Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight clubs tied to an electronic stadium advertising deal stymied Bass and the rump of 14 are concerned at the influence of an elite eight . |
| 2 | The rest of the journey , not least an eight hour wait for a connection in Los Angeles , was not , I have to admit , so memorable or pleasing . |
| 3 | So eleven minutes remaining plus a little bit of injury time , it 's still Spurs three , Oxford United one , United go forward , a chip forward there by Simpson . |
| 4 | So eleven minutes remaining plus a little bit of injury time , it 's still Spurs three , Oxford United one ; United go forward , a chip forward there by Simpson , there 's a chance for Martin Foyle , Martin Foyle — and he 's scored . |
| 5 | For instance , restriction of the opportunity for reproduction in Drosophila to 3–6-day-old flies for 120 generations resulted in a fall in the late but not the early-life fecundity of females in these ’ r' lines relative to that of females of ’ K' lines where adults of any age could breed . |
| 6 | The corresponding 1991 figure showed 500 buy-outs completed at a cost of £2.6 billion . |
| 7 | It 's only when you choose the eight fonts to use on a particular worksheet that the impressive range of fonts available becomes apparent |
| 8 | Eight states agreed on a unified command of general-purpose armed forces for a transitional period of two years . |
| 9 | Castleford rallied quickly however , and a third try in eight minutes arrived after a mistake under a high kick by Chris Bibb . |
| 10 | The hubbub outside comes not from the picturesque traders of the bazaar but from some 500 fans pleading for a glimpse of their idol . |
| 11 | The spider may wait for developments sitting in the centre of the web or she may retreat to the side and lurk there with one of her eight legs resting on a cue-line through which she will feel movements in the trap . |
| 12 | ‘ I know definitely — I 've phoned Freiburg police HQ — they 've a list of the registration numbers of the eight cars involved from a radio car on the spot . |
| 13 | The 1980 pictures looked like a stacked combination of flat images . |
| 14 | These connect with eight semi-roundels bordered by an octagonal band . |
| 15 | The scientists measured concentrations of CFC-11 and CFC-12 , the two most important ozone destroyers , at locations in both the northern and southern hemispheres and found that the growth rate for CFC-11 concentrations dropped from an annual average of 11 parts per trillion from 1985-88 to 3 parts per trillion in 1993 . |
| 16 | In Scotland , there are 580,000 homes consisting of a single adult over 16 . |
| 17 | On Aug. 2 Baker met with a Palestinian delegation in East Jerusalem led by Faisal al-Husseini , who was widely regarded as the unofficial PLO representative in Jerusalem . |
| 18 | Then you spend another 30 minutes sitting in a car , bus or train on the way to work . |
| 19 | Anyhow … the feeling in the water continued to indicate the away win , and the clincher ( for me ) was seeing 2 magpies sitting on a street light on the way . |
| 20 | It has been shown , for example , that taking antacids is associated with a rise in serum gastrin provided that alkalisation occurs , and that chronic acid inhibition with H 2 antagonists leads to a rise in serum gastrin in both rats and humans . |
| 21 | Mr Owen-Jones said it had been a particularly difficult year in Britain where sales had fallen 12 p.c. compared with a worldwide increase of 10 p.c . |
| 22 | Cleveland 's total bill for school vandalism over the last 12 months rocketed after an arson attack on Greengates School , Redcar , when £800,000 worth of damage was caused . |
| 23 | 30 per cent of those invited to an advisory interview after 12 months to start on a Jobplan workshop |
| 24 | A new era of austerity starts in April 1994 , and the next 12 months looks like an all-too-brief inter-regnum in which the economy is being given a chance to grow again before the tax blows begin to fall . |
| 25 | Mary Queen of Scots chose black morocco emblazoned with the royal lion of Scotland ; the French statesman Jean Baptiste Colbert had his 50,000 books bound in a morocco specially imported by treaty with the Sultan of Morocco ; one of the d'Urfe family opted for green velvet for his library of four thousand ; Madame du Deffand , friend of Voltaire and Horace Walpole ( to whom she left the care of her dog Tonton ) , endeavoured to immortalise her cat by using a gold stamp of it on the spines of her books ; the three daughters of Louis V each had her own colour with the fleur-de-lis in the centre of each cover — Adelaide red , Victoire olive green and Sophie citron . |
| 26 | 2 Bedrooms equipped for a maximum of three persons . |
| 27 | In 1323–5 Ramsey worked as a mason at St Stephen 's chapel in Westminster Palace , but seems to have been identical with the Master William de Ramesseye in charge of works at Norwich Cathedral in 1326–31 . |
| 28 | Around 1560 Millbottom consisted of a corn mill under the control of a Stroud clothier , William Webb . |
| 29 | He 's spent 30 years working as a teacher , but always wanted to earn a living as a painter . |
| 30 | In May 1984 and in March 1985 Sihanouk called for a neutralised Kampuchea with an international peacekeeping force guaranteed by the superpowers , ASEAN , Vietnam or Australia/New Zealand . |