Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifty minutes later shareholders at the annual meeting of United 's parent company were being assured by chairman Professor Roland Smith that cash was available any time Alex Ferguson wanted it — but no mention of the fiasco that had scorched the airwaves a short time before . |
| 2 | If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods . |
| 3 | So , according to the laws of Leviticus , women were forbidden to enter the Temple or touch any hallowed thing during their times of menstrual uncleanness , whilst with regard to childbirth they were similarly removed from cultic activity , this time for forty days following delivery of a boy and significantly eighty days after that of a girl . |
| 4 | 700 farmers back protest over ‘ lunatic ’ beef scheme |
| 5 | Even in relation to poorer types of land , MAFF agreed to 100 times more applications for development than it objected to . |
| 6 | Gram for gram , the quail uses 10 times more energy at the same speed . |
| 7 | The following was the diet laid down for working prisoners ( those not working received 100 grams less rice per day ) : |
| 8 | More than six years ago Bank of Ireland advertised for school leavers with a high level of secondary education who were intelligent , energetic , ambitious and possessing of a high level of social skills . |
| 9 | Fresh elections were due on April 7 in six constituencies where turnout on Feb. 24 had been below 50 per cent ( the average turnout was over 71 per cent ) , and were also awaited in two constituencies where a run-off on March 4 had failed to produce a winner . |
| 10 | One hundred and fifty years ago Daguerre in Paris and Talbot in London announced the invention of photographs . |
| 11 | The large steam chamber has a one litre capacity , allowing up to one and a half hours of continuous ironing with three times more steam per minute than a conventional iron . |
| 12 | However , the big tin-can already has three times more room for experiments than the present space station , which could render the modules redundant . |
| 13 | Three times yesterday morning at 10am , 11am and noon a man contacted the Samaritans telling them where Gareth was . |
| 14 | Three times yesterday morning at 10am , 11am and noon , a man contacted the Samaritans telling them where Gareth was . |
| 15 | There are at least three reasons why changes in profitability might be associated with changes in private sector investment : |
| 16 | sort of try two or three styles then sort of how well you got ta think about your headdress and that first , have n't you ? |
| 17 | Once the offer document is posted , a takeover offer can become unconditional within four weeks ( the first closing date for the offer is 21 days following posting of the offer document ) ; however , the compulsory sale procedure can extend the timetable for obtaining 100 per cent control to up to six months depending on how quickly acceptances of the offer are received . |
| 18 | These authors found that whereas enhanced platelet function ( increased aggregation to ADP ) was detectable as early as three days following induction of diabetes , elevated levels of the Factor VIII components were not seen for 14–28 days . |
| 19 | Two or three years ago signs of such vulnerability would have attracted lots of predators , from home and abroad . |
| 20 | Of the total of fourteen states now party to the Convention , half have ratified the Protocol . |
| 21 | There are just 18 bedrooms so attention to detail and individual need is a speciality and a warm and friendly welcome from efficient staff is assured . |
| 22 | Accommodation costs depend on whether we can share — for example , a motor camp cabin for 4 costs about £12 per night ( ie £3 each ! ) , whereas lodge accommodation is £5-£7 per person . |
| 23 | Whether he has any greater success in mounting a rebellion against Mr Heath 's former political secretary , Mr Hurd , than Mr Powell had against the former Prime Minister 17 years ago remains to be seen . |
| 24 | Paris-based software and computer services company Generale de Service Informatique SA , or GSI , as it is better known , reported 1992 revenues up 8% to the equivalent of $460m , a rate of increase only half of that registered that year . |
| 25 | A study by ornithologists from Heidelberg University , published in the journal Nature , finds that blackcaps ' migratory routes have changed dramatically in recent years , taking them 1,500 kilometres further north in winter . |
| 26 | He said a petition containing 500 names over 95pc of households in the village had been sent to the Welsh Office calling for a second public meeting . |
| 27 | And his notes for the course on lyric ( prepared in the spring of 1869 ) show him devoting ten times more space to the dithyramb , of which next to nothing had survived from antiquity , than to the epinician , the kind immortalized by Pindar and the only kind that had survived in any bulk . " |
| 28 | In 1990 Floyd McClung published a paper outlining ‘ Ten reasons why Youth With A Mission plants churches ’ . |
| 29 | These Regulations permit us to charge up to 3 months further interest beyond the date on which you repay the loan . |
| 30 | These Regulations permit us to charge up to 3 months further interest beyond the date on which you repay the loan . |