Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposing , for simplicity , we are concerned only with two years , price this year should be determined by short-run marginal cost ( a view not endorsed by the 1967 White Paper — see section 4.4 ) , but investment plans for next year should be evaluated ( using net present value methods ) based upon long-run marginal costs . |
| 2 | In this case the disapproval has been registered with a $100 billion fall in the stockmarket value of healthcare companies since last summer — even as markets have headed towards new records . |
| 3 | ‘ The only way to resolve this problem is for the leadership to announce its intention to propose rule changes for next year 's party conference to introduce straight , undiluted one member , one vote for the selection of party candidates , ’ it added . |
| 4 | Information from secret intelligence sources indicated that Brigadier Jazali had reorganised his action squads after last autumn 's abortive attacks and was planning some new initiative . |
| 5 | To satisfy the general entry requirements for first degree and DipHE courses applicants must : |
| 6 | The Compendium of University Entrance Requirements for First Degree Courses in the UK |
| 7 | Designers everywhere are in broad agreement on the key colour and fabric choices for next autumn : bitter chocolate brown … and velvet in every possible variety — panne , printed , devore , even knitted chenille . |
| 8 | The increases were widely expected after the abolition of tax on new car purchases in last year 's Autumn Statement but were nonetheless condemned by the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club . |
| 9 | ALMOST £3m needs to be spent on improving obsolete heating in Middlesbrough council houses by next year . |
| 10 | The Core Rules and SRO third tier rules operate in an integrated way , for example , by the development of exceptions to the Core Rules in third tier rules . |
| 11 | It was extended to the remaining foundation subjects in Wales , and the core subjects in first year of key stage 4 , from September 1990 . |
| 12 | Together the two companies bid almost £53m to retain their 10 year broadcasting licences in last year 's franchise auction . |
| 13 | One involved the successful launch of its cookery book , Cooking to Please , and the other was because it won the contract to provide in-house catering to the main council sites for second time . |
| 14 | During July and August I propagate my strawberry plants for next year 's crops . |
| 15 | Sotheby 's figures for the same period were close to Christie 's but registered a drop in dollar terms on last year 's autumn period : worldwide auction sales for 1992 of $1.125 billion ( £674 million ) with September to December sales at $495.4 million ( £318 million ) . |
| 16 | The convention laid down provisions for Third World states to benefit from technology transfer and financial aid to help them preserve key areas , and , most controversially , it provided for compensation payments to Third World states in return for extraction of genetic resources ( seen as referring in particular to the exploitation of the gene bank of tropical forests by biotechnology companies ) . |
| 17 | At Roissy airport , near Paris , the customs officers have refused to check cargo flights since last week . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the Sandgrounders are not anticipating major problems over players ' work commitments for next season 's longer trips in the Conference . |
| 19 | The Scottish Office ex-tended the powers of the institution to award degrees , which it won only last year , so that it will be able to run Masters degree courses from next month . |
| 20 | Sun Microsystems Inc last week officially launched its Sparc Technology Business ( STB ) unit to peddle licences to Sun 's own silicon and system designs ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 21 | Sun Microsystems Inc last week officially launched its Sparc Technology Business unit to peddle licences to Sun 's own silicon and system designs . |
| 22 | Sun Microsystems Inc last week launched its SunSelect and SunConnect satellites in Europe , using existing offices in the UK and France as base . |
| 23 | ‘ Unfortunately , ’ the midwifery speaker told us , ‘ we do n't have facilities in our district for home births for first time mums . ’ |
| 24 | Moves to ban waste shipments to Third World countries blocked |
| 25 | If there was general agreement , he could ask for a suspension of Anglo-Irish conference meetings from next month , beginning talks before the summer recess . |
| 26 | Items must be posted at post office counters in advance of latest recommended posting times for next working day delivery . |
| 27 | Groups of 10 or more , 20% off Stalls and Upper Circle seats for all evening performances except First Night and Saturday evenings . |
| 28 | They felt it offered no child care provisions , did not promise much for the unemployed and will mean a rise in fuel bills from next year . |
| 29 | He scored an impressive 14 out of 15 correct answers and scooped gift vouchers as first prize . |
| 30 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |