Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 2 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 3 | As you gain experience and begin to think about a first cross-country , local soaring provides a golden opportunity to check the compass for large errors and to get some practice at turning on to definite headings . |
| 4 | If you do go to a second investment advisor and John may well advise to do so . |
| 5 | If , as a returner , you prefer to remain as a second level nurse , there should be no problem in obtaining a place on a re-entry programme . |
| 6 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 7 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 8 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 9 | In the past six years , living standards in Côte d'Ivoire , the CFA 's giant , have dropped by a third . |
| 10 | Labour MP Terry Lewis , who sponsored the Bill , says it 's been successful in New South Wales , Australia , where alcohol related accidents have dropped by a third . |
| 11 | In the Czechoslovakian town of Bratislava , cancers have risen by a third , heart complaints by 40 per cent , infant mortality by two-thirds and miscarriages by half since 1970 , thanks to deadly air pollutants from nearby industries . |
| 12 | Spanish-speakers have grown from a third of Dade County 's people to just over a half . |
| 13 | Mr Bishko says sales volumes need to rise by a fifth or a quarter for the US operation to break even , and more stores will be needed before it makes a satisfactory profit . |
| 14 | Going Rates In recent years most SCE entrants have attained grades A , A , A , B , B or better and have returned for a sixth year at school . |