Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rivalry between these three clubs has an unusual history . |
| 2 | Only three authorities had a specific policy on adaptations to council dwellings . |
| 3 | He climbed and saw three Germans circling a lone SE and firing at it . |
| 4 | Sgt John Grainger , community relations officer at Bishop Auckland police , said three builders using a blue van called at the home of an elderly person in the town , telling her she needed work on the roof and quoting £300 . |
| 5 | In addition there are three groups waging an armed struggle against the government on behalf of the black minority , the most important of which is the Forces de libération africaine de Mauritanie ( FLAM — African Liberation Forces of Mauritania ) [ see also pp. 37798-99 ] . |
| 6 | At node 1A , the three groups have the following distinctive characters : |
| 7 | Years later it was divided into three houses to accommodate a growing family , and now the middle house and its crumbling neighbours belonged to Smallfry and Buddie . |
| 8 | These three cities form a single megalopolis occupying a sliver of coastline 20 miles ( 30km ) wide . |
| 9 | In each of his nine full seasons in English cricket he took at least 100 wickets , three times exceeding the 200 mark . |
| 10 | Three projects to investigate the Solar System range from a cluster of four satellites to investigate the Earth 's magnetosphere , through a solar high-resolution observatory ( in Earth orbit ) , to a probe designed to fly to the asteroid belt and study some asteroids at close range . |
| 11 | Stirling Moss ( GB ) , in 1955 , along with his co-driver Denis Jenkinson ( GB ) , became one of only three non-Italians to win the great race and many regarded it as Moss 's best-ever drive . |
| 12 | Timesense said she had maybe three hours to reach the Narrow Room . |
| 13 | He would allow himself another three hours to enjoy a private supper before going to the Duchess 's ball where , he knew , the food would be cold and inedible . |
| 14 | It takes about three hours to make a basic card , but can take weeks to produce the more exotic patterns . |
| 15 | She doubted she 'd had more than three hours sleep the previous night , and Julie only a little more . |
| 16 | On 22 June , 1980 , I gave Bernie lunch at the Travellers Club , and we spent three hours recalling the Good Old Days of radio broadcasting with the CBC in Canada . |
| 17 | A word can be misspelled , mis-recognised or mis-written , but all three cases appear the same when looking at the pattern recogniser output . |
| 18 | Many students find it useful to spend two or three minutes drawing a key words map for the questions they intend to answer . |
| 19 | An independent clinical test revealed that two minutes of brushing with a Braun Oral-B Plaque Remover removed more plaque than three minutes using a conventional electric toothbrush , or six minutes with a manual toothbrush . |
| 20 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 21 | After two or three minutes add the sliced tomatoes , garlic , basil and salt . |
| 22 | Chris Lightfoot scored two in three minutes to overcome a seventh-minute deficit at Rochdale and put Chester City into the first round of the Leyland Daf Trophy . |
| 23 | Ahead was the daunting sight of the three grandstands enclosing the last green . |
| 24 | These three products have a limited level of integration . |
| 25 | From this stems the historical importance of the ordinances of war issued by kings on campaign : by Richard II during the Scottish war of 1385 ; by Henry V in France in 1419 ; and by his brother John , duke of Bedford , in Normandy in 1428 , all three attempts to control the illegal or ‘ un-peaceful ’ activities of soldiers , in particular in their relationships with non-combatants . |
| 26 | After having to make three attempts to turn the huge pantechnicon into our lane , they finally succeeded . |
| 27 | The 24-year-old Great Britain tourist , who was sidelined earlier this season for nine weeks with a troublesome hamstring injury , grabbed 12 points with a try and three goals to halt a gallant Rovers performance . |
| 28 | The second-half power cut hardly mattered because Oldham , embarrassingly inept as three goals punctuated the first half , were not much better when they were allowed to play . |
| 29 | The other three parties to contest the 1989 elections were the SWAPO-Democrats ( SWAPO-D , founded by SWAPO dissidents in the 1970s and a participant from 1985 in the transitional government , Andreas Shipanga , l. ; on Aug. 13 SWAPO-D announced that it would disband and join the NPF ) ; Christian Democratic Action ( CDA , Rev. Peter Kalangula , l. ) ; and the Namibia National Democratic Party ( NNDP , Paul Helmuth , l . ) . |
| 30 | The problem here is not one of authorship attribution , since most scholars regard them both as genuinely Aristotelian ; the puzzle is that three books make a double appearance in the manuscript tradition , once as books five , six and seven of the Nicomachean Ethics , once as books four , five and six of the Eudemian Ethics . |