Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taunton , Massachusetts-based Kopin Corp says it has developed a transmissive 640 by 480 active matrix liquid crystal display formed from a single crystal of silicon : the AMLCD Smart Slide imaging device has a resolution of about 500 lines per inch , the level seen as necessary for high resolution imaging . |
| 2 | The Queen has broken a four hundred year old taboo by attending a service with all the leaders of England 's christian churches . |
| 3 | An aerospace company which has been making large numbers of workers redundant has won a two hundred million pound order . |
| 4 | An aerospace company which has been making large numbers of workers redundant has won a two hundred million pound order . |
| 5 | A company which makes diesel engines has won a seven million pound contract to supply the United States Military . |
| 6 | Jobs have been saved by the announcement that British Aerospace has secured a five hundred million pound deal to sell Hawk trainer jets to Indonesia . |
| 7 | The former world featherweight champion has endured a traumatic eight months since the High Court awarded ex-manager Barney Eastwood damages following McGuigan 's criticism of the ill-fated defence against Texan Steve Cruz in June 1986 . |
| 8 | A woman widowed by a drunken driver has collected a fifty thousand signature petition demanding tougher sentences for offenders . |
| 9 | Over the years 1982 to 1988 , economic growth has averaged a respectable 2.5 per cent , close to the figure for the 1960s . |
| 10 | The engine has done a genuine 25,000 miles so if possible I would like to make use of it . |
| 11 | Banque Indosuez of France already owns more than 10 per cent and wants to buy a further 9.8 per cent . |
| 12 | T John Yandell , one of America 's top coaches , has produced a new 60 minutes teaching video for beginners and those wishing to improve their games . |
| 13 | Since the last time the survey was done ( 1976 ) , the south East of England has had a dreadful 82 per cent increase in the number of unfit houses . |
| 14 | The government has opened a further six air pollution monitoring stations , bringing the total to 16 . |
| 15 | Wimpy International has opened a further four restaurants at the Metro Centre , Gateshead ; Carbis Bay , Cornwall ; Shirley , Hampshire ; and Sudbury , Suffolk . |
| 16 | Mrs Bloomer has offered a one thousand pounds reward for the return of the items stolen . |
| 17 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
| 18 | Paul Loughlin has agreed a new two year contract . |
| 19 | However , the seasonal loss was not great enough to cause an ‘ ozone hole ’ of the sort above the Antarctic , where at times the layer has reached a wafer-thin 10 per cent of normal this winter . |
| 20 | Ben Hope 's impressive 3040 feet has become a meagre 927 metres to satisfy Brussels and Luxembourg , who could n't care less . |
| 21 | These hatched from twenty three eggs and since this first clutch the female has laid a further fifteen which are being artificially incubated at the moment . |
| 22 | Leslie Ferrar , a tax partner at KPMG Peat Marwick Mc Lintock , says most companies can expect at least one visit every five years , and has compiled a top 10 hit list of areas currently fascinating the Revenue 's sleuths : self-employed consultants , casual labour , uniforms , ‘ senior management ’ lunches , home phone bills , evening working meals , large allowances in round figures , conferences , staff entertainment and subcontractors . |
| 23 | The President of Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , has announced a one billion pound programme to support coal field communities hit by closures . |
| 24 | The UN Environment Programme has announced a further 74 winners of its " Global 500 " award , made annually since World Environment Day in 1987 . |
| 25 | This has yielded a further two contracts . |
| 26 | Neil Kinnock took eight years to ditch the views of his mentor Aneurin Bevan , John Smith has taken a mere eight months to ditch those of Hugh Gaitskell . |
| 27 | It has taken a respectable 15 seats , but Signor Orlando won the personal endorsement of nearly one in five of all voters in Palermo itself . |
| 28 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 29 | The exhibition park has taken a staggering six years to construct and ‘ grow ’ using over ½ million flowers , trees and pot plants . |
| 30 | The jaunt from last night 's Brussels show has taken a nifty eight hours , guitarist Julian Swales is grumbling about his stubble , and Patrick is off and running again , revealing what bargains a young man can get for ten deutschmarks in a darkened back room in Hamburg 's reeperbahn . |