Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1950 , as much as two thousand million dollars were contributed , and that amount was increased eight times in the next ten years . |
| 2 | Mind you , England should have been home and clear before that , but poor Barnes , the man who had won the Cup final at Twickenham with a last-minute magical goal kick , could not get a goal from eight attempts in the first half . |
| 3 | There had been a total of eight candidates in the first round of voting on March 4 , after an agreement in December 1989 between the various political groupings to end the previous one-party system . |
| 4 | They correctly point out ‘ that the half-life of sumatriptan is 2 hours ’ and ‘ the intervals between drug administration and cerebral infarction of 1 week in the first case and 12 hours in the second , exonerate sumatriptan ’ , but they then go on to state ‘ no other risk factor for vascular disease was identified in our patients ’ . |
| 5 | Whereas none of 105 subjects in the second decade of life were HEV seropositive , 17 ( 3.7% ) of 464 and 28 ( 9.1% ) of 308 of those in the third and fourth decades of life , respectively , had anti-HEV ( p < 0.001 ) . |
| 6 | 2 goals in the last 15 minutes finished Swindon . |
| 7 | Smith , opening the innings , made 74 from only 53 deliveries in the first hour of the day , striking two sixes and 13 fours , before retiring to give someone else some practice . |
| 8 | It has been estimated that the pope was compulsorily absent for more than half the century between 1099 and 1198 and for a total of 67 years in the next century ( 1198 – 1304 ) . |
| 9 | Philip Simmons , their only World Cup century-maker , added two more the only times he batted , smashing five sixes and 12 fours in 122 off 113 balls in the first match and two sixes and 10 fours in 104 off 139 balls in the third . |
| 10 | If the 12 seats in the second row are not occupied by peers at 5.30 pm , they can be used by Members ' guests . |
| 11 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 12 | Whereas none of 105 persons in the second decade of life was HEV seropositive , 17 ( 3.7% ) of 464 and 28 ( 9.1% ) of 308 of those in the third and fourth decades of life , respectively , had anti-HEV ( p < 0.001 ) . |
| 13 | However , in our survey none of 105 persons in the second decade of life had anti-HEV . |
| 14 | The wind gusted to 30 knots in the fourth race , and Heaven Can Wait , the British team 's 50-footer skippered by Harold Cudmore , was among the damaged boats . |
| 15 | Edwards , a 26-year-old medical scientist , jumped 17.26 metres in the first round to move to third place on the world outdoor rankings for 1992 , behind Frank Rutherford of the Bahamas ( 17.41 metres ) and German Ralf Jaros ( 17.28 ) . |
| 16 | The 22 girls in the Sixth Form quickly managed to produce a netball team , though it won only one of its six matches ; the First Formers were much better , winning twelve of their twenty in netball , and four of their six in hockey . |
| 17 | The government announced plans last October to build a further 30 reactors in the next 20 years , which would bring nuclear power 's share of the country 's electricity generating capacity to 17 per cent . |
| 18 | Among the hardest hit industries were motors , where Ford and Vauxhall on Feb. 7 announced cuts of over 2,000 jobs and around 300 respectively to take effect mostly from late 1992 ; aerospace , with BAe announcing on Feb. 12 some 2,350 job losses in its military and regional divisions ; coal , with several pit closures or staff reductions having been announced in January , and with a prediction by Malcolm Edwards , then British Coal 's commercial director , on Feb. 19 that the corporation could be slimmed down to possibly as few as 12 pits in the next two years ; and steel , where on Jan. 8 British Steel had confirmed the closure by September of the remaining part of its huge Ravenscraig plant in Scotland , with around 1,200 job losses . |
| 19 | The mother ship of Japan 's four-vessel whaling fleet left yesterday for the Antarctic , where officials say it will catch 300 whales in the third year of a controversial research programme . |
| 20 | Plain sailing YACHTING : New Zealand beat Japan 's Nippon by one minute 43 seconds in the first of the America 's Cup challengers ' semi-finals off San Diego , California . |
| 21 | Quins led 20–7 at the break , but Rugby scored 22 points in the second half to record their second league win . |
| 22 | The host team almost doubled their score with 22 points in the last 20 minutes to make this a most unhappy day for a desperately tired and sore Rugby Canada . |
| 23 | Pons was chairman of the chemistry department , and , as noted earlier , his name appeared as co-author on over 30 papers in the first eight months of 1988 alone . |
| 24 | Miroslav Sladek , the leader of the Republicans and the only candidate , won a total of 58 out of 300 votes in the first poll and 60 in the second poll . |
| 25 | Miroslav Sladek , the leader of the Republicans and the only candidate , won a total of 58 out of 300 votes in the first poll and 60 in the second poll . |
| 26 | His 12 strikes in the 1st Division in 1989–90 were an important feature of Palace 's creditable showing there , while our fans will of course always remember that it was Mark 's crashing drive at the start of the second half that began our recovery against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final and , ultimately , helped to take us to Wembley . |
| 27 | This set back spurred United into action and they penned Rayners Lane into their own half for long periods , forcing eight corners in the first forty minutes of the game . |
| 28 | I 've been to eight countries in the last two weeks . |
| 29 | He knew that he ought to be trying to sleep — he 'd managed no more than about five or six hours in the last fifty — but he was edgy and alert with the cold-water clarity of near-exhaustion . |
| 30 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |