Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then all we can do is keep our eyes open for the next couple of days , and you see that your doors are locked and bolted at night . ’ |
| 2 | In Brussels , European Community farm ministers have agreed to leave the milk production quotas of most member states unchanged for the next 12 months pending a review next month . |
| 3 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 4 | How do you fancy paying twenty pounds extra for the second set ? |
| 5 | I do n't want to raise your hopes too much , Rebecca , but I think what , er the idea behind this , I er , thing is , families with two tellies , paying twenty pounds extra for the second set , and perhaps for the third set , another twenty pounds , it 's to try and lessen the burden on viewers who genuinely ca n't afford the existing licence fee as it is now , and Rebecca , I would have thought that you would 've fallen into that category . |
| 6 | Yes I just want to explain very quickly for people who do n't know what we 're talking about , Leslie , because a lot of people join us by the minute , er , MPs on the Commons ' Heritage Committee , have said , they think it 's a very good idea , that if you have more than one telly , you should pay twenty pounds for the second one , and who knows , twenty pounds for the third , and twenty pounds extra for the fourth . |
| 7 | She was perfectly happy most nights to return home , gossip with Aunt Louise , lay out her clothes ready for the next day ( which she did religiously , come what may ) and then go to bed . |
| 8 | The 16-tonnes Shear Pack is the remotely controlled machine which cuts up fuel assemblies ready for the next stage in reprocessing , the chemical separation of the various elements . |
| 9 | Ticket prices are £7.50 but we have 10 pairs valid for the first day of the show ( Thursday 10 December ) to give away . |
| 10 | So the expected number of empty cells available for the second segment is zp i , and having removed one more vacant cell from the immediate vicinity , the third and each succeeding segment will have empty cells to choose from . |