Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally the Bank of England supported the discount houses , and thus indirectly the banking sector as a whole , by lending to them at a rate of its own choosing , known since 1971 as minimum lending rate . |
| 2 | The ninth session of the eighth National Assembly was held in Hanoi from July 27 to Aug. 12 [ see p. 37916 for eighth Assembly session held in December 1990 ] . |
| 3 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 4 | Between 275 and 325 is common for routine personal injury , jumping to 500 for uninsured loss recovery and dropping to 50 – 100 for medical negligence or catastrophic injury cases . |
| 5 | Our study found a rate ratio of 0.66 for acute gastroenteritis deaths and of 0.67 for deaths due to chronic diarrhoea , malnutrition , or both . |
| 6 | The 10th session of the eighth National Assembly was held in Hanoi on Dec. 10-26 [ see p. 38390 for ninth Assembly session held in July-August 1991 ] . |
| 7 | Fines of Ecu10m imposed by the European Court in 1986 for alleged competition infringements on poly-propylene were reduced on appeal to Ecu9m , but are still being appealed against . |
| 8 | Despite an earlier suggestion from Jacques Delors , president of the European Commission , that the summit should focus on the originally scheduled topics of aid to the Soviet Union and the Gulf crisis , all the member countries except the UK used the meeting to state their agreement that Stage 2 of economic and monetary union ( EMU — see p. 36598 for three-stage Delors plan for EMU ) should start on Jan. 1 , 1994 , and established an effective negotiating brief for the intergovernmental conferences on political , economic and monetary union due to begin on Dec. 14 . |
| 9 | Tax will be paid on 35pc of that value , with reductions of as much as two-thirds for high business mileage users . |
| 10 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 11 | The second contract is for paving 12km of Route 212 between Little Bay East and Harbour Mille . |
| 12 | The Sri Lankan army carried out on Sept. 2-25 a further successful offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) in the northern jungle area around Mullaittivu [ see p. 38392 for major government victory at Elephant Pass in August ] , admitting a death toll of only 73 soldiers but claiming to have killed over 600 guerrillas . |
| 13 | ( See also page 30 for more Tangmere news . ) |
| 14 | Barbecued pork kebabs ( see recipe , page 154 for BARBECUED CHICKEN KEBABS and substitute pork steak for chicken ) served with boiled brown rice mixed with beansprouts and soy sauce PLUS APRICOT PLUM SOFTIE ( see recipe , page 154 ) OR VEGETARIAN SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE ( see recipe , page 163 ) PLUS STRAWBERRY WINE JELLY ( see recipe , page 161 ) |
| 15 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 16 | Flexifoil sizes vary from the 122cm ( 48in ) Hot Shot with an aspect ratio of 2.7 to the 393cm ( 154.5in ) Hyper 12 of 5.7 aspect ratio . |
| 17 | Under Ordinance 12 of 1840 forest land was declared the property of the Crown , and in some districts a large proportion of it was sold for plantation development . |
| 18 | He says : ‘ Already , in order to achieve a balanced budget , it has been necessary to freeze recruitment during 1993 of all police officer posts as and when they come vacant . |
| 19 | Improve your grammar sections in Part 2 of each issue offer more extensive grammar work , and cover structures likely to be new to students . |
| 20 | This solution would also have the knock-on effect that the Library would no longer require a separate Archive Room in Phase 2 of current Herbarium/Library extension plans . |
| 21 | The pCO 2 of human gall bladder bile exceeds that of hepatic bile and blood , suggesting that the gall bladder may also absorb HCO 3 - via H + secretion . |
| 22 | The board found that 105 of 177 drug products sold in Canada were priced above the median international price . |
| 23 | In 22 of these patients H pylori was successfully eradicated ( group 1 ) and follow up biopsy specimens were obtained 13–60 months ( median 18 months ) after eradication . |
| 24 | Among women the figures were 11% ( 64 of 585 anal cancer cases ) , 13% ( 3898 of 30787 colon cancer controls ) , and 12% ( 2859 of 24062 stomach cancer controls ) . |
| 25 | The other significant departure from the world ranking list is twice former champion Stefan Edberg 's rise of one place to No 2 behind top seed Pete Sampras , at the expense of baseliner Jim Courier . |
| 26 | In Malaysia , where anti-Japanese sentiment was known to be stronger , the Emperor had a short meeting on Sept. 30 with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed , and another with Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah , the reigning monarch , who asked Japan to take the lead in forming a new economic community of East Asian countries . |
| 27 | Today , it is 7,400 under managing director Alan Pedder — and production is now greater , making Fibres highly competitive , with solidly based and improving profits . |
| 28 | The volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo is simulated by injecting 20 Mt of SO 2 into one model column ( 9.5° wide , centred at 9.47°N ) over the altitude range of 21 to 28km from the 12 to 15 June . |
| 29 | Paired before and after treatment juice values were available for only 34 subjects ( 12 with successful H pylori eradication , of whom nine were from the DU trial ; 22 with failed H pylori eradication , 20 from the DU trial ) . |
| 30 | An agreement rescheduling debt totalling $4,870 million was signed on Dec. 12 with commercial creditor banks , headed by the US bank Manufacturers Hanover . |