| 7 | MARKS & Spencer has just reported half-year profits up by a fifth , yet many investors will have been mystified to note that the stock market reaction was for the share price to fall back a bit . |
| 8 | The effects of the measures on accidents in Buxtehude have already been described , with serious injury accidents down by a third and considerable financial savings being made in addition to the more important human ones . |
| 9 | Indeed , TP watchers say a range of interfaces are urgently needed to unify disparate OEM Tuxedo implementations along with a fourth generation language tool . |
| 10 | In Rowntree 's examples of typical streets in 1900 , in the poorest streets up to a third of the householders were widows , in contrast to less than 5 per cent in the best working-class districts . |