Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ferguson , who has now guided United to three trophies in 5½ years since taking over from Ron Atkinson , thought United missed Robson less than Nottingham Forest missed Stuart Pearce . |
| 2 | The study will be based on 213 life history interviews with up to three generations of 100 families selected on the basis of a national random sample . |
| 3 | They divided the 12 into three groups of four birds each . |
| 4 | For a test piece cast on the usual 60 stitches and allow for 30 stitches at the centre and three groups of five stitches at each side to form a curve . |
| 5 | The repetition period of the current changes from three times to six times the basic period . |
| 6 | The sections were washed three times for five minutes in the phosphate buffered saline and goat antirabbit IgG conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate was applied ( one hour at 4°C ) . |
| 7 | At the end of the incubation period , strips were washed three times for 30 minutes with blocking buffer . |
| 8 | Freeze dried samples and supernatants were acidified with HCl ( final concentration 4 M ) and fatty acids were subsequently extracted three times with 5 volumes of diethyl ether . |
| 9 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |
| 10 | Arsonists strike three times in 11 days |
| 11 | The lysate was mixed with glutathione agarose beads at room temperature for 40 minutes , unbound proteins removed and washed three times in 10 mls lysis buffer . |
| 12 | The paper claimed Johnson had been tested three times in six days in mid-January , and that at least one of the tests was positive for abnormally high testosterone levels . |
| 13 | It was a bitter blow for Allcock , Britain 's outstanding bowler in the past decade , for he has now reached this final three times in four years , only to finish runner-up in each . |
| 14 | and he will be in the stands for five matches , including the London derbies with Chelsea and Crystal Palace.Kinnear , guilty of swearing at officials three times in nine months , said : ‘ I must learn to bite my lip . |
| 15 | Barcelona looked safe at 2-0 up after 31 minutes but the Russians scored three times in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |
| 16 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 17 | Only two matches were played and the Swedish second seed was all at sea in the 32-minute opening set , losing his service three times in five attempts . |
| 18 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 19 | It has been estimated that mild , self managed episodes may occur about twice weekly ; severe episodes without unconsciousness but requiring help from another person twice yearly ; and episodes of unconsciousness three times in 40 years . |
| 20 | But I think conductors would not be the answer because what happens when the driver is smoking as has happened to me three times in three weeks . |
| 21 | Lynch successfully defended the world flyweight title three times in three years against worthy contenders , an achievement unsurpassed by British boxers before . |
| 22 | Yesterday Norman Lamont changed his policy three times in ten hours , putting up interest rates , putting them up again , changing his mind , perhaps , about the second increase and finally deciding to leave the ERM , effectively paving the way for devaluing the pound . |
| 23 | Those people checked by officers on patrol ‘ more than three times in 28 days are made suspected persons , ’ according to internal Suffolk documents . |
| 24 | Three times in twenty-four hours MacDonald tried to resign and three times the King dissuaded him . |
| 25 | In the Littlewoods Cup , Scarborough , two goals down to Chelsea , score three times in seven minutes to go through 4-3 on aggregate . |
| 26 | LITTERBUGS : 15,600 plastic six-pack beer rings were found in three hours along 300 miles of Texas shoreline . |
| 27 | The systolic , diastolic , and mean arterial pressures were recorded as described previously with an automatic device ( Dinamap , Critikon , Florida ; cuff size 23–13 cm/13 cm ) every three minutes for 30 minutes between 0900 and 1100 while the patient was supine , and the mean of these 10 values was recorded . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's three wins from three runs at York and he 'll be back for the Ebor again in August , ’ Johnston said . |
| 29 | But Wigan had the final say when Betts strolled through three tackles from 20 yards out to score , with Kiwi Frano Botica adding a third goal . |
| 30 | But then they were torn apart by the skilful Portuguese , who scored three goals in eight minutes and then stormed on to victory . |