Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am on the bus for Fifty-five minutes and the journey begins to get quite boring . |
| 2 | Two-year-old Lady would not be coaxed away from Jimmy Seymour 's van , so he had to keep the engine ticking over with the heaters full-on for eight hours while the bitch gave birth to eight healthy pups . |
| 3 | Using current methods these tests can take around eight hours and the diagnosis is not definitive . |
| 4 | The historic multiple was 18.1 times and the yield was 2.4% . |
| 5 | To charges that this is too much of a good thing , the BBC say they have always given the World Championship around 70 hours and the audience figures remain high . |
| 6 | In reality the change of allegiance brought almost total autonomy in return for an annual payment of 500 ducats and the support of the Ragusan fleet in time of war . |
| 7 | The European parliamentary elections act of nineteen seventy eight states that the electorate of any European parliamentary constituency in Great Britain should be as near to the electoral quota as is reasonably practicable , having regard where appropriate to special geographical considerations . |
| 8 | The River Luane produced 25 salmon for a total of 222 lbs for the week with the best fish weighing 12 lbs . |
| 9 | The blockade held for an amazing eight months before the army broke it up . |
| 10 | It was a seemingly endless eight months before the letter arrived announcing Fiona had qualified for a Gold Award and that she was invited to St James 's Palace in London to receive it . |
| 11 | It was the 11th time his four-party coalition had survived such a vote in eight months but the news had little impact on markets which had already discounted a win . |
| 12 | Five men worked five days a week for eight months until the interior was back in good order . |
| 13 | Furthermore , when he checked back on the correlation between his simple lix values and the criterion of pooled estimates of difficulty , he found that the figure was 0.92 , which was exactly the same as that obtained from the multiple regression . |
| 14 | The cheese will generally be of the right consistency in 12 hours if the cream is thoroughly good and the weather not too warm . " |
| 15 | They arrived just 30 minutes before the holiday flight took off . |
| 16 | Bake for about 30 minutes until the top is crisp and bubbly . |
| 17 | Bring to the boil , cover and simmer gently for above 30 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed , stirring occasionally . |
| 18 | Bake for about 30 minutes until the topping is crunchy and golden . |
| 19 | Pour over the yogurt mixture and bake for 35–40 minutes until the topping has set . |
| 20 | Manchester has 50,000 Pakistanis and the North West and West Yorkshire together 150,000 . |
| 21 | ‘ About forty minutes before the train was due to arrive this man came up to me and asked if I 'd be interested in making five hundred francs . |
| 22 | The footprint at site 1 is no longer evident 60 minutes after mixing , whereas that at sites 2-4 requires 2 hours before the pattern returns to that of the control . |
| 23 | 2 hours before the show starts , the Fire Brigade and 2 besuited men from the local authority are in grim conference over the safety of some fireworks in the production . |
| 24 | I finally left the area at 11.50pm , nearly 2 hours after the match ended . |
| 25 | By the weekend , around 50 flights will have been made at the rate of one every 2 hours and the deployment will be complete . |
| 26 | It was now over forty hours since the money had been handed over , but there had been no word of Ruggiero Miletti 's release . |
| 27 | 5 Sprinkle with the sugar and place under a very hot grill for 3–4 minutes until the sugar caramelises . |
| 28 | It denied that it represented a danger to the public , insisting that it would have to pressed to the skin for 30 hours before the dose limit was reached . |
| 29 | Bring to the boil , reduce heat , cover and simmer for 30–40 minutes until the chicken is tender . |
| 30 | Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown . |