Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are more than 260 ways to spell 18 to 20 basic English vowel sounds , and there are another 226 forms for the 23 consonants . |
| 2 | He also used transactions data on MMI futures for the same periods . |
| 3 | That was the cost of borrowing £5,000 over 180 months for the first year ; after that it was £100.77 a month . |
| 4 | Wonderful Wang WORLD champion Wang Junxia fulfilled her ambition to become the first woman to run under 30 minutes for the 10,000 metres when she today slashed an astonishing 42 seconds off the world record . |
| 5 | We have 2 Clubs for the Handicapped , one in Viewpark and the other in Hamilton , each a source of joy and encouragement . |
| 6 | The challenge , a 5km run , a 30km cycle ride and then back on 2 legs for the long run home . |
| 7 | The survey asks whether these categories of worker are , or have been , employed , and if so how many , but with reference to the previous month for the first category and the previous 12 months for the second category . |
| 8 | Agreement on revisions to the Rome Treaty by the end of 1991 would allow a further 12 months for the delicate business of securing the endorsement of all 12 national parliaments . |
| 9 | Hezbollah announced 12 candidates for the first two rounds , eight of them in Baalbek , three elsewhere in the Bekaa , and one in Beirut . |
| 10 | There were over forty applicants for the last post … ' ’ ' |
| 11 | By 1876 applicants for the German civil service had to pass a special exam in German culture , and German was compulsory in virtually every aspect of public life . |
| 12 | The Open Software Foundation says vendors have registered 22 platforms for the Distributed Computing Environment Interoperability Festival it is hosting between April 12-30th at its Cambridge , Massachusetts headquarters . |
| 13 | The Ladies , calling themselves Harpsden Golf Club , applied to the L.G.U. and Mrs. Fleming gave 12 spoons for the 1910 monthly medals . |
| 14 | ‘ Both teams and 12 pegs for the five hour competition which was fished on the Shropshire Union Canal , ’ said Alf Whitmore , who captained the Capenhurst side . |
| 15 | 22 Cadenzas for the first and second movements of the C major keyboard concerto , K.246 1b & 2b . |
| 16 | TONIGHT David Hockney , as set designer , will be accompanied by some 30 friends for the first night of the Royal Opera House 's new production of Richard Strauss 's Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman Without Shadow ) , directed by John Cox and conducted by Bernard Haitinck . |
| 17 | The difference grows as numbers increase ; with anything over 1000 enquiries all the cylinders would be likely to be referenced , thus giving a time of 20 × 10 ms or 2 seconds for the batched and sorted input , and 2000 × 30 ms or 60 seconds for the unsorted input . |
| 18 | He won gold and silver at the gala , and is likely to be replaced as one of the region 's stars by John Purvis , 15 , of Hartlepool who won three silvers and three bronze , and blind Christopher Ross of Ormesby who , in the youngest age category , won four golds and set a national record of 24.31 seconds for the 25 metres freestyle . |
| 19 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
| 20 | THE receiver handling the sale of Birmingham City has had 22 inquiries for the First Division club after it was formally put up for sale earlier this week . |
| 21 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 22 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 23 | Three years ago the first ever races here drew 12,000 fans for the flashing lights , thunderous music , fireworks , balloons — and , yes , the ski racing . |
| 24 | The company was chosen from six finalists for the 1991 Business Enterprise Award . |
| 25 | A year later he worked for six months for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in the Belfast area . |
| 26 | Thompson , of Crawley , was fined £400 and banned for six months for the lesser charge of driving without due care and attention . |
| 27 | We will have a brand new product launch every six months for the next three years . |
| 28 | The world has changed completely in a matter of just six months for the engaging Rhodes . |
| 29 | Even in 1953 they could not raise six entries for the monthly medals and in 1961 there were still only eight regular players . |
| 30 | The Ninth Awards Exhibition , around 300 of the country 's leading professional photographers submitted over 2200 images for the prestigious Association of Photographers annual book and awards ( 25 Feb–19 Mar ) . |