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

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1 At this point we suggest a 15–10 minute discussion of infant behaviour problems .
2 But the logic of the report was that we provide a two tier service [ new general hospital wards , old asylum services ] .
3 But the Samaritans — who provide a 24 hour service — do know the pain that goes on and they are trying to help .
4 We recruit junior pursers who undergo a three month training programme aboard one of our cruise ships .
5 ‘ I want a fifteen hundredweight truck to the Officers ' Mess immediately . ’
6 Good we 're doing family things today we had erm we had why these hard times are making the families pull closer together on earlier on and we 're all er looking after each other a lot more so I want a thirty seconds worth of family things today for Loot at Lunchtime .
7 You want a '90s beach buggy ?
8 They want a two tier health service and they 're working towards a two tier health services .
9 You only want a three piece suite and carpet .
10 Meanwhile the Bird 's want a 6 figure settlement .
11 Er , we keep meaning look at certain things report a eight hour week , including overtime , have a record period of four months and then the filing industry take it away , the work is seasonal .
12 Build a CLI command file in : RAM.0 for later execution .
13 Say six ohms on each of these in parallel and two ohms there and that 's say a twelve volt battery erm could you work out the current in that resistor ?
14 Erm this gives an average over say a five year period of about a hundred and forty nine dwellings per annum , if you if you divide that by the household er estimate of something like two point five household size , which is the current sort of level in Cleveland .
15 Most people prefer to collect their armies in blocks of a thousand or five hundred points , starting with say a thousand point core force and adding five hundred points at a time after that .
16 Experts say a forty foot crack in a medieval transept wall could have led to disaster .
17 And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ?
18 Butter a 2½–3 pt pudding basin and a circle of greaseproof paper to cover it .
19 Butter a 3 pt pudding basin and a circle of greaseproof paper to cover it .
20 Butter a 2 pt pudding basin and a circle of greaseproof paper to cover it .
21 Butter a 2 pt pudding basin and a circle of greaseproof paper to cover it .
22 I earn a 5 figure salary and have three houses .
23 And if she got half a pig 's head she used to cut the pig 's head in half and used to use the top half , and that was where the ears was , and everything , boil it until all all the meat dropped off and then she used to put in er a big basin , scrumple it up in her fingers , put some of the juice in , and put a seven pound weight on it , and a saucer , and make brawn .
24 These were in addition to the eleven then occupied by the lessees oil a 21 year term at a gross rental of £27 : 10s. a year .
25 Goblins with nets receive a +1 initiative bonus and so always attack before club-armed Goblins .
26 Goblins using a prodder receive a +1 strength bonus because the prodder is so big and heavy .
27 Club-armed Goblins receive a +1 strength bonus and so count as having a strength of 4 .
28 Local police authorities receive a 50 per-cent grant in respect of police services and Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Constabulary checks the efficiency with which the service is provided .
29 Tonight we hold a twelve race meeting starting at seven thirty pm .
30 Imagine a 100 metres runner finding bricks and potholes in his lane when all the other lanes are normal . ’
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