Example sentences of "[art] [num] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’
2 Hair apparently benefited : of the 120 volunteers a total of 37 stated that the condition of their hair had actually improved whilst almost all the remainder reported no deterioration whatsoever .
3 By s. 4 of the 1986 Act a disqualification order may be made by the court in the course of winding up a company , if it appears that the person :
4 By the 1780s Bath and Bristol as well as London were the receivers , via Exeter , of the 500 vanloads a year which were sent from Brixham in Devon .
5 Born in South Shields , Scott was one of the 12 months a year men who played League football and County cricket .
6 The demise of the 12 months a year man is due mainly to the extra pressure , and greater financial rewards , in both sports .
7 It is this potential for mobilizing worker commitment to change which makes the 1985 agreement a land-mark in Ford 's industrial relations and work organization .
8 Will the Chancellor of the Duchy reconsider his decision and pay a visit to the north-west , especially so that he can meet the 800 people a week who have lost their job since this time last year as a result of the Government 's policies ?
9 It worked out at the 10s 0d a week 7pension .
10 Still to come : the oil price tops the forty dollars a barrel mark and a support centre is set up for women who 've had to leave their husbands hostages in Kuwait .
11 The busy physician points out that he makes many more night visits than the six calls a week he puts in a £270 claim for .
12 Could we have people to pay the six pound a night and erm you know a hundred and forty four to start with and just ask people to pay the six pound a night anyway and just get as much back as we can ?
13 Could we have people to pay the six pound a night and erm you know a hundred and forty four to start with and just ask people to pay the six pound a night anyway and just get as much back as we can ?
14 There 's one young I work with who ca n't afford to be a member of Clydebank football , Ladies , Women 's Football Club , she 's seventeen , she 's on bridging allowance , she has n't got the money to pay the , the six pound a week it would cost her !
15 Well how do young boys manage to find the six quid a week it takes
16 She spoke recently of the strain of the six days a week work schedule that she said had left her shattered .
17 Betacom is giving each of the six finalists a Betacom Venture cordless telephone ( £79.99 ) .
18 But the makers of the Jolly Roger ales believe they can find customers for the 100 barrels a week they soon hope to produce .
19 Last year 's Budget gave tax relief on training fees — a boost to the 250,000 people a year who finance their own training .
20 Left : Potgietersrus Platinums , the 200,000 ton a month open pit platinum mine was opened on 3 September 1993 .
21 Hainge maintains he does n't make any special preparations for visitors apart from the three hours a week that he puts in routinely .
22 IT 'S a myth that the three words a woman most likes to hear are ‘ I love you . ’
23 He eyed the three travellers a bit hesitantly .
24 Mr. Gilbert deliberately hung around at closing time to give the three men a chance to go away .
25 In the 1921 election a leaflet in support of the candidature of Kerrison argued that the Labour Party had been responsible for implementing the 1918 Act , providing home helps for poor mothers and supplying free milk in necessitous cases .
26 The 90 overs a day ruling is to be commended .
27 BSAC spokesman Kendal McDonald claims that this compares with the 35 fatalities a year associated with angling , 39 with boating , and 44 with swimming .
28 Tony Benn , who acknowledges that ‘ Jim Callaghan … ran the Cabinet with considerable skill ’ , brought to the 1976 Cabinet a set of Cabinet minutes from August 1931 ‘ in which exactly the same discussion took place … to remind them that there was a history in this matter ’ .
29 Oh I understood the eighty pounds a week anyway .
30 Under the 1987 Act a claim can be brought against the producer , the own-brander or the importer .
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