Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " At the beginning of 1881 no less than 84.7 per cent of former serfs had become owners of their allotments " . |
| 2 | This was a portent of future events , and for the Coronation of 1902 no less than twenty-five trams were decorated ( see p. 38 ) , illuminations being added in the evening while the cars were in service . |
| 3 | Something like ooh nine out of ten maybe more than that perhaps ninety five out of every hundred words that you write down are okay they 're spelt correctly it 's just the awkward ones . |
| 4 | Similar courses were provided for Hoffman Manufacturing Company , Chelmsford , from spring 1957 and for English Electric at Stevenage from autumn 1958 ; by the end of 1961 no less than eight firms were on the list , among them De Havilland , Imperial Chemical Industries and International Computers and Tabulators . |
| 5 | ‘ … on a piece of ground 3 feet long and 2 feet wide , dug and cleared , and where there could be no choking from other plants , I marked all the seedlings of our native weeds as they came up , and out of 357 no less than 295 were destroyed , chiefly by slugs and insects . |
| 6 | If your army includes six to ten Trolls these may be organised into either one unit or into two as near as possible equally sized units . |
| 7 | If your army includes six to ten Snotling bases these may be organised into either one unit or into two as near as possible equally sized units . |
| 8 | During 1845 no less than £45 : 0s. : 0d. was spent on slating and floor flagging at the Forge Cottages , which suggests the ground floors might originally have been earth — common enough . |
| 9 | Of the eleven families who had more than one member holding land in 1575 no less than nine were still in the village in the eighteenth century . |
| 10 | Twelve subjects were individually given a four-consonant sequence and an arbitrary number to count backwards from in threes as fast as they could before they were given the signal . |
| 11 | Happily attempts are being made to change the colts qualifying date to September 1st from 1993 onwards rather than the anomalous January 1st which has for years disrupted team building by splitting units established over the years on the September date . |
| 12 | In 1984 rather more than forty per cent of the total land area of England and Wales had been defined by local planning authorities as being within an area of special control . |
| 13 | Islam is also the most recent as it only began in 612 A.D. Even though this religion is different from others it still has the common belief in good that all religions have . |
| 14 | Every member of the club , from its formation back in 1721 right up until the present day , is forced to write his name in the book . |
| 15 | He embalmed a child in 1717 so skilfully that he deceived Peter the Great , who thought the infant was alive yet in a state of normal repose . |
| 16 | In 1988 slightly more than 82 per cent of employed women worked in service industries as compared with 57.5 per cent of employed men . |
| 17 | There 'll be overnight work taking place in that area , both ways between junctions fourteen and fifteen , Heathrow and the M four , that 's between nine pm tonight and six am tomorrow morning ; there 'll be outside lane closures for lighting repairs . |
| 18 | The crucial matter , of course , is to open the doors to 92 as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope I can get to 432 soon so that the batting and bowling records can be India 's exclusively for a while before AB gets past Sunny . ’ |
| 20 | The new deal says that the number of hours worked , as opposed to those on duty , should be reduced to 60 as soon as practicable . |
| 21 | Despite a large helping of hokum , Warlock ( 15 Medusa 18 Oct ) makes the supernatural transition from 1691 to 1988 fairly successfully and with a touch or two of knowing humour . |
| 22 | of perhaps my characteristics cos I tend to go in to work at eight o'clock just before I write any more in and I do have to clear everything before I even start the day . |
| 23 | The notice of the Portadown Methodist Watchnight Service for 31 December 1848 is worth quoting in full : ‘ You are affectionately invited to attend the above service which will be held in the Portadown Wesleyan Chapel in Thomas Street on Sunday , 31st December 1848 , to commence at 10 o'clock p.m. and to continue till the commencement of the New Year . |
| 24 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 25 | The programmes of two Soirees are worth recording ; the one in October 1865 started with a Public Tea at 6 o'clock precisely and was followed by the Chairmans 's Address Duet T is the hour for music Mrs Baker & Miss Russell Song Scenes of Home Mr. Bate Address — Rev.J.McFadyen Song Auld Robin Gray Miss Russell Duet What are the Wild Waves Saying Mr Bate & Mrs Baker Address — Capt.J.C . |
| 26 | I think that the hon. Member for Huddersfield ( Mr. Sheerman ) is as pleased as I that the debate started at 7.15 pm rather than at 4.15 am . |
| 27 | So we had this agreement I would al arrive in a removal van just as assembly finished to start the lessons in the morning and then my removal man would come back and pick me up again at twelve o'clock so that I could then do the two-man jobs . |
| 28 | Went to bed at 8 p.m. tonight but ca n't get to sleep , never mind dream . |
| 29 | Europe 's problems began to surface at 2.30 pm precisely when the unfortunate Howard Clark , one of the heroes of the evening before , was thrashed to the tune of 8 & 7 by Tom Kite . |
| 30 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |