Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [det] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But what we have here is a tremendous opportunity for 140 of this country 's potential champions to receive training and advice from the very best of experts . ’ |
| 2 | Complete the entry by writing alongside : ‘ Perm any 1 pair and any 2 trios = 3 lines One pair and 2 from each trio = 27 lines Three trios for any 8 from 9 = 9 lines Total : 39 lines at 1 1/3p = 52p staked . ’ |
| 3 | The regulation would not apply if two-thirds of each company 's EC turnover was derived from a single member country , in which case the merger would be subject to national authority . |
| 4 | Interviews have now been held in Categories I and III of this year 's Building Manager of the Year Awards and the adjudicating panel is well on its way to a final selection The final results of the Awards , sponsored by Chaffoteaux et Maury and organised by the CIOB with Building , will be kept under wraps until the Awards Dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on October 7 . |
| 5 | The Prodrive team from Banbury have got their two cars into the top six of this year 's RAC Rally which will be coming to a close in Chester in about an hours time … |
| 6 | She now had three of that lady 's outfits in the wardrobe and there had not yet been an occasion on which she could wear one of them : the last one had been a winter coat sporting a large fur collar , and the previous one , as Miss Belle called it , an afternoon tea gown . |
| 7 | Three of these patients ' organisms were also resistant to streptomycin . |
| 8 | There 's no way , Raymond , you should be able to drink two or three of those bottles o of that cider in ne in the one night , it 's not good for you ! |
| 9 | In fact , three of this year 's Major winners , Nick Faldo , Mark Calcavecchia and Payne Stewart went into the water , while Seve Ballesteros followed Paul Azinger in when all he had to do was find the green . |
| 10 | I was lucky enough to learn my practical engineering in three of this country 's good Model Shops , Pye , Murphy , Marconi , Making prototypes and one-offs , you have to make everything yourself , by hand . |
| 11 | Name three of this century 's nine pre-World War II prime ministers . |
| 12 | Now I discovered this morning there is actually act four scene three in some people 's editions . |
| 13 | Sixteen of this year 's scholars are children of company employees while the rest live in the area where LASMO has its field operations . |
| 14 | The severe drought conditions of Southern Africa have dominated the scene and account for 4 of this year 's work . |
| 15 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the shadow Chancellor said recently that to repair what he unjustifiably called the Government 's neglect of the national health service would require an extra £2 billion in this year 's autumn statement ? |
| 16 | Household expenditure rose gradually from about £13,000 per annum in 1509 to some £25,000 per annum in the late 1530s . |
| 17 | Lamy , who has been seeking a drive in Formula One for this year 's Portuguese Grand Prix at Estroil next month , tested for Lotus at Silverstone last week . |
| 18 | Five of this summer 's events will take place as usual in the beautiful eighteenth-century Holywell Music Room , the first room in Europe designed specifically for concerts and the scene of performances by Handel . |
| 19 | Yet , mostly because of the collapse of the Japanese equity-warrant market , BZW 's Tokyo business swung from a profit of £30m ( $50m ) in 1989 to a £30m loss in 1990 , three-quarters of all BZW 's equity losses last year . |
| 20 | Mansell won nine of this year 's 16 Grands Prix to clinch his prize after a 12-year career in Formula One racing , and he was clearly determined to make the most of it . |
| 21 | David Gower checks page 178 of this year 's Wisden , which shows him 33 runs behind Geoffrey Boycott as England 's leading runscorer . |
| 22 | The opening item , Berlioz 's King Lear overture , one of that composer 's earliest works , is not often performed . |
| 23 | A relation of one of that country 's most freakish talents , Arkle , showed ability to match his pedigree when beating Milford Quay in the Arlington Series Qualifier . |
| 24 | Yet a certain Scottish poet was not far wrong when he described finishing one of that author 's novels as being like emerging from a thin shower of dandruff , unenlivened by even the slightest flash of mediocrity . |
| 25 | By chance , one of that director 's most sumptuous movies , The Golden Coach , is on Channel 4 on Saturday ( 1.00–2.55 pm ) . |
| 26 | It does n't seem to me from what I read of page thirty one of that inspector 's report that he was in any different position by the absence of the Policy E two than he would be if he 'd got it . |
| 27 | If one of this teamleader 's clients said that another dealer had been trying to sell him stock , he would bellow : " What 's his name ? " |
| 28 | They and the Carters were to have shared it that year with the computer analyst and his wife , but one of this couple 's children was involved in an accident and they had to cancel at the last minute . |
| 29 | ATTENTIVE READERS of this column will know already that I am one of this country 's leading authorities on ‘ celebrology ’ — this is the study of the role of the celebrity in general elections . |
| 30 | Allan Schiller is one of this country 's most distinguished pianists . |