Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 2 | Latinos account for a third of its 9m odd residents . |
| 3 | Currently , hydrocarbons account for a third of Norway 's gross exports , 15 per cent of revenue and 17 per cent of Gross National Product . |
| 4 | When it is the first day , put your hands down while we 're ex while I 'm explaining this , when you say when it 's the first day of any month whether it 's the first of February or the first of April or the first of December , instead of say you say this word you say for the first of the month |
| 5 | Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system . |
| 6 | The other one was that they would be th the direct debit re-present on the first of April would be running one day late erm which , as a consequence , means that the recall re-presents would come back one day late . |
| 7 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |
| 8 | ‘ It has n't been made public , but the kidnappers have said they 'll kill the girl if they do n't have what they want by the eleventh of October . ’ |
| 9 | The Austrian pulled away further with a third to Hunt 's fifth in Sweden to stretch hi lead to a mammoth 47 points . |
| 10 | Here we focus on the first of these . |
| 11 | In what follows we focus on the last of these — the possibility that debt finance may shift the burden by passing on a reduced capital stock — but the reader may like to consider the other two aspects . |
| 12 | On Tuesday , they embark on the first of their midweek league fixtures , at home to Alresford with a 6 p.m. kick-off . |
| 13 | As the curtain rises on the interior of The Boar ( Act One , scene two ) we embark on the first of four scenes in which Britten frames a rapidly foward-moving dramatic action with elements of an abstract and self-generating musical form . |
| 14 | Welcome to the first of our summer sporting specials . |
| 15 | Well might and wait till the second of July and get it all second hand . |
| 16 | Although he suggests that the three possibilities need not be mutually exclusive , Baker 's sympathies clearly lie with the last of these ; but many scientists still need convincing that man can make use of a built-in magnetic compass , even if he possesses one . |
| 17 | The County Planning Committee meet on the seventh of December to cons to consider British Coal application for colliery waste at Gascoigne Wood . |
| 18 | Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task . |
| 19 | … The horoscope in the Queen prophesies disaster for nearly everyone I know on the 16th of this month ( with the New Moon ) . |
| 20 | Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative . |
| 21 | Erm what would happen if I drive at a tenth of the speed ? |
| 22 | If I drive at a tenth of the speed , is it gon na take me longer or is it gon na take me is it gon na be quicker ? |
| 23 | If we pivot in the first of these , as indicated in the tableau , we obtain P3/T2 in which θ = θ . |
| 24 | The editors talk about the first of these , and present the volume as a contribution to the necessary project of challenging theory . |
| 25 | And these conditions apply from the first of April of this year . |
| 26 | Their Lordships turn to the first of the orders under appeal , namely the order of Barnett J. refusing to overturn the decision of Judge Cameron not to grant a perpetual stay of the Barclays ( Asia ) prosecution . |
| 27 | I now turn to the third of my questions : what controls the whole system ? |
| 28 | Oh if that 's one 's five then they go to the next on e after that , which is seven . |
| 29 | And it demolished about I think about a third of what was in it . |
| 30 | Well I mean I quote from the nineteenth of November letter from the Parish Council , The Parish Council fully support the environmental recommendations from the District Council . |