Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eight cases withdrawn so far , is n't it ? ’ |
| 2 | More than 120 authorities do twice as well as that with uncollected rent less than half the level in Bolsover . |
| 3 | In a trench to his rear that he had ordered to be abandoned the previous night , eight shells burst almost simultaneously . |
| 4 | The idea of the event was that 12 teams of people , most of them dressed up as rare animals , had 12 hours to get as far as possible without using any money . |
| 5 | Design a colour-coordinated room , grow plants in it , or put up a bookshelf to help those 300 hours pass more quickly ! |
| 6 | There is no reliable estimate of abundance for the franciscana , although the incidental gill-net kill of tens of thousands of dolphins over the last 30 years has undoubtedly significantly reduced the total population . |
| 7 | Following announcement of the settlement , the government admitted that it had blundered in its handling of the affair , and on Oct. 30 Antall went so far as to suggest to parliament that he should resign ( no formal resignation offer was made , however ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I would have thought with 50,000 men training already under General Richardson to fight for Northern Ireland there was a place for a fine young Ulsterman like you . ’ |
| 9 | To be sure there was still a strong response opposing Enoch Powell 's call for repatriation , from all shades of political opinion , but the racialization of public debate about the 1985 riots went much further than 1980–1 . |
| 10 | Fifteen years ago the Renault 12 lookalike needed just over six litres to cover 60 miles the current model drinks seven . |
| 11 | Significantly , the 8 top-scoring strategies were the very same 8 nice strategies , the 7 nasties trailing well behind . |
| 12 | SustainAbility was born , to spawn the Green Consumer Guide ( 300,000 copies sold so far in the UK ) ; the consultancy , offering environmental audits of business resources ; and of course ; success . |
| 13 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 14 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 15 | In 1757 Postlethwayt went so far as to argue that the national debt had had the effect of transferring property to the " money-mongers " at such a pace that , " Since our debts have taken place , not near one tenth of the land of England is possessed by the posterity or heirs of those who possessed it at the Revolution . " |
| 16 | It stated that " six to 10 aircraft remained there temporarily " . |
| 17 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 18 | We currently have some 2,690 overseas students from around 100 countries studying alongside nearly 12,600 students from the UK . |
| 19 | Nineteen companies have so far agreed to sign contracts with the government agreeing to fixed objectives . |
| 20 | In the end all six planes came together more or less head-on . |
| 21 | British public libraries have in the past 10 years diversified very considerably by providing their public with access to a variety of non-book materials . |
| 22 | As will be seen from the six volumes produced so far and — no doubt — their successors , many ( not all ) of the winning entrants use econometrics to establish that advertising is responsible for a specific sales effect ( or part of it ) . |
| 23 | Usually only two out of 10 classes get that far . |
| 24 | It seems that even the 081/071 switch-over went seamlessly well owing to Richard and his expert ease as writer/director . |
| 25 | From the Second World War onwards the top 100 firms became even more dominant : by 1970 they produced 45% of total output . |
| 26 | With only four weeks of the season remaining , 10 people have so far been killed in avalanches in Switzerland against the national average of 37 during the winter months . |
| 27 | This year she reported further progress : 100 people have so far registered to take an NVQ ; 18 people have achieved a full qualification or certificates in units ; and there were 92 trained NVQ assessors . |
| 28 | A quick breakdown of the routes in the guide is a good way to end , for the 100 routes split almost exactly into quarters : V. Diff to VS , HVS to E1 , E2/3 and E4 and above . |
| 29 | The thirteen men moved closer together as they rode on . |
| 30 | Edward Shils contended that " pluralistic politics ' was " marked … by the moderation of political involvement " , and prohibited emotional intensity " .37 Others went further still , and suggested that political apathy might " reflect the health of democracy " ( Lipset ) , or praised it as " a more or less effective counter-force to the fanatics who constitute the real danger to liberal democracy " . |