Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Sweden more than doubled its crop area between 1840 and 1880 , Italy and Denmark expanded it by more than half , Russia , Germany and Hungary by about a third .
2 You would never guess it , she is so modest , but she knows more than anyone else in England on how the eighteenth century reader regarded Scandinavia … .
3 The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years .
4 Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham .
5 We left Trier at 9.00am the next day .
6 The Peugeot Parts Promise guarantees that the parts the dealer orders to complete a job will be delivered from the company 's central warehouse to any dealer in mainland Britain by 8am the next morning .
7 Files from Warrington , for example , were sent to Glasgow for only a sixth of the cost by road .
8 The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years .
9 They took the lead through David Reeves in only the fifth minute .
10 Crime such as theft from cars and cars themslves , has rocketed in Gloucestershire by almost a third ; up so much that detectives ca n't cope .
  Next page