Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But if you want a specific remedial programme for one child , or want to find one pupil 's strengths and weaknesses , the analysis is the best way .
2 thought or expect to demonstrate one point
3 By 1983 , the EPA had already either approved or proposed to approve 150 bubbles , with a saving to industry of $500 million .
4 He asked parliament whether he should proceed to assert his own authority over Scotland , or seek to persuade one side or the other there to acknowledge English superiority .
5 Research shows that a large percentage of known deserted settlements in England and Wales were deserted or began to decline 600–700 years ago .
6 The child may gravitate to the parent that is easier to manipulate or try to play one parent off against the other .
7 Now Dad can have an identical jumper to his son without having to roll it up at the bottom or trying to fit two arms into three sleeves .
8 Now Dad can have an identical jumper to his son without having to roll it up at the bottom or trying to fit two arms into three sleeves .
9 The company was formed in 1906 and planned to have 300 electrobuses on the road within a year .
10 The simplest one is the straight-line method , in which depreciation is recorded as a constant proportion of the original cost of the asset over its anticipated life ; for example , the depreciation on an asset costing 100 and expected to last five years will be 20 per year .
11 For example if the writing-down allowance ( rate of depreciation ) is 25 per cent , the depreciation on an asset costing 100 and expected to last five years is determined as follows :
12 Five music schools will be contacted and asked to nominate one candidate each who will then be asked to play a short piece to be judged at the festival .
13 Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) .
14 WARRING factions in Bosnia ordered a ceasefire yesterday and agreed to open three routes for the safe passage of civilians out of the stricken capital Sarajevo .
15 The Mancunian dance team are the first band to host an all-nighter at the venue and intend to perform two sets , one at 10pm and the other in the early hours .
16 Mike Lawrence has been the test pilot here since 1983 and has flown 4,000 sorties including every one of the 165 Jaguars in the RAF Fleet .
17 ‘ He 's very versatile and has scored 15 goals already this season .
18 He is also interested in rugby , tennis , and jogging and has run three Dublin City Marathons .
19 Made first team at Crystal Palace last April and has played four times for the senior side .
20 He has talked about TECs and has risen three times to intervene , but has declined to give the Government an ounce of credit for having established the TECs and for having taken that most imaginative step .
21 The SEA focuses on the former and has made two contributions .
22 Since then he has picked up 20 disqualifications and has served 12 jail sentences .
23 Mr McDermott has been the editor of this section of the Financial Times for the past four years , and has written two books on Egypt and peace keeping in the Middle East .
24 Having just celebrated her 82nd birthday , she has filmed three television programmes this year and has written five books .
25 He is also a familiar face on the TVS series " That 's Gardening " and has written eight books .
26 In the year under review he has been involved in 20 seminars , 18 counselling workshops and has undertaken 92 company visits .
27 He commands 4 Platoon and has completed one city tour at RUC Rosemount , a detached platoon base close to the Creggan and Bogside areas of the city .
28 Today , Wedgwood — a division of Waterford Wedgwood plc following the merger in November 1986 — comprises many famous names whose products have been prominent in home and export markets for many years and has gained eleven Queen 's Awards to industry for export achievement .
29 The 68-year-old former Clerk of Works at Harrow Council in London does not smoke , drink or gamble and has suffered two heart attacks .
30 But , what Freud had realized by the nineteen twenties was that there are lots of different ways of doing that , and has given one example .
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