Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Manual workers have always worked longer hours than non-manual workers — 45.3 hours per week in 1976 compared with 38.5 hours for non-manual workers . |
2 | On Sept. 20 , in Estonia 's first post-independence elections , the right-wing nationalist Fatherland group ( Isamaa ) and other right-wing parties won a strong position in the Parliament ( Riigikogu ) ; there were 633 candidates for 101 seats , elected by a complex system of proportional representation . |
3 | Pupils could transfer from 11–16 to 11–18 schools for sixth-form courses . |
4 | The horizontal squares each represent one stitch — 180 squares for 180 needles ( although the machine actually has 179 front bed needles ) . |
5 | The Software is a microcomputer-based library system designed for schools and colleges and can operate the issue , return and cataloguing of up to 65,000 books for 2,500 users . |
6 | Dublin scored 70 goals for long-ball specialists Cambridge , but his arrival raised eyes with the Old Trafford faithful fed on the dazzling exploits of Best , Charlton and Law . |
7 | Plasma octreotide concentrations during CSOI were measured in the fasting state and , after consumption of the test meal , every 30 minutes for two hours . |
8 | Rats received a 1 ml saline bolus through the duodenal line every 30 minutes for two hours to achieve full equilibration and to avoid any effects of laparotomy . |
9 | The rats received a 1 ml saline bolus through the duodenal line every 30 minutes for two hours to achieve full equilibration . |
10 | Lapping is continued until the section reaches 30–35 µm ( about 10 minutes for soft rocks , up to 30 minutes for harder ones ) . |
11 | The branch already provides almost 300 trophies for other competitions , including the country 's only half marathon race which is run at Buenhope every year . |
12 | 1.55% discount for first 12 months for new loans |
13 | The course is run one day a week over 30 weeks for 60 students . |
14 | That is why Cable & Wireless 's subsidiary , Mercury , has recently sent forty payphones for British Forces to use at bases in Saudi Arabia . |
15 | A Cleveland County Council official said it was a very difficult task to recognise 22 sports for major grants with a limited budget . |
16 | Is he aware that in south-east London — and serving my Dulwich constituency — is Haberdashers ' Aske 's city technology college , which has received more than 800 applications for 180 places ? |
17 | The term of the loan is approximately 7 — 12 years for industrial projects but can go up to 20 years for infrastructure investments ( these are investments in areas such as energy , transport , and communications which are beneficial to economic expansion in general ) . |
18 | The consumption rate of ectotherm predators is equal to its own body weight every sixty days , and this contrasts with the mammalian rate of its own body-weight every 6.6 days for wild dogs , 8.0 for lions , and 10 days for cheetahs . |
19 | but Julia said to me before she came round with Hayden she said er , cos her mum and dad are still there , not her mum and dad , her mum and step dad are still there , they 're only giving them forty pounds for nine weeks , forty pounds towards the mortgage like you know , been there since after Christmas and erm , anyway she said ooh she said , Steve said er , that 's her husband , said to me ooh is n't Emily well mannered she said , she does n't walk in the house , she waits in the doorstep you know |
20 | forty pounds for three rings . |
21 | ‘ It was better than trying to run 22 seconds for 200 metres on my own in the wind and rain at Gateshead . ’ |
22 | On the second day , Emburey bowled forty overs for 81 runs and five wickets , but Lloyd , David Murray and Roberts all batted well . |
23 | 4.4.1 Requirements for thin sections |
24 | They sent in a total of twenty-one drawings for both entries . |
25 | Each subject had 5 ml of blood sampled from a forearm vein immediately before and every 10 minutes for two hours after the onset of the meal . |
26 | Lapping is continued until the section reaches 30–35 µm ( about 10 minutes for soft rocks , up to 30 minutes for harder ones ) . |
27 | The committee nevertheless approved 14 new development projects worth US$225,9000,000 ( 760,000 tonnes of food ) and 10 projects for long-term refugees worth $123,600,000 ( 346,000 tonnes ) , provided that the necessary food supplies became available . |
28 | Their standards for periodicals are : 1,000 titles for a total student population of 1,000 ; 4,000 titles for 7,000 students ; and 7,250 titles for 13,000 students . |
29 | Walsh kept him company for 45 minutes for 27 runs , Patterson for an hour for a partnership of 62 until the second new ball was required to finish off the number eleven . |
30 | Table 5.1 Strategies for home-school links in thirty Leeds primary schools |