Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven or eight months later a customer booked a holiday , relying on an old unamended copy of the brochure . |
| 2 | Tobacco advertising through sponsorship and billboards had been waiting like the last prisoners on death row for eight months following a cabinet announcement in April 1992 that the end of their last ditch stand was nigh . |
| 3 | Just 30 minutes later the westerly switched itself off — just like that , as the man said — and we had to motor sail for the rest of the voyage . |
| 4 | She should also swim for 30 minutes once a week and do my video Thighs , Tums & Bums 1-2 times a week . |
| 5 | They do n't wait for 30 minutes once a week . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed it is this inaccuracy that leads to its often being called a circadian clock ( from the latin , circa — about ; diem — a day ) If it is correctly timed one day , it will be approximately 1 hour late the next , about 2 hours late the day after that , and so on until it will be ‘ useful ’ again after about 3 weeks . |
| 7 | Campbell 's survey of London trades in 1747 lists only a handful of female crafts all paid wages well below male trades . |
| 8 | The remaining five had all been on suspension for about 12 months following an incident which resulted in police and internal disciplinary inquiries . |
| 9 | In previous years the selection of the carnival queen had been organised by elimination contests in the town and surrounding villages , but 30 years ago the committee asked that young ladies should send in a copy of a recent photograph . |
| 10 | However , over 30 years ago the theorist Paul Dirac suggested the possible existence of particles carrying single magnetic poles or ‘ charges ’ — in other words , magnetic monopoles . |
| 11 | 2 years ago the total was just under 8,000 . |
| 12 | Forty years ago the Theatre Collection was founded as a research centre for staff and students in the Drama Department . |
| 13 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 14 | Forty years ago the population was under 20,000 but now it is seven times that . |
| 15 | Forty years later the islet of old Jaimeni appeared . |
| 16 | Forty years earlier the promise of town planning was that it could address the urban housing problems of the day , but the principles of environmental regulations were now seen to relate to a quite different set of questions : the problems of regional economic development . |
| 17 | The hostages , who were held for 444 days following the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in September 1979 , were released within minutes of Reagan being sworn in as President on Jan. 21 , 1981 . |
| 18 | Twenty-one days later the Prince arrived to see what was going on . |
| 19 | We had taken 120 carp and 2 cats so the trip could hardly be deemed a ’ cat-astrophe ’ ( sorry but I could n't resist it ) when suddenly one of Rick 's rods was away . |
| 20 | Eight decades later the incident still causes discussion and disagreement , and opinions vary about just what she intended to do . |
| 21 | He is allowed visitors for 10 minutes once a week . |
| 22 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 23 | but the particular council which is Elmbridge District Council , started off after last year 's victory by the Liberal Democrats , by moving to one full council meeting a week , lasting about six hours once a week . |
| 24 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 25 | ( Granted , there were a few flaws … but hey , ‘ MY PEN RAI ’ ( ‘ never mind ’ ) , as we say about 100 times here a day in Thailand ! ) |
| 26 | She does work seventeen to nineteen hours here a week and she takes her work home . |
| 27 | Six months later a Treaty was signed in London which led to the setting up of a 26-county Free State . |
| 28 | However , six months later the scheme was revised . |
| 29 | Six months later the Campaign was ready with a formidable opposition case to make . |
| 30 | Despite all this and more we decided that the asking price of £28,000 was about right and six months later the purchase was completed and we moved in . |