Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was a matter of concern , she said , that no money was included in the council 's 1993/94 budget to continue the six units , at Bangor , Deganwy , Caernarfon , Llangefni , Pwllheli and Blaenau Ffestiniog , beyond August .
2 Noades stormed out after eight clubs blocked the proposed £13million Bass sponsorship deal and six other club representatives followed him .
3 But in 1986 Virani sold the little beer-maker for £25 million — only to buy it back again in 1988 for £8 million less .
4 There is redundant data-ink : each column repeats its one datum at least eight times counting the three visible verticals , the four sides of the top , and the height of each column 's shading .
5 In September 1861 Valuev wrote a long paper on the progress of emancipation which concluded by acknowledging that " Sometimes the need arises to legitimize things which have not been and could not have been envisaged by a law " .
6 He scored twice in the closing eight minutes to force a 4-4 draw , a result which helped the Paisley men increase their lead at the top of the table to two points .
7 The 1980 WIRS contained an identical question on the use of fixed-term contract workers as did the 1984 survey ( the question on the use of agency workers was not consistent ) .
8 The recipes do n't actually tell the adventurers what the potions do , of course ( although an Alchemist among the adventurers is allowed an Int test with a +20 bonus to guess the general nature of the effects ) , but they are worth 150 GCs apiece to an alchemist .
9 Only eight districts had a computerised information system that incorporated information from assessments .
10 Addition of expression vector containing the B-cell derived oct-2 cDNA led to transcriptional activation ( Fig. 4b , lane 2 and 3 , for amount of Oct-2 protein see the respective lanes in Fig. 4c ) .
11 Eight opposition partiescalled a general strike on Nov. 22 to protest against the government 's announcement on Nov. 5 that the country 's first democratic elections , originally set for the end of November , were being postponed until April 27 , 1993
12 In 1971 Hick published a longer account of his own ideas in Arguments for the Existence of God .
13 How many pears can I buy for £1.08 if 70 almonds cost the same as 50 chestnuts , 48 chestnuts cost the same as one pomegranate , 18 pomegranates cost the same as 28 lemons , 10 lemons cost the same as 25 pears , and 108 almonds cost 9p ?
14 In 1755 Bach made a decisive break with the inward-looking Lutheran traditions of his forebears by travelling to Italy , possibly in the company of an Italian lady singer , where he took counterpoint lessons with Padre Martini in Bologna , composed several Roman Catholic church works , and secured a Milanese patron , Count Agostino Litta , through whose efforts he became ‘ second organist ’ at Milan cathedral in 1760 .
15 For the first time since it was shown at the Berlin Secession in 1902 , the National Gallery has reconstructed Edvard Munch 's ‘ The Frieze of Life ’ ( until 7 February 1993 ) , a loose association of forty or fifty pictures illustrating the important and highly autobiographical themes of love , anxiety and death , to which the artist makes a first reference in his correspondence in 1893 .
16 Fraser spent eleven months racing the British entry in last year 's America 's cup … his single-handed experience is rather less
17 In 1935 Humphrys left the public service and embarked on a career in the City .
18 Her nomination was selected from 18,000 entries to win the 11–15-year-old category .
19 NICK FALDO is 7-2 favourite to win the Million Dollar Challenge , which begins in Sun City today .
20 His new position reflected the fact that the SHP , now his coalition partner , included 22 deputies representing a Kurdish party , the People 's Labour Party ( HEP ) , which had had its official recognition withdrawn .
21 An educational programme had been done and 12 hours training every two years was required to keep the licence .
22 Aircrew who 'd served with one-one-five Squadron bid an emotional farewell to their base at RAF Benson .
23 In support of this suggestion the same workers ( Shattil et al , 1977 ) found that platelets from patients with Type 2 hyperlipoproteinaemia had a higher cholesterol/phospholipid ratio and other workers have found an elevated platelet-free cholesterol in patients with the same condition ( Miettinen , 1974 ) .
24 2 Jim catches a 1⅗ Snapper and his father catches a 3½kg Snapper .
25 Nine cases have over one-half ( 52 per cent ) of the total coverage , while the remaining 105 cases contribute the other one-half .
26 Before starting the study , pressures were recorded for 30 minutes to check the correct functioning of the recording system and to allow the subjects to accommodate to the catheters .
27 Guinness Publishing Built on the success of the world famous Guinness Book of Records , Guinness Publishing today boasts a list of over 140 titles covering an extensive range of subjects .
28 Chapter 2 attempts to demonstrate the specific appeal of formal labourism by examining the construction of political discourses around the working class .
29 My Lords , er , er , er no doubt that all of your Lordships have throughout the last hour and forty minutes felt a great deal of sympathy with the Noble Earl Lord
30 Well it 'll take twenty minutes to get here and it 'll take about forty minutes to get the other way .
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