Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a time after his departure , the Abbey Mill site was run by William Rice and Co , and towards the end of its working life was running eight pairs of stones and producing its own electricity , using a water turbine and two of the remaining waterwheels . |
| 2 | In 1989 , Lithuania produced 512 000 t of sulphuric acid , 109 500 t of plastics and 14 400 t of chemical fibres and thread . |
| 3 | The orphans will be able to enjoy the marvellous countryside and 75 acres of grounds and sporting facilities . |
| 4 | Surrounding the farm area were some eight acres of yards and corrals , suitable for sheep and cattle . |
| 5 | By 1900 the works covered an area of 31 acres with 500 acres of quarries and a fleet of 30 sailing barges . |
| 6 | The security forces had seized 130 firearms , some 10,000 rounds of ammunition and approximately 32,500 lbs of explosives and bomb-making equipment . |
| 7 | 130 firearms , around 10,000 rounds of ammunition and approximately 32,500 lbs of explosives and bomb-making material seized already this year . |
| 8 | He averages 70 covers on weekdays and doubles that number on weekends . |
| 9 | His new seven storey mill was built to house 12 pairs of stones as well as fairly advanced cleaning and dressing machinery . |
| 10 | The gallant Lanc had flown over 800 hours on operations and had dropped around 500 tons of bombs , as well as many more flying hours on air tests and cross-countries . |
| 11 | One writer , who has covered the Royal Family for 12 years , said : ‘ In 30 minutes of speeches and toasts , not once did they look at each other . ’ |
| 12 | Dodman , who ran the Smithy View garage in Wrexham , paid £4,000 for 30 cases of spirits and 85,000 cigarettes , believed to be worth around £8,000 . |
| 13 | Dodman , who runs the Smithy View garage in Wrexham , paid £4,000 for 30 cases of spirits and 85,000 cigarettes , believed to be worth around £8,000 . |
| 14 | Then came a battle over a fine tooth comb among the ladies who had lice in their hair ; this ended at forty-five shillings amid tears and despair . |
| 15 | TYCOON Peter de Savary has sold 300 acres of mudflats and salt marsh at Hayle , Cornwall , to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds for £1 . |
| 16 | Up to 50,000 heads of households and their families would fall into one of four categories of eligibility for full British citizenship : there would be a general allocation for 36,200 people and additional allocations for key entrepreneurs ( 500 ) ; disciplined services ( 7,000 ) ; and sensitive services ( 6,300 ) . |
| 17 | More than 140 acres of gardens and theme park have been created for a summer 's bloom on the debris of the industrial revolution . |
| 18 | The recommended maximum weekly intake of alcohol is twenty-one units for men and fourteen units for women . |
| 19 | In the run-up to the country 's first multiparty elections for 43 years , scheduled for March 25 , the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) was shaken by revelations during January that the Interior Ministry 's security police had not stopped covert surveillance of the activities of opposition politicians , despite the enactment during the past 12 months of laws and constitutional amendments creating a multiparty system [ see pp. 36399 ; 36960-61 ] . |
| 20 | It will rely on 1,500 consultants in 30 countries in groups that include Management Consulting for Business Transformation and Information Technology Strategy & Planning ; Functional Consulting for Application Development ; an Industrial Sector ; and Technology Consulting , IBM noted . |
| 21 | The equivalent of 2 pints of beer , 2 doubles of spirits or 4 glasses of wine is probably the maximum that can be safely drunk regularly — and women 's bodies tolerate less than men 's . |
| 22 | The loss of bone mass is recognised as a universal characteristic of ageing — beginning at around 30 years in women and 50 in men — although there are wide differences in the amount and rate of loss . |
| 23 | The New York based CPJ documented 66 deaths and 1,264 attacks on journalists and news media in 100 countries . |
| 24 | This first edition consisted of 12 pages of introduction , 12 pages of tables and 18 pages of index . |
| 25 | " The Meeting Considering that the Island is in a backward state of Cultivation , have Resolved as an Improvement that each occupier of a 4d. land in Tillage over the whole Island shall sow in the ensuing Spring 2 pecks of Peas & Beans , and for enabling them to have proper Seed they now request that Shawfield will take the trouble of sending a Cargo of Peas & Beans to the Island in proper time … " |
| 26 | The document published yesterday shows that out of the 5.46 million offences reported in the 12 months until June 1992 , 1.29 million were burglaries , 931,000 thefts from vehicles and 572,000 thefts of vehicles . |
| 27 | He estimated that below them were 462,000 families of labourers and cottagers , 60,000 dependent on the earnings of common seamen and 18,000 on those of common soldiers . |
| 28 | Oxfam does n't have a low priority , clearly , erm there are , certainly we have an S.O fifty-three procedure for disasters and so forth . |
| 29 | Soldiers herded 50,000 Hindus onto buses and trains out of Ayodhya , where the violence was sparked by the destruction of a Moslem mosque . |
| 30 | Bull 's 1993 sales in services and system integration in the US , Canada and Mexico should rise 25% , Leblois told Reuters . |