Example sentences of "[num] and [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to stabilise CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 , with a tax equivalent to $10 on a barrel of oil , beginning with an increase of $3 in 1993 and then a further $1 a year until 2000 . |
| 2 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 3 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 4 | He missed only two fixtures in 1990–91 and obviously a grand future lies ahead of him . |
| 5 | The seed planted in the good soil produced thirty , sixty and even a hundred times the original sowing . |
| 6 | Thank you bowlers , six for twenty-five and then a slight contrast , one for a hundred and fifty , but he bowled a great many overs , that 's er , he 's proving a very useful addition to the the England side and he 's being used erm very sensibly by Gooch . |
| 7 | The opponents have a confident sounding auction to a six diamond contract , during which South showed at least a five and probably a six card diamond suit . |
| 8 | To swim a distance of 3.1 kilometres in five hours , with a solid roof and no air space above you , visibility often zero and only a thin nylon line to follow , must be most people 's idea of the worst dive in the world … |
| 9 | ‘ Five bodies were found yesterday ( Wednesday ) , today another two and just a few hours ago the last body , ’ said a human rights officer . |
| 10 | In this state the polymer exhibits several unique properties which are dealt with in chapter 14 and only a brief description of the chain behaviour in this region is given here . |
| 11 | Well the tower is er I 'm not quite sure about the exact height of it it 's I think it 's a hundred and over a hundred and fifty feet high er the to the top of the dome I think it 's a hundred and fifty three feet high to the top of the dome . |
| 12 | Certainly not from the club scene , where an average gate is rarely more than a few hundred and even a big club like Hawick has had to launch a special initiative to arrest their declining membership . |
| 13 | In 1987 , the Gunners won the League Cup , followed by the Championship in 1989 and then a second title in 1991 . |
| 14 | One was H. H. Howell who had joined the staff in England 5 years previously , at the age of 16 , and the other was Archibald Geikie , then aged 20 and already a recognised geologist . |