Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1965 he argued the case for maintaining two separate sectors , without automatic movement ‘ upwards ’ from one to the other . |
| 2 | The Council would be responsible for naming nine regional councils , each comprising three members including one opposition member . |
| 3 | Half the £21m it intends to raise is earmarked for opening 15 new Poundstretcher stores this year and a further 45 in 1994 . |
| 4 | President-for-life Imelda Marcos yesterday dedicated a new statue of her late husband , the former president-for-life , and announced , after singing twenty-eight patriotic songs to the assembled multitudes , that she would set in motion a new scheme to clear up the streets of the city by personally firing the first bullet . |
| 5 | COMPANY boss Vic Barrett was slugged with a £140 bill after ordering four large brandies in a Chinese restaurant . |
| 6 | The result is arrived at after balancing three different types of factor : the individual interest at issue ; the benefits to be derived from added procedural safeguards ; and the costs to the administration , both direct and indirect , of complying with those procedural requirements . |
| 7 | Quite obviously , the examples constitute extreme types , but , as Newtown full back Alfonso Clark , part of a family of nine , put it , after describing two similar cases : ‘ There 's nothing in between ; it 's all or nothing from West Indian families ’ ( he was from Nevis ) . |
| 8 | Mary Read closed the school after providing one final line-up in the Princetown Follies in 1935 . |
| 9 | After attending two preparatory schools , he was admitted as a scholar to Winchester College in 1752 . |
| 10 | After questioning 600 non-information technology senior executives and 90 information technology ones in the UK , researcher Graham Browne concluded that hardware maintenance is not the low growth service that people previously thought it was . |
| 11 | After questioning 600 non-information technology directors and 1,200 information technology ones , Graham Browne of market research group International Data Corp , concluded that , unless the Government goes down the facilities management path — which he believes is questionable — the UK market is unlikely to experience the 30% per annum growth rate generally forecast . |
| 12 | Again it was the auto industry that led the way in the early Fifties after suffering two costly setbacks . |
| 13 | Richard Dunwoody , who rides Brown Windsor , was lucky not to join those on the sidelines after suffering three nasty falls yesterday . |
| 14 | After doing three partial water changes with mature tap water ( pH 7.2 ) I still could n't get a reading of over 6 in the Discus tank . |
| 15 | Sarah , 19 , had gone home for Christmas after spending three lonely months at Surrey University . |
| 16 | After conceding two quick strikes , Clark fouled off four pitches in a row before blasting the next into centre field . |
| 17 | Taylor fell for 2 , then the small , balding right-hander Phillips , after collecting two streaky boundaries , fell to Prabhakar for 8 . |
| 18 | A MAN was stabbed in the stomach yesterday after chasing two suspected car thieves . |
| 19 | David Giles gained a deserved reputation among Palace fans after playing three superb games for Swansea City against us in the FA Cup 3rd round in January 1980 but , having joined us eighteen months later , he lacked the sparkle that had been so evident then . |
| 20 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 21 | Powell and Pressburger could n't find the stories that expressed what they wanted to say to a contemporary audience , Reed suffered a loss of nerve after making two exceptional films with Graham Greene ( Fallen Idol and The Third Man ) . |
| 22 | Crenshaw , long regarded as one of the finest putters golf has seen , moved in front of Davis Love with a three-under-69 after making three critical putts each from about 15 feet near the end of his round . |
| 23 | ‘ I sometimes wonder ’ he said , ‘ how some of the team will react after winning four successive championships . ’ |
| 24 | When he was seventeen he lost his driving licence after receiving 27 speeding summonses . |
| 25 | Errol has been handed a three-game ban by the Ulster Branch 's Disciplinary Committee , after receiving three yellow cards during the season — but because his club have finished their programme , the ban wo n't take effect until the start of next season . |
| 26 | TESSA SANDERSON kissed the javelin goodbye yesterday — after throwing one final jibe at arch rival Fatima Whitbread . |
| 27 | A pensioner has been robbed at gunpoint after confronting two masked men who 'd broken into her home . |
| 28 | Lowe Howard-Spink will launch Carlton Television will launch Carlton Television to the UK public after beating six other agencies to the £3.5m account . |
| 29 | MUGGER Michael Watson , jailed for five years after attacking three elderly women , has been disowned by his parents . |
| 30 | Williams had received the George Medal for saving three young children who were taken hostage during a bank robbery . |