Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the company seems to have lost its way of late — even Mr Sugar is on record as saying he has little idea of where the next 1512 is going to come from . |
| 2 | The strong smell of damp and cats gave a quick explanation of why the first two floors of the building were uninhabited . |
| 3 | From 1953 to 1964 we built up that factory into perhaps the second largest of its kind in the world and certainly the largest and best in Europe . |
| 4 | In only the second three set match so far for Bates , Norfolk 's Bailey , fully recovered from a knee operation which almost severed his career when ranked at 124 back in 1990 , produced the strongest challenge yet . |
| 5 | In only the last two years I 've noticed that more people are being drawn to the hills in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Startlingly bold as this idea is , the arguments for it were initially contained in just the first thirty-three short sections of the Principles . |
| 7 | … and how many flats have gone to blacks in just the last few years ? |
| 8 | In almost the first 12 months the locomotive is back together again in one piece although some parts had been re-engineered and considerably altered so that the whole locomotive would take on the appearance of its British counterparts . |
| 9 | Worrell averaged 83 with the bat , leading his team to only the fourth 5–0 clean sweep in Test history . |
| 10 | Ideas about the structure of glass date back 50 years or more to when the first diffuse X-ray scattering measurements on the material were being made a by B. E. Warren and others . |
| 11 | I think we shall have to look at just the last two years . ’ |
| 12 | A theory which , in its classic form , gives a pretty positive answer to at least the first two of these questions is utilitarianism . |
| 13 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 14 | Evacuation , and the revelations associated with it , ‘ dominated social policy for at least the first nine months of the war ’ and ‘ aroused the conscience of the nation ’ , leading to a much wider debate on the condition of the people . |
| 15 | Do not give the child eggs , fish , chocolate , wheat , oranges , peanuts or other nuts for at least the first six months , and preferably for the first year of life . |
| 16 | For known diabetics the blood glucose can be rechecked four-hourly for at least the first 48 hours . |
| 17 | These had to be answered , and answered well — or at least the first ten or so did — because the original questioner and other MPs were allowed to ask supplementary questions . |
| 18 | In any case , ministerial training continues on a less formal and standardised basis for at least the first three years after ordination , in the context of one or more curacies . |
| 19 | According to Inland Revenue estimates for England some 500,000 businesses , mainly in the South and West , will see their rates bills rise by 20 per cent in real terms for at least the next two years . |
| 20 | Issues , topics and solutions relevant for at least the next two decades of practice . |
| 21 | And to the east there are vast reserves of coal to supply fuel for at least the next 200 years . |
| 22 | It is clear that LRT is planning regular increases above the rate of inflation for at least the next five years . |
| 23 | And ITN 's position as monopoly supplier of news to the Channel 3 stations ( current or future ) is assured for at least the next five , and probably 10 , years . |
| 24 | The man who hails himself as the ‘ comeback kid ’ will be with us all for at least the next four years . |
| 25 | One tape unit will be required to run this procedure , together with at least the next sequential NEWOED tape . |
| 26 | The three teams relegated to the Alliance League will be guaranteed cash hand-outs from central funds for at least the next three years . |
| 27 | In 1826 she was joined by her sisters-in-law , Sarah and Ann , who had just lost their mother ; the poor relief ‘ Extras ’ list granted them 1s. or 18d. a week for at least the next three years . |
| 28 | Although Sun has re-iterated that it wo n't be doing a 64-bit Sparc implementation itself for at least the next three years — ‘ there is no need for it yet ’ ( UX No 376 ) — the company is seeking to define the space in which some are already working — Hal Computer Systems Inc for one . |
| 29 | However , the timetable may be hampered as the Government intends a dramatic slow-down nationally in the growth of student recruiting over at least the next three years . |
| 30 | The relief organisations are now preparing to house and feed a constant population of well over a hundred thousand every day for at least the next three months . |