Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Galleries will act as a one million sq ft magnet to six million shoppers , not just from Birmingham , but from the entire West Midlands conurbation and beyond . |
| 2 | In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 3 | Shell Chemicals saw profits fall by a dramatic 95 per cent from £519m in 1990 to £23m last year . |
| 4 | The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training . |
| 5 | For example , if one were carrying out a survey of library users over six days and the analysis for the working week produced , let us say , 20 print-out sheets , then to ask also for sub-analyses for each of the six days could result in a further 120 sheets . |
| 6 | The latest capital spending review could result in a near 20 p.c. cut in total investment to $6½ billion ( £3.7 billion ) against $8 billion ( £4.6 billion ) last year although after allowing for the purchase of Petromed in Spain the figure is nearer 7 p.c . |
| 7 | In comparison the er the the smallest projection put forward by Mr Thomas , would actually result in a twenty one percent decrease in building rates over that approved in the adopted adopted plan , and a thirty two percent increase over the actual rate experienced since nineteen eighty one . |
| 8 | Wh wh what we 're gon na do to a twelve hundred that we ca n't do here . |
| 9 | Intra-Europe business , for all the promise of the Single Market , will grow at a moderate 4.3 per cent , analysts say . |
| 10 | In an apparent effort to improve relations with the United States , the government of North Korea on June 24 returned the remains of 11 US servicemen killed in the 1950-53 Korean War , and promised to help search for a further 9,000 allied military personnel still officially listed as missing in action [ see also p. 37456 ] . |
| 11 | This may look like a thirteen hundred cc Fiesta , but a glimpse in the bonnet reveals an 1800 cc diesel engine and the car 's number plate was from a stolen police car . |
| 12 | He could see in a three hundred and sixty degree sphere via the pod sensor modules , just as he could feel the ambient temperature , and even smell the lubricant that someone had carelessly leaked on to the floor . |
| 13 | She heaved out a great sigh and did not move for a full fifteen seconds : the sergeant watched them tick past , marked by the flick of the thin red hand of the electric clock on the wall . |
| 14 | ASTRONOMERS were startled , and laymen amazed , when in 1979 Jack Eddy , of the High Altitude Observatory in Boulder , Colorado , claimed that the Sun was shrinking , at such rate that , if the decline did not reverse , our local star would disappear within a hundred thousand years . |
| 15 | One farmer told the authors that it cost him 194,000 Somali shillings ( $14 ) to grow 100 kilos ( 220lbs ) of maize , which he could sell for a mere 55,000 shillings at the local market . |
| 16 | Right , so , that 's how much you 've got ta take away from six hundred , so you can just whack in a six hundred over the top and then take it away . |
| 17 | They may be moved from this pit to others during the wriggler stage , or once they are free-swimming , and the parents will go for a further 6–8 weeks before considering another family . |
| 18 | Will that go in a thirty five mil camera ? |
| 19 | And the latest move could lead to a further 1,500 jobs going among component suppliers . |
| 20 | Kleinwort Benson said it could lead to a further 15 per cent fall in property values . |
| 21 | Abu was absent , and would not reappear for a further thirty-six hours , so we had time to watch the painful disintegration of the space-arc village and the departure of lines of subdued barefoot guests , laden with meat and buffalo horns . |
| 22 | They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly . |
| 23 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |
| 24 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 25 | A quarter of a million are expected in the next ten to twelve days , and the overall total of refugees from Iraq and Kuwait may amount to a full million . |
| 26 | He made his Palace debut on Boxing Day , teaming up for the first time with Dickie Dowsett and Ronnie Allen , and helped the Palace romp to a thrilling 3–0 victory over Millwall on a freezing surface . |
| 27 | This penalty , according to the legislation , will be £100 , and the penalty period will extend for a further two years . |
| 28 | Formal teaching will continue for a further 8 weeks , with degree/diploma examinations held before Easter . |
| 29 | Devolved local council government would be introduced , and the policy of reservation of jobs for members of the lower castes would continue for a further 10 years . |
| 30 | Even if the application is dismissed , the tenant 's tenancy will continue for a further three months plus time for appeal , which is currently four weeks . |